Located in the city of Pocatello, ID, 83204 is a diverse and vibrant community. It is home to a wide variety of people from different backgrounds and cultures who come together to make a strong and vibrant community. Politics in the area are an important part of life for many residents. The City of Pocatello has a mayor-council form of government with a mayor and council members from each ward elected by the people in that particular ward. Residents can get involved in political discussions through their local representatives or at polling places during elections. For those wanting to learn more about the issues affecting their district, they can attend town hall meetings or read up on local politics online. With high voter turnout rates, it is clear that politics are an important topic for residents in 83204 Pocatello, ID.
The political climate in Zip 83204 (Pocatello, ID) is somewhat conservative.
Bannock County, ID is moderately conservative. In Bannock County, ID 36.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bannock county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 58.6% to 36.9%.
Bannock county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 83204 (Pocatello, ID) is somewhat conservative.
Pocatello, Idaho is somewhat conservative.
Bannock County, Idaho is moderately conservative.
Pocatello 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.
Pocatello, 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 83204 (Pocatello)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 437 contributions totaling $31,614 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 187 contributions totaling $42,976 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)