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1876–2024
Idaho County, Idaho
Idaho County·Idaho

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

One of Idaho's most Republican-leaning counties by raw margin

18762024·38 elections
Idaho County, Idaho · Forest Service Northern Region from Missoula, MT, USA · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+68
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
17,432
2024 ACS
Most similar
Golden Valley County
MT · similarity 1.00
26 precincts · 9,867 votes cast
Trump · R+68
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−67.8%
1,4608,1489,867
2020R
−65.2%
1,5617,8269,602
2016R
−63.8%
1,1966,4418,226
2012R
−53.8%
1,7085,9217,837
2008R
−47.2%
2,0175,8958,210
2004R
−54.3%
1,6896,0177,970
2000R
−62.0%
1,1875,8067,452
1996R
−26.7%
1,9793,8717,098
1992R
−10.9%
1,9742,7096,734
1988R
−22.9%
2,1983,5415,871
1984R
−35.0%
1,9964,2196,349
1980R
−33.2%
2,0784,4257,073
1976R
−15.1%
2,3233,1855,692
1972R
−31.0%
1,6223,2355,201
1968R
−8.8%
1,8832,3174,914
1964D
+23.1%
3,1881,9905,178
1960D
+18.3%
3,2562,2485,504
1956R
−3.0%
2,5462,7035,249
1952R
−14.7%
2,2693,0545,330
1948D
+12.1%
2,3001,7904,218
1944D
+2.3%
2,0711,9774,063
1940D
+4.5%
2,8882,6415,545
1936D
+31.8%
3,1041,5354,929
1932D
+46.0%
3,0051,0794,186
1928R
−11.1%
1,6762,0993,812
1924R
−16.4%
7791,3633,571
1920R
−35.8%
1,1282,3863,514
1916D
+8.2%
2,2651,8924,552
1912D
+16.1%
1,6799894,284
1908R
−6.7%
1,8332,1294,451
1904R
−30.2%
1,3812,7314,468
1900D
+10.2%
1,8841,5273,489
1896D
+49.6%
1,1273771,511
1892R
−46.0%
0386839
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
31.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
13.1%
Other Christian
13.1%
Mainline Protestant
1.6%
Baptist
1.4%
Methodist
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Idaho County delivered an R+68 margin in 2024, reflecting the dominant pattern of rural, resource-economy counties across the Inland Northwest where Republican candidates routinely post some of the widest margins in the state.

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

Idaho County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $66,325, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 17,432 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 Golden Valley County and Harney County.