Ferdinand, Idaho is a small town located in the Teton Valley. As with many rural areas, politics are an important part of life here. Local elections focus on issues that affect the community, such as education funding, infrastructure improvements and economic growth. The city government is comprised of a mayor and four commissioners who are elected by the citizens every two years. Currently, the mayor of Ferdinand is Steve Smith and the city commissioners are Janice Shomper, Jerry Bauersachs, Shelly Schryer and Paul Dobbyn. All local political candidates have strong backgrounds in their respective fields and strive to make positive changes in Ferdinand. With their expertise they work to improve services for the people of Ferdinand while respecting traditional values and preserving the unique character of this small mountain community.
The political climate in Zip 83526 (Ferdinand, ID) is very conservative.
Idaho County, ID is very conservative. In Idaho County, ID 16.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Idaho county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.4% to 16.2%.
Idaho county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 83526 (Ferdinand, ID) is very conservative.
Ferdinand, Idaho is very conservative.
Idaho County, Idaho is very conservative.
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Idaho is strongly conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Ferdinand, Idaho: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 83526 (Ferdinand)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $193 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)