The politics in the Lewiston, ID Metro Area are an important part of the community. The local government is led by Mayor John Hyden who has been in office for two terms and serves as a strong advocate for the area. The City Council also plays an integral role in governance, and consists of seven council members who each serve four-year terms and strive to create policies that will benefit the city. Each year elections are held to choose new members and candidates make their best effort to get out their message and earn votes. Additionally, there are numerous state representatives from the region who work hard to ensure Lewiston's voice is heard on important issues like education, healthcare, infrastructure, etc. In sum, politics in Lewiston play a critical role in shaping the city's future.
The political climate in Lewiston Metro Area is strongly conservative.
In Lewiston Metro Area 33.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Lewiston metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.0% to 33.2%.
The Lewiston metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Lewiston, 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 Lewiston Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,001 contributions totaling $106,704 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 841 contributions totaling $155,788 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)