Kooskia, Idaho is a small rural town located in the northern part of the state. It is a quiet and peaceful community with a population of just over 1,000 residents. Though it is a small community, its politics are still engaged and active. The town holds local elections every two years for mayor and city council positions, allowing residents to have direct influence over their own government. The local candidates who run for office typically have deep ties to the Kooskia area, which gives them unique insight into what the people of Kooskia need and want from their leaders. The economy of Kooskia is mainly driven by agriculture, logging, and outdoor recreation activities like fishing and hunting. This provides the political candidates an intimate understanding of the needs of their constituents as they strive to represent them and their interests at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 83539 (Kooskia, 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 83539 (Kooskia, ID) is very conservative.
Kooskia, Idaho is very conservative.
Idaho County, Idaho is very conservative.
Not Found Metro Area is 0.
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.
Kooskia, 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 83539 (Kooskia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $588 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $1,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)