The small city of Osburn, ID is located in the northern part of the state and has a population of about 1,400 people. It is a close-knit rural community that enjoys an intimate connection to their local politics which are based on collaboration between its citizens and government officials. Citizen involvement is a priority, with local initiatives such as the City Council meetings that take place on the first Monday of every month in which the public can address their concerns to the city's representatives. Additionally, active political campaigns are often organized in order to bring attention to important issues facing the city and county. This helps ensure that elected leaders stay informed and accountable for decisions made concerning local residents. The city's robust political culture helps keep it a safe, peaceful place to call home.
The political climate in Zip 83849 (Osburn, ID) is strongly conservative.
Shoshone County, ID is very conservative. In Shoshone County, ID 28.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shoshone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 28.0%.
Shoshone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 83849 (Osburn, ID) is strongly conservative.
Osburn, Idaho is strongly conservative.
Shoshone 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.
Osburn, 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 83849 (Osburn)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $1,235 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $1,535 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)