Paris, Idaho is a small town located in the northern part of the state. Politically, it has traditionally leaned conservative though there is a mix of Democratic and Republican voters. The local government consists of a mayor and five city council members who are elected to four-year terms. Currently, the mayor is Alyssa Givens and the city council members are Maria Perez, Mark Smith, Sarah Jones, Michael Brown and Robert Johnson. All five members are Republicans committed to making sure Paris remains an attractive place to live and work for its residents. They have worked together over the years to ensure that infrastructure projects such as water supply system improvements are completed on time and within budget. The city also focuses heavily on economic development initiatives such as encouraging new businesses to open up in town while helping existing businesses stay open during difficult times. Overall, the political atmosphere in Paris is generally balanced between the two major parties in order to best serve its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 83261 (Paris, ID) is very conservative.
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
Zip 83261 (Paris, ID) is very conservative.
Paris, Idaho is very conservative.
Bear Lake County, Idaho 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.
Paris, 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 zip 83261 (Paris)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)