83277 Springfield, ID is a small rural community with a population of approximately 1,400 residents. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government and the current mayor is Charles Taylor. There are four council members: Joe Martinez, Bill Johnson, Mary Watson and Lisa Thompson. The city council meets monthly to discuss issues relevant to the community such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, parks and recreation, and economic development. In recent years, the town has been making efforts to attract new businesses in order to boost its economy. Additionally, the city has been working on increasing recreational opportunities for citizens such as building new parks and trails. Local politics in 83277 Springfield involve both candidates from major political parties as well as independent candidates who are running on local issues. In the upcoming election season, voters have an important choice to make when it comes to selecting representatives for their city government.
The political climate in Zip 83277 (Springfield, ID) is very conservative.
Bingham County, ID is very conservative. In Bingham County, ID 20.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bingham county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.5% to 20.6%.
Bingham county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 83277 (Springfield, ID) is very conservative.
Springfield, Idaho is very conservative.
Bingham County, Idaho is very conservative.
Blackfoot Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Springfield, 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 83277 (Springfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)