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1876–2024
Owyhee County, Idaho
Owyhee County·Idaho

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

One of Idaho's most lopsided rural counties by presidential margin

18762024·38 elections
Owyhee County, Idaho · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+68
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
12,503
2024 ACS
Most similar
Gosper County
NE · similarity 1.00
1 precincts · 4,950 votes cast
Trump · R+68
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−67.6%
7564,1014,950
2020R
−63.3%
8163,8194,742
2016R
−62.7%
5913,0523,924
2012R
−52.7%
8332,7943,724
2008R
−51.3%
9443,0244,058
2004R
−60.6%
6852,8593,590
2000R
−57.3%
6232,4503,188
1996R
−34.2%
8952,0333,323
1992R
−25.5%
6861,4693,072
1988R
−32.6%
8481,7072,634
1984R
−56.9%
5742,1412,755
1980R
−48.6%
7322,2573,140
1976R
−17.6%
1,0541,5192,641
1972R
−50.2%
4631,6302,324
1968R
−35.4%
5621,3852,323
1964R
−2.0%
1,1681,2162,384
1960R
−14.1%
1,1291,5002,629
1956R
−25.9%
8641,4682,332
1952R
−40.9%
7591,8132,575
1948R
−2.3%
9259691,937
1944R
−8.7%
8249831,819
1940D
+5.9%
1,1601,0312,205
1936D
+35.1%
1,1065001,728
1932D
+23.4%
9595831,610
1928R
−26.1%
5339181,476
1924R
−16.5%
3095641,544
1920R
−30.7%
5159711,486
1916D
+12.3%
7755941,469
1912D
+3.4%
5675151,522
1908D
+3.4%
6506041,342
1904R
−22.4%
3936631,206
1900D
+20.2%
8845841,482
1896D
+84.3%
1,140971,237
1892R
−49.3%
0337683
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%
Irish
0.5%
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
15.9%
Other Christian
13.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.3%
Mainline Protestant
1.9%
Baptist
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Owyhee County's high-desert ranching economy and sparse population of roughly 10,600 produce some of the most uniform partisan results in the state, with the 2024 presidential contest landing at R+67.8.

The Republican margin in Owyhee 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.

Owyhee County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $64,406, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 12,503 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 Gosper County and Cheyenne County.