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1876–2024
Boise County, Idaho
Boise County·Idaho

Boise County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

A sparsely settled canyon county where margins rarely surprise

18762024·38 elections
Boise County, Idaho · Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+53
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
8,273
2024 ACS
Most similar
Payette County
ID · similarity 1.00
6 precincts · 4,810 votes cast
Trump · R+53
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−53.3%
1,0653,6274,810
2020R
−47.3%
1,2043,4854,820
2016R
−49.7%
7772,6733,812
2012R
−35.7%
1,0532,2843,445
2008R
−31.6%
1,2402,4333,773
2004R
−43.4%
9702,5013,527
2000R
−41.7%
7452,0193,055
1996R
−23.6%
8791,5762,959
1992R
−12.5%
6239122,320
1988R
−24.8%
6201,0441,710
1984R
−47.2%
4361,2491,721
1980R
−33.4%
5181,1341,846
1976R
−21.5%
4336841,167
1972R
−41.2%
2566761,020
1968R
−30.3%
205450809
1964D
+4.2%
450414864
1960R
−2.7%
432456888
1956R
−33.3%
285570855
1952R
−35.7%
309655970
1948D
+4.5%
479437940
1944D
+9.7%
5644641,031
1940D
+16.1%
6774891,167
1936D
+34.6%
7803681,190
1932D
+31.8%
6793421,059
1928R
−14.4%
389521919
1924R
−21.1%
198388902
1920R
−22.4%
373588961
1916D
+21.3%
1,0486571,833
1912D
+4.2%
7436512,216
1908R
−1.2%
8628851,936
1904R
−22.1%
6391,0531,870
1900D
+10.0%
8526951,572
1896D
+58.2%
8622261,093
1892R
−42.6%
0377885
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%.
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
Other Christian
19.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
9.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.9%
Mainline Protestant
0.9%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Baptist
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Boise County's roughly 6,600 residents are spread across forested mountain terrain northeast of the capital, producing some of Idaho's most lopsided federal-election results — a pattern that has held consistently across multiple cycles.

The Republican margin in Boise County reached its widest at fifty-three points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was fifty-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Boise County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $78,774, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 8,273 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 Payette County and Broadwater County.