Located in Kootenai County, Hayden, ID is a small city with an estimated population of 12,350. The city is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government, which consists of six council members elected at large by the citizens and a mayor who is also elected by the public. Currently, the mayor of Hayden is Stephen J. Griffitts and the council members are David Condon, Bill Rhodes, Bill Beutler, Troy McLean, Mary Ann Bisselle and Deborah Bunn. In recent years the city has been placing an increased emphasis on community engagement to ensure that its residents are kept informed about local politics and decisions made by their representatives. Efforts have been made to provide more public hearings on major issues so that citizens can take their concerns directly to those in charge and have their voices heard. As such, Hayden's political landscape continues to be shaped by its hardworking local officials as they strive to give its citizens a voice in how their city is run.
The political climate in Zip 83835 (Hayden, ID) is strongly conservative.
Kootenai County, ID is very conservative. In Kootenai County, ID 27.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kootenai county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.9% to 27.1%.
Kootenai county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 83835 (Hayden, ID) is strongly conservative.
Hayden, Idaho is strongly conservative.
Kootenai County, Idaho is very conservative.
Coeur d'Alene Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Hayden, 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 83835 (Hayden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 469 contributions totaling $69,871 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 930 contributions totaling $186,780 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)