The politics of Post Falls, Idaho are largely reflective of the larger state. The city is a part of Kootenai County and is represented in the Idaho State Legislature by Representatives Bob Nonini and Cecilia Lanz-Reece. At the local level, Post Falls residents have elected a Mayor and City Council to oversee matters that are unique to the Post Falls community. The Mayor and City Council work together to ensure that citizens’ needs are met in terms of public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic growth initiatives, and other key priorities. The City of Post Falls also hosts regular town hall meetings and encourages residents to be active participants in their community's political process. Additionally, there are several volunteer programs available for those who wish to get more involved with politics in Post Falls – from attending meetings or serving on a committee to campaigning for local candidates during elections.
The political climate in Post Falls, ID is moderately 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
Post Falls, ID is moderately 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.
Post Falls, 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 Post Falls, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,498 contributions totaling $56,404 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,630 contributions totaling $408,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)