Montpelier, Idaho is a small city with a population of 3,202 in Bear Lake County. It has a mayor-council form of government and the current mayor is Laurie Worthen. The City Council consists of five members elected at large by the citizens of Montpelier. The Montpelier City Council meets once a month to discuss local issues and to set policies that guide the operation of the city. They also work with business owners, community members and other organizations to ensure that the best interests of Montpelier are represented. Community members have been vocal in their opinions about various decisions made by the council, such as construction projects, supporting local businesses, investment of funds, environmental initiatives and more. The city remains committed to providing excellent public service while making sure that the needs and interests of all its citizens are taken into consideration.
The political climate in Montpelier, ID is strongly conservative.
Bear Lake County, ID is very conservative. In Bear Lake County, ID 10.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bear Lake county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.9% to 10.6%.
Bear Lake county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Montpelier, ID is strongly conservative.
Bear Lake County, Idaho 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.
Montpelier, 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 Montpelier, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $867 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $3,365 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)