The city of Sandpoint, ID Metro Area is proud to have a vibrant political climate. Although the population of the area remains relatively small compared to other larger cities, the local political candidates are passionate about representing their constituents. Every election cycle brings new faces and innovative ideas for how to best serve and improve the community. Each candidate takes time to meet with local residents and organizations in order to understand their needs. Through these conversations, they gain an understanding of what matters most to the people they represent and strive to make decisions that keep citizens’ interests at heart.
The political climate in Sandpoint Metro Area is very conservative.
In Sandpoint Metro Area 30.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Sandpoint metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.2% to 30.4%.
The Sandpoint metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sandpoint 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.
Sandpoint, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Sandpoint Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,696 contributions totaling $253,019 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 911 contributions totaling $421,163 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $462 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)