The small city of Shoshone, ID, located in Lincoln County, is part of the Magic Valley region and is home to a population of around 1000 people. The city is governed by a mayor-council style of government which sees a mayor elected at large to serve as chief executive officer with the help of six council members who are elected from specific geographic voting districts. Elections for mayor and council positions come up every four years during the November general election. In addition, the City Council meets regularly on the second Thursday of each month to discuss public policy issues that affect local residents. Over the past few years, there has been much discussion about developing infrastructure projects like improving roads and increasing access to public transportation in order to better serve citizens’ needs. Additionally, local candidates run on platforms focused on making sure government services are provided efficiently and fairly while recognizing that Shoshone is an economically challenged area requiring extra attention when it comes to budget matters. It is important for Shoshone residents to stay engaged in politics and local elections so they can ensure their voices are heard by their elected officials.
The political climate in Zip 83352 (Shoshone, ID) is very conservative.
Lincoln County, ID is very conservative. In Lincoln County, ID 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.7% to 21.3%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 83352 (Shoshone, ID) is very conservative.
Shoshone, Idaho is very conservative.
Lincoln County, Idaho is very conservative.
Hailey Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Shoshone, 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 83352 (Shoshone)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $5,064 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)