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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.)
Mesa is the most conservative big city in the country, according to research examining municipal politics nationwide. And, little surprise, San Francisco is the most liberal. The paper, Representation in Municipal Government, analyzed public policy in cities across the country in search of trends in local ideology.