The small town of Challis, ID is a quiet and serene community, located in the majestic Salmon River Mountains. Despite its small size and population, Challis holds a great deal of political importance in the region. Every election year, political candidates from all different parties come to visit Challis and to try to get the support of the local residents. The issues that they focus on range from taxes and education to economic development and infrastructure improvements. The debates are lively amongst those who attend, with each candidate trying to make their case for why they would be the best choice for office. Overall, local politics in Challis are an important part of maintaining the quality of life for its citizens.
The political climate in Challis, ID is strongly conservative.
Custer County, ID is very conservative. In Custer County, ID 22.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Custer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.3% to 22.0%.
Custer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Challis, ID is strongly conservative.
Custer County, Idaho 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.
Challis, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Challis, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $2,060 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $12,545 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $369 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)