exposure How much liability an insurer takes on when they write an insurance policy. insurance (insur) An arrangement where one party provides financial protection to another party for specific damages or losses. liability A situation where one party is found to be legally responsible for something.
It's a mixed bag. Moscow, Coeur d'Alene, Sandpoint are more liberal. Kellogg/Wallace, Lewiston/Orofino, St. Maries are more conservative. (These are cultural not political attributes; Democrats are still strongest in the most culturally conservative, blue-collar mine/mill towns in Idaho.)
The top 10 conservative states are all red states that vote reliably Republican in national elections, all located in the nation's Southern, Midwestern, and Mountain West regions. These include (in addition to Alabama, North Dakota, and Wyoming) Mississippi, Utah, Oklahoma, Idaho, Louisiana, Nebraska, and Arkansas.here is not, however, a perfect correlation between ideology and party. Three of the 10 most Republican states -- Kansas, Montana, and Alaska -- do not rank among the most conservative states. And Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas rank in the top 10 conservative states but not the 10 most Republican.