Malta, Idaho is a town located in Cassia County that has a population of 833 people. Despite its small size, the town is actively involved in local politics. The current mayor of Malta is Scott Bean who was elected in 2019 and serves as the head of the town government. The Cassia County Commissioners are Kasey Keller (chairperson), Mike Anselmo, and Allen Miller, who oversee the county-wide government operations. Additionally, there are several other local political figures such as Matt Zollinger (County Attorney), Jim Harris (Sheriff), and Judy Grunig (Assessor). All of these local political figures work together to create policies and laws that help keep Malta a safe and prosperous small town.
The political climate in Zip 83342 (Malta, ID) is very conservative.
Cassia County, ID is very conservative. In Cassia County, ID 15.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cassia county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.1% to 15.2%.
Cassia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 83342 (Malta, ID) is very conservative.
Malta, Idaho is very conservative.
Cassia County, Idaho is very conservative.
Burley 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.
Malta, 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 83342 (Malta)
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 6 contributions totaling $1,150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)