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United States presidential elections in Idaho

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Presidential elections in Idaho
Map of the United States with Idaho highlighted
Number of elections33
Voted Democratic10
Voted Republican22
Voted other1[1]
Voted for winning candidate23
Voted for losing candidate10

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Idaho, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1890, Idaho has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Presidential elections

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Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[a]
Votes Percent Electoral
Votes
Ref.
2020 Joe Biden 287,021 33.07 Donald Trump 554,119 63.84 4
2016 Donald Trump[b] 409,055 59.25 Hillary Clinton 189,765 27.48 - 4
2012 Barack Obama 212,787 32.62 Mitt Romney 420,911 64.53 - 4
2008 Barack Obama 236,440 36.09 John McCain 403,012 61.52 - 4
2004 George W. Bush 409,235 68.38 John Kerry 181,098 30.26 - 4
2000 George W. Bush[b] 336,937 67.17 Al Gore 138,637 27.64 - 4
1996 Bill Clinton 165,443 33.65 Bob Dole 256,595 52.18 Ross Perot 62,518 12.71 4
1992 Bill Clinton 137,013 28.42 George H. W. Bush 202,645 42.03 Ross Perot 130,395 27.05 4
1988 George H. W. Bush 253,881 62.08 Michael Dukakis 147,272 36.01 - 4
1984 Ronald Reagan 297,523 72.36 Walter Mondale 108,510 26.39 - 4
1980 Ronald Reagan 290,699 66.46 Jimmy Carter 110,192 25.19 John B. Anderson 27,058 6.19 4
1976 Jimmy Carter 126,549 37.12 Gerald Ford 204,151 59.88 - 4
1972 Richard Nixon 199,384 64.24 George McGovern 80,826 26.04 - 4
1968 Richard Nixon 165,369 56.79 Hubert Humphrey 89,273 30.66 George Wallace 36,541 12.55 4
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson 148,920 50.92 Barry Goldwater 143,557 49.08 - 4
1960 John F. Kennedy 138,853 46.22 Richard Nixon 161,597 53.78 - 4
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower 166,979 61.17 Adlai Stevenson II 105,868 38.78 T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors[c]
- 4
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower 180,707 65.42 Adlai Stevenson II 95,081 34.42 - 4
1948 Harry S. Truman 107,370 49.98 Thomas E. Dewey 101,514 47.26 Strom Thurmond - 4
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt 107,399 51.55 Thomas E. Dewey 100,137 48.07 - 4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt 127,842 54.36 Wendell Willkie 106,553 45.31 - 4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt 125,683 62.96 Alf Landon 66,256 33.19 - 4
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt 109,479 58.66 Herbert Hoover 71,417 38.27 - 4
1928 Herbert Hoover 97,322 64.22 Al Smith 52,926 34.93 - 4
1924 Calvin Coolidge 69,879 47.12 John W. Davis 24,256 16.36 Robert M. La Follette 54,160 36.52 4
1920 Warren G. Harding 88,975 65.6 James M. Cox 46,579 34.34 Parley P. Christensen - - 4
1916 Woodrow Wilson 70,054 52.04 Charles E. Hughes 55,368 41.13 - 4
1912 Woodrow Wilson 33,921 32.08 Theodore Roosevelt 25,527 24.14 William H. Taft 32,810 31.02 4
1908 William H. Taft 52,621 54.09 William Jennings Bryan 36,162 37.17 - 3
1904 Theodore Roosevelt 47,783 65.84 Alton B. Parker 18,480 25.46 - 3
1900 William McKinley 27,198 46.96 William Jennings Bryan 29,414 50.79 - 3
1896 William McKinley 6,314 21.32 William Jennings Bryan 23,135 78.1 - 3
1892 Grover Cleveland - - Benjamin Harrison 8,599 44.31 James B. Weaver 10,520 54.21 3

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ For purposes of these lists, other candidates are defined as those who were in third place in Idaho. Additionally, a third party did not qualify every single year.
  2. ^ a b Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
  3. ^ Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina

References

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  1. ^ James B. Weaver, 1892.