Tweet

Nathan Brown

23 Oct, 5 tweets, 3 min read

https://twitter.com/Sharp208/status/1319687169544384512

The excel file at the top were fun to go through. According to my math the average legislative district has 28,118 voters. The five districts with the least voters are 10, 23, 27, 33 and 31. Five with the most are 2, 14, 18, 19 and 21. #idleg #idpol

https://twitter.com/Sharp208/status/1319687169544384512

District 14 (Star/Eagle) is the most populated in the state and it's not close. It has 45,985 registered voters. District 27 (Mini-Cassia) is the least populated at 18,882 and it's also not close. #idleg #idpol

So House Speaker Scott Bedke represents the state's least-populated district and House Majority Leader Mike Moyle represents the most-populated one. #idleg #idpol

That Bloomberg column yesterday about how Idaho might be turning blue annoyed me a bit and these numbers pretty much show the flaw with its premise. A lot of the state's growth has been in very red places like districts 14 and 21.

Statewide, 53% of voters are registered Republicans, 32% unaffiliated and 14% Democrats. Women outnumber men by 52,167. 28% of registered voters are 65 and older, 25% 50-64, 23% 35-49, and 24% 18-34.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

More from @NateBrownNews

Nathan Brown

@NateBrownNews

8 Jul

@thepostregister

One reason I find this interesting is most of the #maskmandates so far have been in places where Democrats control local politics. This would be the first one in a more Republican city. #idpol #idahoCovid19 postregister.com/news/local/ida… via @thepostregister

Bonneville County’s quirky. The local GOP central committee is one of the most conservative in the state but the City Council is actually pretty liberal, it’s a mix of Republicans, Democrats and independents. They recently voted to expand the local anti-discrimination ordinance.

Mayor Casper is a Republican but a more moderate one. Bryan Smith and Doyle Beck spent a lot of money trying to unseat her in 2017. As for local GOP primary voters they’re all over. This city has produced some of the most conservative and most moderate Republicans in the #idleg

Read 6 tweets

Nathan Brown

@NateBrownNews

26 Jun

Today's general session at the Idaho Republican convention has started. Started with a prayer, pledge and the singing of the first (the one everyone knows) and less commonly known fourth verses of the Star Spangled Banner #idpol

Sen. Risch is speaking now. Said he brings greetings from Trump and that if the national media think they have him down they're wrong. "It drives the other side crazy, too bad for them. He does give America the leadership it demands." #idpol

Risch is defending Trump's handling of #COVID19. Points to the China travel ban, says Democrats called him a racist for it and the media doesn't talk about this. "Who was the first person to take dramatic action against the spread of coronavirus? It was Donald Trump!!"

Read 15 tweets