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1876–2024
Fremont County, Idaho
Fremont County·Idaho

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

One of Idaho's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Fremont County, Idaho · Aualliso · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+69
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
13,943
2024 ACS
Most similar
Cassia County
ID · similarity 1.00
13 precincts · 6,803 votes cast
Trump · R+69
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−69.0%
9545,6456,803
2020R
−67.7%
9985,5486,719
2016R
−60.2%
6514,0905,713
2012R
−70.6%
8104,9075,802
2008R
−61.8%
1,0654,7005,880
2004R
−73.2%
7414,9655,769
2000R
−69.6%
6994,2425,088
1996R
−39.9%
1,1143,0424,835
1992R
−28.9%
9032,3334,954
1988R
−47.8%
1,1783,4014,652
1984R
−65.7%
8184,0064,853
1980R
−61.7%
9264,1675,253
1976R
−27.3%
1,4452,5814,167
1972R
−42.2%
8192,6214,270
1968R
−34.0%
9612,2973,925
1964D
+0.6%
1,9701,9453,915
1960R
−8.3%
1,8872,2304,117
1956R
−24.2%
1,5352,5134,048
1952R
−28.7%
1,5002,7104,213
1948D
+6.2%
2,0141,7773,811
1944D
+9.3%
2,1161,7553,871
1940D
+12.3%
2,5561,9964,554
1936D
+33.9%
2,9041,4234,366
1932D
+30.8%
2,8301,4984,329
1928D
+7.2%
1,9331,6743,619
1924R
−30.9%
5301,6623,669
1920R
−30.5%
1,0611,9943,055
1916D
+22.9%
2,6951,6544,550
1912R
−16.9%
1,9113,0716,871
1908R
−14.8%
2,8543,9207,201
1904R
−47.3%
1,2783,8695,483
1900R
−0.5%
2,1532,1744,379
1896D
+84.9%
1,5261211,655
1892
No data
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
Other Christian
62.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
12.8%
Mainline Protestant
1.0%
Methodist
0.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.3%
Baptist
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 22.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Fremont County, tucked against the Montana border in eastern Idaho, recorded an R+68.9 presidential margin in 2024—among the widest in the state—reflecting a rural, agriculture-dependent electorate with minimal urban counterweight.

The Republican margin in Fremont County reached its widest at seventy-three points in 2004. The margin in 2024 was sixty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Fremont County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $72,683, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 13,943 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 Cassia County and Smith County.