The small city of Mountain Home, ID (83647) has a population of around 13,000 people and is located in Elmore County. Politically, Mountain Home is a conservative area that generally votes Republican in local and national elections. The current mayor of Mountain Home is Tom Rist, who was elected in 2019 to serve a four-year term. Other local political representatives from the area include Representatives Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher from the US House of Representatives, as well as Mike Crapo from the US Senate. These representatives hold regular town hall meetings to hear from their constituents on important matters such as taxes, health care reform, infrastructure improvements, educational funding and other topics. Additionally, there are local committees that meet regularly to discuss any proposed legislation or initiatives that may affect residents within the city limits. Overall, Mountain Home residents are engaged in their political process and stay informed about their representatives’ activities on both sides of government.
The political climate in Zip 83647 (Mountain Home, ID) is strongly conservative.
Elmore County, ID is very conservative. In Elmore County, ID 25.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Elmore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.9% to 25.5%.
Elmore county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 83647 (Mountain Home, ID) is strongly conservative.
Mountain Home, Idaho is strongly conservative.
Elmore County, Idaho is very conservative.
Mountain Home 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.
Mountain Home, 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 83647 (Mountain Home)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 641 contributions totaling $18,755 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 141 contributions totaling $17,426 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)