Riggins, ID is a small town located in the state of Idaho with a population of 563 people. While there are no local political candidates running for office, Riggins still has an active involvement in politics. The residents of Riggins stay informed about local, state and national level issues and engage in debates and conversations about these topics. Voters in the area take their civic duty seriously and make sure that they are educated and informed before going to the polls on election day. As a small town community, Riggins also values the importance of being involved with one another and encourages its citizens to get involved in their government by attending city council meetings, participating in public forums, and voting in all levels of elections.
The political climate in Zip 83549 (Riggins, ID) is strongly 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 83549 (Riggins, ID) is strongly conservative.
Riggins, Idaho is strongly conservative.
Idaho 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.
Riggins, 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 83549 (Riggins)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $2,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $833 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $2,929 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)