Bear Lake County in Idaho is a small rural county with a relatively small population. Despite its size, it has an active political climate. Local elections are held each year to determine the leadership of the county and the representatives for state assembly. Residents of Bear Lake County have the opportunity to voice their opinions on important issues such as education, taxes, and healthcare. Voter turnout for local elections is particularly high due to the large number of community organizations that are involved in promoting civic engagement and voter participation. Issues like crime prevention, environmental protection, and economic development are also key topics discussed during election time in Bear Lake County. The current leadership of the county board consists of both Republican and Democrat members who work hard to ensure that all voices are heard when making decisions that impact their constituents’ lives.
The political climate in 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
Bear Lake County, ID is very conservative.
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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.
Bear Lake, 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 Bear Lake County, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $987 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $5,933 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)