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1876–2024
Blaine County, Idaho
Blaine County·Idaho

Blaine County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

Idaho's bluest county, anchored by Sun Valley's resort economy

18762024·38 elections
Blaine County, Idaho · Acroterion · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+32
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
24,951
2024 ACS
Most similar
Summit County
CO · similarity 0.99
15 precincts · 13,087 votes cast
Harris · D+32
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+31.7%
8,4244,28113,087
2020D
+36.8%
8,9194,03213,289
2016D
+28.7%
6,4163,34010,723
2012D
+20.1%
5,9923,93910,194
2008D
+33.2%
6,9473,43910,571
2004D
+19.3%
5,9924,03410,147
2000D
+2.8%
3,7483,5287,938
1996D
+10.2%
3,8403,0038,217
1992D
+7.8%
2,8652,2438,022
1988R
−11.0%
2,4983,1305,755
1984R
−28.8%
1,9713,6035,657
1980R
−15.8%
1,8402,7165,529
1976R
−14.8%
1,6042,1763,877
1972R
−25.2%
1,2402,1133,465
1968R
−21.0%
8151,3372,484
1964D
+5.4%
1,2931,1612,454
1960D
+1.5%
1,2521,2162,468
1956R
−17.2%
9781,3842,362
1952R
−21.8%
1,0331,6092,642
1948D
+11.0%
1,1829452,162
1944D
+8.5%
1,0378741,916
1940D
+16.2%
1,5591,1242,687
1936D
+29.7%
1,3617352,107
1932D
+23.9%
1,1336931,843
1928R
−4.2%
7808491,634
1924R
−10.7%
5437321,760
1920R
−35.1%
5611,1691,730
1916D
+18.4%
1,8301,2313,250
1912D
+0.3%
9969882,748
1908D
+2.0%
1,2481,1972,602
1904R
−20.7%
7751,2252,173
1900D
+35.2%
1,3456342,021
1896D
+90.6%
1,228591,290
1892R
−32.7%
0290888
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
16.2%
Other Christian
14.8%
Non-Christian
2.7%
Mainline Protestant
2.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Blaine County votes Democratic by margins rare in deeply red Idaho, a pattern driven by the affluent, educated transplants and seasonal workers who cluster around the Sun Valley ski resort corridor.

The Democratic margin in Blaine County reached its widest at ninety-one points in 1896. The margin in 2024 was thirty-two points — still decisive.

Blaine County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $92,566, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 24,951 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Summit County and Gunnison County.