Menan, Idaho is a small town with a population of 1,329 people. Despite its size, the politics in Menan remain active and important to the community. Local elections take place every two years on the first Tuesday of November and include races for mayor, council members, and other local offices. The community takes pride in electing representatives that they feel will best represent their interests. Candidates are chosen from within the town, and residents participate actively in debates and discussions leading up to election day. Additionally, the 2018 General Election saw multiple issues on the ballot such as increased funding for infrastructure projects, building a new fire station, and introducing a ban on plastic bags. While there are numerous opinions on each topic, the citizens of Menan come together to vote for what they believe is best for their small town.
The political climate in Menan, ID is very conservative.
Jefferson County, ID is very conservative. In Jefferson County, ID 11.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.3% to 11.7%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Menan, ID is very conservative.
Jefferson County, Idaho is very conservative.
Idaho Falls 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.
Menan, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Menan, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)