The Coeur d'Alene metro area includes the cities of Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls and Hayden, as well as many small towns in Kootenai County. It is governed by a city council and mayor in Coeur d'Alene and a county commission in Kootenai. Politics in this area generally lean to the conservative side, having voted Republican in most recent elections. In terms of local political candidates, there are several running for office from different parties including the Democratic and Republican party. Some notable names include Rep. Heather Scott (R-Blanchard), State Sen. Mary Souza (R-Coeur d’Alene) and Phil Hart (I-Athol). All three candidates are highly active in their communities and strive to work towards improving the lives of those who live within the region.
The political climate in Coeur d'Alene Metro Area is very conservative.
In Coeur d'Alene Metro Area 27.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Coeur d'Alene metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.9% to 27.1%.
The Coeur d'Alene metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Coeur d'Alene Metro Area 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.
Coeur d'Alene, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Coeur d'Alene Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,276 contributions totaling $334,904 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,234 contributions totaling $663,829 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)