Teton County, Idaho is a rural county in the state of Idaho with a population of around 10,000 people. Politically, the county tends to lean conservative and historically has voted Republican for both state and federal elections. The county is governed by a five-member Board of County Commissioners who are elected from five districts within Teton County. The Board works to manage and administer the county's laws, budget, and resources. Elections are held every two years where local citizens can vote for their representatives for the Board. Local issues such as land use regulations, budgeting priorities, public health initiatives, transportation planning, and other matters are discussed at regular meetings that are open to the public. In addition to the Board there are several other government entities that serve Teton County such as the Sheriff's Office and Prosecuting Attorney's Office. All these entities work together in order to ensure that Teton County remains a safe place to live and visit.
The political climate in Teton County, ID is leaning liberal.
In Teton County, ID 52.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Teton county flipped moderately Democratic, 52.2% to 44.9%.
Teton county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Teton County, ID is leaning liberal.
Jackson Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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 d R r d
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 Teton County, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 642 contributions totaling $60,033 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 172 contributions totaling $146,983 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $855 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)