Santa, ID is a small rural town located in the north of Idaho. Although the population of Santa is quite small, it has an active and involved political landscape. The government in Santa is led by a mayor and four council members who all serve four-year terms. A variety of local ballot initiatives are presented to citizens every year that they can vote on. These initiatives have ranged from school funding to infrastructure updates and community development projects. In addition, residents of Santa are actively involved in state-wide issues such as taxation policies, health care reform, and education reform. Despite its small population, the politics of Santa are highly respected throughout the state for their attention to detail and willingness to engage with voters on important issues.
The political climate in Zip 83866 (Santa, ID) is very conservative.
Benewah County, ID is very conservative. In Benewah County, ID 19.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benewah county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 19.6%.
Benewah county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 83866 (Santa, ID) is very conservative.
Santa, Idaho is very conservative.
Benewah 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.
Santa, 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 83866 (Santa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)