Rathdrum, ID is a small town in Northern Idaho with a population of around 4,000 people. The local government is made up of several elected officials who serve on the city council and are responsible for providing services to the citizens. These positions are filled through local elections which are held every two years. The current mayor of Rathdrum is Tom Rose and the city council consists of five members: David Maynard, Tom Harker, Cindy Dunbar-Smith, John Jacobs and Robert Stevens. Each member serves for two years and runs for re-election every two years. The city council works together to create policies that benefit the community and provide resources to improve quality of life. They often collaborate with local organizations to create programs such as youth sports leagues, summer activities for children and senior programs. Overall, Rathdrum has an active political scene with residents coming together to ensure their voices are heard in their local government.
The political climate in Rathdrum, ID is strongly conservative.
Kootenai County, ID is very conservative. In Kootenai County, ID 27.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kootenai county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.9% to 27.1%.
Kootenai county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rathdrum, ID is strongly conservative.
Kootenai County, Idaho is very conservative.
Coeur d'Alene 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.
Rathdrum, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Rathdrum, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 198 contributions totaling $11,176 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 126 contributions totaling $19,056 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)