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.
Number of elections | 33 |
---|---|
Voted Democratic | 10 |
Voted Republican | 22 |
Voted other | 1[1] |
Voted for winning candidate | 23 |
Voted for losing candidate | 10 |
Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.
Year | Winner (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Other national candidates[2] |
Votes | Percent | Electoral Votes |
Notes |
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2020[3] | Joe Biden | 287,021 | 33.07 | Donald Trump | 554,119 | 63.84 | — | 4 | |||
2016[4] | Donald Trump[a] | 409,055 | 59.25 | Hillary Clinton | 189,765 | 27.48 | - | 4 | |||
2012[5] | Barack Obama | 212,787 | 32.62 | Mitt Romney | 420,911 | 64.53 | - | 4 | |||
2008[6] | Barack Obama | 236,440 | 36.09 | John McCain | 403,012 | 61.52 | - | 4 | |||
2004[7] | George W. Bush | 409,235 | 68.38 | John Kerry | 181,098 | 30.26 | - | 4 | |||
2000[8] | George W. Bush[a] | 336,937 | 67.17 | Al Gore | 138,637 | 27.64 | - | 4 | |||
1996[9] | 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[b] |
- | 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 |