Nez Perce, Idaho County is a small county located in the northwest corner of Idaho. It is a rural area with a population of just over 31,000 people. Politically, Nez Perce is part of the Republican stronghold within the state and generally votes to support conservative candidates. In recent years, local elections have seen some more progressive candidates challenge for office, however these challengers are often unsuccessful as incumbents tend to have strong support from constituents. The county has a history of electing Republicans to most major political offices and there are currently no Democratic candidates running for any local offices in Nez Perce.
The political climate in Nez Perce County, ID is very conservative.
In Nez Perce County, ID 31.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nez Perce county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.5% to 31.9%.
Nez Perce county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nez Perce County, ID is very conservative.
Lewiston Metro Area is strongly 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.
Nez Perce, 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 Nez Perce County, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,124 contributions totaling $58,824 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 541 contributions totaling $107,263 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)