The politics in Teton, ID are shaped by a number of local-level issues. These include economic development and job growth; public safety; infrastructure maintenance and improvement; land use, zoning, and environmental protection; taxation and budget issues; and support for education. On the local level, elected officials have the power to make decisions that affect the lives of their constituents. That includes city council members, mayor, county commissioners, school board members, judges, and other elected positions. Citizens can get involved by attending public meetings to voice their opinions on current issues or by voting in local elections. Local candidates campaign on topics important to their constituents and strive to ensure that decisions are made with the best interests of everyone in mind.
The political climate in Teton, ID is strongly conservative.
Fremont County, ID is very conservative. In Fremont County, ID 14.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fremont county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.5% to 14.8%.
Fremont county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Teton, ID is strongly conservative.
Fremont County, Idaho is very conservative.
Rexburg 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.
Teton, 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 Teton, 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 37 contributions totaling $9,166 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $248 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)