Sweet, ID is a small rural town located in Canyon County. It is home to approximately 500 people, who are served by local government officials elected by the citizens of Sweet. The political landscape of Sweet is characterized by strong community engagement and conservative values. The town's government consists of an elected mayor and four city council members who are responsible for setting policy and making decisions on behalf of the community. Local elections are held every two years, with citizens voting for their preferred candidates in a variety of topics ranging from taxes to public safety issues. Additionally, residents often participate in discussions at public meetings to voice their opinions on important issues such as infrastructure improvements or zoning changes. Despite its small size, Sweet is an active and engaged political environment where its citizens take part in active civic engagement through local elections and public discourse.
The political climate in Zip 83670 (Sweet, ID) is very conservative.
Gem County, ID is very conservative. In Gem County, ID 18.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gem county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.6% to 18.1%.
Gem county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 83670 (Sweet, ID) is very conservative.
Sweet, Idaho is very conservative.
Gem County, Idaho is very 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.
Sweet, 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 83670 (Sweet)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $425 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $325 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)