The city of 83650 Murphy, ID is a small town with a population of just over 4,000 people. Despite its small size, the city has an active political atmosphere and often sees passionate campaigns from local candidates seeking to represent their constituents. The most recent election saw incumbents hold onto their positions in the mayor and city council races. The incumbents had strong support from the community and ran on platforms of economic development and job growth. Issues such as environmental protection, public safety, and infrastructure improvements were also discussed during the campaign season. Voters also had the opportunity to hear from local candidates who presented their own ideas for how to improve life in Murphy. Ultimately, it was the incumbents that prevailed, but 83650 Murphy remains a vibrant political environment with engaged citizens actively participating in civic life.
The political climate in Zip 83650 (Murphy, ID) is very conservative.
Owyhee County, ID is very conservative. In Owyhee County, ID 17.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Owyhee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.5% to 17.2%.
Owyhee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 83650 (Murphy, ID) is very conservative.
Murphy, Idaho is very conservative.
Owyhee 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.
Murphy, 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 83650 (Murphy)
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 17 contributions totaling $2,692 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)