Gooding, Idaho is a small city in the southern region of the state. It is home to a close-knit community and has experienced considerable growth in recent years. However, Gooding still maintains an intimate atmosphere that makes it attractive to those looking for a quieter lifestyle. While Gooding does not have its own local political representation, residents of Gooding are represented at the county and state level by elected officials. The current county commissioner is Mary Lou Reed, who was first elected in 2018 and serves as the chair of the commission. At the state level, Senator Chuck Winder and Representative Steven Harris both represent Idaho's 11th district, which includes Gooding. Locally, residents often engage in politics by attending town hall meetings and engaging with their local representatives about issues important to them.
The political climate in Zip 83330 (Gooding, ID) is very conservative.
Gooding County, ID is very conservative. In Gooding County, ID 20.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gooding county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.0% to 20.8%.
Gooding county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 83330 (Gooding, ID) is very conservative.
Gooding, Idaho is very conservative.
Gooding County, Idaho is very conservative.
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Idaho is strongly conservative.
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VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Gooding, 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 83330 (Gooding)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $8,739 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 68 contributions totaling $5,505 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)