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1900 presidential election in Idaho

William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) beat William McKinley (Republican) in Idaho in 1900, 50.8% to 46.9%, a margin of 3.9 points and 2,286 votes.

Idaho voted 10.1 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+6.2.

The Democratic hold continued from 1896, when William Jennings Bryan also won.

Democrats led in 12 of the 21 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 9. The largest, Shoshone, cast 5,404 votes and went to the Democrat by 11.4 points. The closest was Latah, where 9 votes separated the two parties.

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Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
William Jennings Bryan won Democratic 29,484 50.8%
William McKinley Republican 27,198 46.9%
All other candidates 1,302 2.2%
Total57,984

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Shoshone 2,994 55.4% 2,378 44.0% 32 5,404 D+11.4
Ada 2,072 42.0% 2,706 54.9% 153 4,931 R+12.9
Nez Perce 2,168 47.5% 2,184 47.8% 213 4,565 R+0.4
Fremont 2,153 49.2% 2,174 49.6% 52 4,379 R+0.5
Latah 2,004 47.3% 2,013 47.6% 216 4,233 R+0.2
Idaho 1,884 54.0% 1,527 43.8% 75 3,486 D+10.2
Kootenai 1,871 54.8% 1,472 43.1% 70 3,413 D+11.7
Bannock 1,581 48.0% 1,684 51.1% 29 3,294 R+3.1
Bingham 1,683 53.3% 1,436 45.5% 36 3,155 D+7.8
Oneida 1,222 39.3% 1,891 60.7% 3,113 R+21.5
Canyon 1,314 46.0% 1,350 47.2% 194 2,858 R+1.3
Washington 1,349 51.5% 1,194 45.6% 78 2,621 D+5.9
Bear Lake 1,077 49.9% 1,055 48.8% 28 2,160 D+1.0
Blaine 1,345 66.6% 634 31.4% 40 2,019 D+35.2
Boise 852 54.2% 695 44.2% 25 1,572 D+10.0
Owyhee 884 59.7% 584 39.5% 12 1,480 D+20.3
Lemhi 897 62.3% 523 36.3% 20 1,440 D+26.0
Cassia 624 47.6% 674 51.4% 14 1,312 R+3.8
Elmore 565 59.0% 393 41.0% 958 D+18.0
Custer 590 68.8% 261 30.5% 6 857 D+38.4
Lincoln 355 48.4% 370 50.4% 9 734 R+2.0

Counties as they stood in 1900; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Idaho in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+36.5
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+30.8
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+31.8
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+31.7
2008 John McCain (R) R+25.4
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+38.1
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+39.5
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+18.5
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.6
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+26.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+46.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+41.3
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+22.8
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.2
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+26.1
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+1.8
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+7.6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.4
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+31.0
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+2.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+3.5
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.1
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+29.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+20.4
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+29.3
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+30.8
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+31.3
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+10.9
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+1.1
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+16.9
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+40.4
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+3.9
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+56.8
1892 James B. Weaver (other)