Paris, Idaho is a small city located in the state of Idaho. Despite its size, it has a functioning political system centered around local government. The Mayor of Paris is the highest elected official and they are responsible for heading up the City Council, which is made up of four council members and two alternates. Each year a new mayor and City Councilors are elected by citizens of Paris to form the government. The current mayor is Shane Sperry and the City Council includes Matthew Kendall, Jason Jones, Clint Holthaus, and Casey O’Neal as council members. The city also holds elections for school board officials who oversee the local school district. All these elected officials work together to make decisions that affect the community such as budgeting for services or creating ordinances that protect public safety or promote business growth. By having a functioning political system in place, Paris is able to ensure its citizens have access to resources they need while continuing to grow and keep their town safe.
The political climate in Paris, ID is very 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
Paris, ID is very 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.
Paris, 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 Paris, 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 50 contributions totaling $3,590 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)