United States presidential elections in Idaho
Presidential elections in Idaho Number of elections 34 Voted Democratic 10 Voted Republican 23 Voted other 1[ 1] Voted for winning candidate 24 Voted for losing candidate 10
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Idaho , ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1890, Idaho has participated in every U.S. presidential election.
Winners of the state are in bold . The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.
Presidential elections
Year
Winner (nationally)
Votes
Percent
Runner-up (nationally)
Votes
Percent
Other national candidates[ a]
Votes
Percent
Electoral votes
Ref.
2024
Donald Trump
605,246
66.87
Kamala Harris
274,972
30.38
—
4
2020
Joe Biden
287,021
33.07
Donald Trump
554,119
63.84
—
4
2016
Donald Trump [ b]
409,055
59.25
Hillary Clinton
189,765
27.48
-
4
2012
Barack Obama
212,787
32.62
Mitt Romney
420,911
64.53
-
4
2008
Barack Obama
236,440
36.09
John McCain
403,012
61.52
-
4
2004
George W. Bush
409,235
68.38
John Kerry
181,098
30.26
-
4
2000
George W. Bush [ b]
336,937
67.17
Al Gore
138,637
27.64
-
4
1996
Bill Clinton
165,443
33.65
Bob Dole
256,595
52.18
Ross Perot
62,518
12.71
4
1992
Bill Clinton
137,013
28.42
George H. W. Bush
202,645
42.03
Ross Perot
130,395
27.05
4
1988
George H. W. Bush
253,881
62.08
Michael Dukakis
147,272
36.01
-
4
1984
Ronald Reagan
297,523
72.36
Walter Mondale
108,510
26.39
-
4
1980
Ronald Reagan
290,699
66.46
Jimmy Carter
110,192
25.19
John B. Anderson
27,058
6.19
4
1976
Jimmy Carter
126,549
37.12
Gerald Ford
204,151
59.88
-
4
1972
Richard Nixon
199,384
64.24
George McGovern
80,826
26.04
-
4
1968
Richard Nixon
165,369
56.79
Hubert Humphrey
89,273
30.66
George Wallace
36,541
12.55
4
1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
148,920
50.92
Barry Goldwater
143,557
49.08
-
4
1960
John F. Kennedy
138,853
46.22
Richard Nixon
161,597
53.78
-
4
1956
Dwight D. Eisenhower
166,979
61.17
Adlai Stevenson II
105,868
38.78
T. Coleman Andrews /Unpledged Electors [ c]
-
4
1952
Dwight D. Eisenhower
180,707
65.42
Adlai Stevenson II
95,081
34.42
-
4
1948
Harry S. Truman
107,370
49.98
Thomas E. Dewey
101,514
47.26
Strom Thurmond
-
4
1944
Franklin D. Roosevelt
107,399
51.55
Thomas E. Dewey
100,137
48.07
-
4
1940
Franklin D. Roosevelt
127,842
54.36
Wendell Willkie
106,553
45.31
-
4
1936
Franklin D. Roosevelt
125,683
62.96
Alf Landon
66,256
33.19
-
4
1932
Franklin D. Roosevelt
109,479
58.66
Herbert Hoover
71,417
38.27
-
4
1928
Herbert Hoover
97,322
64.22
Al Smith
52,926
34.93
-
4
1924
Calvin Coolidge
69,879
47.12
John W. Davis
24,256
16.36
Robert M. La Follette
54,160
36.52
4
1920
Warren G. Harding
88,975
65.6
James M. Cox
46,579
34.34
Parley P. Christensen
-
-
4
1916
Woodrow Wilson
70,054
52.04
Charles E. Hughes
55,368
41.13
-
4
1912
Woodrow Wilson
33,921
32.08
Theodore Roosevelt
25,527
24.14
William H. Taft
32,810
31.02
4
1908
William H. Taft
52,621
54.09
William Jennings Bryan
36,162
37.17
-
3
1904
Theodore Roosevelt
47,783
65.84
Alton B. Parker
18,480
25.46
-
3
1900
William McKinley
27,198
46.96
William Jennings Bryan
29,414
50.79
-
3
1896
William McKinley
6,314
21.32
William Jennings Bryan
23,135
78.1
-
3
1892
Grover Cleveland
-
-
Benjamin Harrison
8,599
44.31
James B. Weaver
10,520
54.21
3
See also
Notes
^ For purposes of these lists, other candidates are defined as those who were in third place in Idaho. Additionally, a third party did not qualify every single year.
^ a b Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
^ Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
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