Kootenai County, Idaho is an area with a strong sense of civic duty and involvement in local politics. Many citizens actively participate in the political process in various ways, from attending town hall meetings to volunteering for local campaigns. The major political parties represented within Kootenai County are Republican and Democrat. The county also has several independent candidates running for office each year as well as many ballot issues for residents to consider. Recently, Kootenai County saw the election of a new mayor who ran on a platform of fiscal responsibility. In addition to this leadership change, there have been important initiatives taken at the state level that have had an impact on its citizens. An example of this was the passing of a property tax levy to help fund critical public safety services such as fire protection and emergency services throughout the county. This levy was strongly supported by both civic-minded residents and local businesses alike, further demonstrating Kootenai County's commitment to investing in its future and improving the quality of life for all of its citizens.
The political climate in 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
Kootenai County, ID 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.
Kootenai, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Kootenai County, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,276 contributions totaling $334,904 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,234 contributions totaling $663,829 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)