Star, Idaho is a small town located just outside of Boise and has a population of around 2,000 people. Politically, the town follows the state of Idaho's general trends with a majority of residents voting Republican. In Star, there are no local political candidates running for office. The mayor is an appointed position and does not have any direct influence on statewide or national politics. However, the city council is responsible for making decisions that affect life within the community. The current town council consists of five members who represent different interests in the community such as business development, water rights, public safety, recreation and parks, and more. These five members work together to ensure that all aspects of Star are represented in their decisions and that all citizens have access to quality services and resources.
The political climate in Zip 83669 (Star, ID) is somewhat conservative.
Ada County, ID is leaning conservative. In Ada County, ID 46.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ada county remained Republican, 50.0% to 46.1%.
Ada county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 83669 (Star, ID) is somewhat conservative.
Star, Idaho is somewhat conservative.
Ada County, Idaho is leaning conservative.
Boise City Metro Area is moderately 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.
Star, 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 83669 (Star)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 101 contributions totaling $4,739 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 214 contributions totaling $38,006 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)