The city of 83869 Spirit Lake, ID is governed by a mayor and four-person council. The current mayor is Ken Glasson and the council members are John Gibbs, Bill Tomassi, John Freese, and Lori Tyree. The local government of Spirit Lake works to ensure that the city’s needs are met and strives to create a safe and comfortable living environment for its citizens. All local political decisions are discussed during regular council meetings held at the City Hall on the third Tuesday of each month. The agenda for these meetings is released in advance so that residents can stay informed about important issues affecting their community.
The political climate in Zip 83869 (Spirit Lake, ID) is very conservative.
Kootenai County, ID is very conservative. In Kootenai County, ID 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, Kootenai county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.9% to 27.1%.
Kootenai county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 83869 (Spirit Lake, ID) is very conservative.
Spirit Lake, Idaho is very conservative.
Kootenai County, Idaho is very conservative.
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.
Spirit Lake, 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 83869 (Spirit Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53 contributions totaling $1,670 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $4,290 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)