The small town of New Meadows, ID 83654 is home to a tight knit community of less than 600 people. Despite its size, New Meadows still has a government that helps keep the peace in the quaint mountain town. The mayor of New Meadows is elected every four years and works with the city council to oversee the many operations of the town. They work together to ensure that taxes are spent appropriately and create ordinances and regulations to protect their citizens. In addition, there are other important local positions such as sheriff and district attorney which serve the area with justice and law enforcement. Though it may be easy to forget in such a small town, local politics have an important impact on daily life by providing essential services, infrastructure, and quality of life measures for all members of the community.
The political climate in Zip 83654 (New Meadows, ID) is very conservative.
Adams County, ID is very conservative. In Adams County, ID 22.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adams county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.1% to 22.9%.
Adams county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 83654 (New Meadows, ID) is very conservative.
New Meadows, Idaho is very conservative.
Adams County, Idaho is very conservative.
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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.
New Meadows, 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 83654 (New Meadows)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 181 contributions totaling $19,978 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $5,671 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)