For all the naysayers

[bigbossman]

.... Boise is basically a very liberal city....

Name a college town that doesn't lean left.

[bigbossman]

They don't live in Idaho, and so have no clue. It really is that simple. Also, many fear leaving the comfort of the prison they know for the unknown. So, to assuage their feelings of timidity and disquietude, they seek to disparage others that have made the leap into the unknown and have prospered from it. They mock, denigrate, and seek to undermine because they don't understand, or else they are angry that others are bolder and stronger than they are.

It's human nature. People have always been, are now, and will forever be tribal.

[Howie44]

Teachers are still heavily liberal and education is going more and more that way, give it one more generation of brainwashed kids, they will soon be old enough to vote and riot. And looking at the voter registration statistics, Democrats are growing at a higher percentage rate than Republicans. People that identify as religious is dropping pretty sharply among other things. It is a Great Place to live right now, but unless something changes, it will be blue in the next 10 to 20 years. As I think most of our red states will as well, Texas, Alaska. Many red states being flooded by biden with countless immigrants that are being groomed to be democrats.

ALL of my kids go to school here...
You don't know what you're talking about ������

The State just BANNED critical race theory from being taught in schools here....
Try again.

[GW]

The percentage of Democrat voters there is growing faster than repubicans if going by the percentage of people registering as democrat or republican. Sure there are more republicans but there are also more democrats. Republicans grew 10% between 2018 and 2019, Democrats grew 12%.

Interesting statistic, but I wonder how many Dems and Republicans in the baseline

i.e 10% of 50,000 is a much larger number than 12% of 10,000 meaning even though the R growth rate is slower, the numbers are impossible for the D's to catch up with

[-hanko]

Some of my brothers and sisters from my former dept. (LASD) who moved there upon retirement have stated Boise is basically a very liberal city. How does that jibe with your statement about only parts are liberal. Asked with respect as I'm wondering. Thanks.

I'd take a look at presidential election voting results by precinct. Not sure where "up here" is, but Hayden is known as a PD retirement center. My room mate from college retired from Santa Clara PD is up there, and has been for quite a while.

Interesting statistic, but I wonder how many Dems and Republicans in the baseline

i.e 10% of 50,000 is a much larger number than 12% of 10,000 meaning even though the R growth rate is slower, the numbers are impossible for the D's to catch up with

I'd say correct with, again, exceptions in the panhandle, Blain & Teton counties, and Boise's north end and BSU (not sure of BSU's zip).

[nikonmike5]

I notice the vote statistics between 2016 and 2020 come up frequently. I think some context might help. Data off Wikipedia...so if that's bad then my apologies.

2016
Trump: 409,055 (59.25%)
Hillary: 189,765 (27.48%)
Evan (I): 46,476 (6.73%)

2020
Trump: 554,119 (63.84%)
Biden: 287,021 (33.07%)
Jorgensen (L) 16,404 (1.89%)

So to put things in perspective:
1. More voted for Trump (as previously said)
2. More voted for Biden (relative to Hillary)
3. 145K more voted for Trump, BUT as percentage points Biden got 5.56% more than Hillary whereas Trump got 4.58% more in 2020 than 2016

Conclusion: Trump got a great number of votes increase whereas Democrats got a larger percentage point increase. This is the game of statistics....

[NoHeavyHitter]

This is for all the morons that keep saying "Idaho is the new California"

Hey Howie, am I a moron for taking note that elements of the "kalifornication" of Idaho is already taking place?

I'm not talking about Idaho politics - which are safe for the time being, but rather the kinds of people and the ideas that they are bringing to Idaho.

They are already trying to plunk subdivisions of high-density housing into rural areas where the aquifer will not handle the level of pumping for water nor will it work for that number of septic systems. They are doing EXACTLY the same thing they did to ruin the California that I came to back in 1975 before it became a sh*thole of a state, and now I have concerns because they are doing it all over again.

If my concerns make me a "moron" in your opinion, then I'll gladly wear the title, but I'll be damned if I'm going to just stand here idle and let it happen all over again without doing anything.

So please tell me what it is that you're actively doing to preserve the quality of the state of Idaho?

[covingtonhouse]

They don't live in Idaho, and so have no clue. It really is that simple. Also, many fear leaving the comfort of the prison they know for the unknown. So, to assuage their feelings of timidity and disquietude, they seek to disparage others that have made the leap into the unknown and have prospered from it. They mock, denigrate, and seek to undermine because they don't understand, or else they are angry that others are bolder and stronger than they are.

It's human nature. People have always been, are now, and will forever be tribal.

I was feeling a little down about my move. Thanks for pumping me back up!

[Howie44]

Hey Howie, am I a moron for taking note that elements of the "kalifornication" of Idaho is already taking place?

I'm not talking about Idaho politics - which are safe for the time being, but rather the kinds of people and the ideas that they are bringing to Idaho.

They are already trying to plunk subdivisions of high-density housing into rural areas where the aquifer will not handle the level of pumping for water nor will it work for that number of septic systems. They are doing EXACTLY the same thing they did to ruin the California that I came to back in 1975 before it became a sh*thole of a state, and now I have concerns because they are doing it all over again.

If my concerns make me a "moron" in your opinion, then I'll gladly wear the title, but I'll be damned if I'm going to just stand here idle and let it happen all over again without doing anything.

So please tell me what it is that you're actively doing to preserve the quality of the state of Idaho?

To be clear, that was directed towards the same members that are constantly coming into this subforum saying Idaho is the new California, or Idaho is turning blue....
They don't even live here, and are acting like ignorant morons....

Your concerns sound like you are talking about Ada county, or surrounding areas. Eastern Idaho while still growing doesn't suffer the issues that Boise has, and Boise doesn't equal the rest of the state.

And what I'm doing, is raising an entire LARGE household, with conservative ideas, moral lifestyles, respect for the constitution, and we vote accordingly...

Anything else you need to know?

[NoHeavyHitter]

Fair enough, but I would urge you to become active in local politics - as in attending your county board meetings and keeping track of what kinds of "projects" are being pushed by greedy developers.

When I moved to Bonner county in 2016, I never dreamed there would be developers attempting to subdivide below the 10-acre threshold to drop high-density housing into rural areas. When that starts to happen, we'll likely wind up having to fight to keep our rural habits alive. Next thing you know, they'll use population density as a argument to ban shooting on your land.

I'm just trying to prod you to prevent you from becoming complacent and having such undesirable changes slip past you before it's too late. I think we need to actively work towards preventing those thing from happening.

[Nvberinger]

So explain why the percentage of Republican voters in the last three presidential elections has increased year by year.

Some 33 percent of Idaho voters picked Biden. That's 32 percent too much.