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Election 1996 Results

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1996 presidential election in Idaho

Bob Dole (Republican) beat Bill Clinton (Democrat) in Idaho in 1996, 52.2% to 33.6%, a margin of 18.5 points and 91,152 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1992, when George H. W. Bush won.

Republicans led in 40 of the 44 counties and Democrats in 4. The largest, Ada, cast 117,743 votes and went to the Republican by 15.9 points. The closest was Camas, where 127 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Bob Dole won	Republican	256,595	52.2%
Bill Clinton	Democratic	165,443	33.6%
Ross Perot	Reform	62,518	12.7%
All other candidates		7,163	1.5%
Total		491,719

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Ada	43,040 36.6%	61,811 52.5%	12,892	117,743	R+15.9
Canyon	11,800 29.3%	23,988 59.5%	4,540	40,328	R+30.2
Kootenai	13,627 34.8%	18,740 47.8%	6,819	39,186	R+13.0
Bonneville	9,013 27.0%	19,977 59.9%	4,360	33,350	R+32.9
Bannock	12,806 40.8%	14,058 44.8%	4,513	31,377	R+4.0
Twin Falls	6,826 29.8%	12,393 54.1%	3,677	22,896	R+24.3
Nez Perce	7,491 44.9%	6,675 40.0%	2,530	16,696	D+4.9
Latah	7,741 47.5%	6,311 38.7%	2,238	16,290	D+8.8
Bingham	4,304 28.9%	8,391 56.4%	2,186	14,881	R+27.5
Bonner	5,294 36.7%	6,207 43.0%	2,935	14,436	R+6.3
Blaine	3,840 46.7%	3,003 36.5%	1,374	8,217	D+10.2
Madison	1,216 15.7%	5,706 73.8%	806	7,728	R+58.1
Jefferson	1,427 19.3%	4,925 66.5%	1,051	7,403	R+47.3
Cassia	1,596 21.8%	4,663 63.7%	1,067	7,326	R+41.9
Idaho	1,979 27.9%	3,871 54.5%	1,248	7,098	R+26.7
Minidoka	1,977 28.0%	4,008 56.8%	1,070	7,055	R+28.8
Payette	2,119 30.2%	3,901 55.6%	998	7,018	R+25.4
Elmore	2,324 33.7%	3,668 53.1%	912	6,904	R+19.5
Gem	1,968 31.6%	3,362 54.0%	901	6,231	R+22.4
Jerome	1,679 27.4%	3,358 54.8%	1,088	6,125	R+27.4
Shoshone	2,981 50.1%	1,588 26.7%	1,385	5,954	D+23.4
Gooding	1,503 29.1%	2,637 51.0%	1,026	5,166	R+22.0
Fremont	1,114 23.0%	3,042 62.9%	679	4,835	R+39.9
Valley	1,564 36.6%	2,089 48.8%	625	4,278	R+12.3
Washington	1,314 31.1%	2,318 54.9%	590	4,222	R+23.8
Benewah	1,488 38.0%	1,667 42.5%	764	3,919	R+4.6
Franklin	807 20.7%	2,435 62.6%	650	3,892	R+41.8
Clearwater	1,507 38.8%	1,658 42.7%	718	3,883	R+3.9
Boundary	1,194 30.9%	1,937 50.1%	739	3,870	R+19.2
Lemhi	1,015 26.2%	2,334 60.3%	519	3,868	R+34.1
Owyhee	895 26.9%	2,033 61.2%	395	3,323	R+34.2
Caribou	841 27.0%	1,740 55.8%	539	3,120	R+28.8
Boise	879 29.7%	1,576 53.3%	504	2,959	R+23.6
Power	1,070 36.4%	1,501 51.1%	365	2,936	R+14.7
Bear Lake	805 28.7%	1,583 56.4%	420	2,808	R+27.7
Teton	866 34.8%	1,251 50.3%	371	2,488	R+15.5
Custer	635 27.4%	1,249 53.9%	432	2,316	R+26.5
Adams	537 27.6%	1,053 54.0%	359	1,949	R+26.5
Lewis	674 35.9%	861 45.8%	345	1,880	R+9.9
Oneida	429 24.9%	993 57.5%	304	1,726	R+32.7
Lincoln	478 30.6%	744 47.6%	340	1,562	R+17.0
Butte	507 34.0%	741 49.7%	243	1,491	R+15.7
Camas	156 28.7%	283 52.0%	105	544	R+23.3
Clark	117 27.0%	266 61.3%	51	434	R+34.3

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

Year	Winner	Margin
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)

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