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Election 2016 Results

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2016 presidential election in Idaho

Donald Trump (Republican) beat Hillary Clinton (Democrat) in Idaho in 2016, 59.3% to 27.5%, a margin of 31.8 points and 219,290 votes.

Idaho voted 33.9 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

The Republican hold continued from 2012, when Mitt Romney won.

Republicans led in 42 of the 44 counties and Democrats in 2. The largest, Ada, cast 195,669 votes and went to the Republican by 9.2 points. The closest was Teton, where 8 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
Donald Trump won	Republican	409,055	59.3%
Hillary Clinton	Democratic	189,765	27.5%
Evan McMullin	Independent	46,476	6.7%
All other candidates		44,959	6.5%
Total		690,255

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Ada	75,677 38.7%	93,752 47.9%	26,240	195,669	R+9.2
Canyon	16,883 23.2%	47,222 64.9%	8,680	72,785	R+41.7
Kootenai	16,264 24.5%	44,449 67.0%	5,597	66,310	R+42.5
Bonneville	8,930 20.2%	26,699 60.4%	8,592	44,221	R+40.2
Bannock	10,342 30.9%	17,180 51.4%	5,894	33,416	R+20.5
Twin Falls	6,233 20.9%	19,828 66.4%	3,813	29,874	R+45.5
Bonner	5,819 27.8%	13,343 63.7%	1,781	20,943	R+35.9
Latah	8,093 44.5%	7,265 40.0%	2,815	18,173	D+4.6
Nez Perce	4,828 28.1%	10,699 62.2%	1,674	17,201	R+34.1
Bingham	2,924 17.6%	10,907 65.6%	2,794	16,625	R+48.0
Madison	1,201 7.7%	8,941 57.0%	5,546	15,688	R+49.3
Jefferson	976 8.5%	8,436 73.5%	2,063	11,475	R+65.0
Blaine	6,416 59.8%	3,340 31.1%	968	10,724	D+28.7
Payette	1,507 17.3%	6,489 74.6%	708	8,704	R+57.2
Elmore	1,814 21.3%	5,816 68.2%	892	8,522	R+47.0
Idaho	1,196 14.5%	6,441 78.2%	596	8,233	R+63.7
Cassia	1,036 12.7%	5,949 72.7%	1,193	8,178	R+60.1
Gem	1,229 15.5%	5,980 75.2%	745	7,954	R+59.7
Minidoka	1,167 17.0%	4,887 71.1%	817	6,871	R+54.1
Jerome	1,329 19.7%	4,644 68.8%	778	6,751	R+49.1
Fremont	651 11.4%	4,090 71.6%	974	5,715	R+60.2
Franklin	385 7.0%	3,901 70.9%	1,213	5,499	R+63.9
Valley	1,913 35.8%	2,906 54.3%	530	5,349	R+18.6
Gooding	930 17.9%	3,743 72.1%	518	5,191	R+54.2
Boundary	933 18.1%	3,789 73.4%	441	5,163	R+55.3
Shoshone	1,384 27.0%	3,297 64.4%	439	5,120	R+37.4
Teton	2,159 43.4%	2,167 43.5%	650	4,976	R+0.2
Washington	776 17.4%	3,283 73.7%	396	4,455	R+56.3
Benewah	770 18.4%	3,103 74.1%	312	4,185	R+55.7
Lemhi	733 17.9%	3,011 73.5%	352	4,096	R+55.6
Owyhee	591 15.1%	3,052 77.8%	282	3,925	R+62.7
Boise	777 20.4%	2,673 70.1%	364	3,814	R+49.7
Clearwater	704 18.5%	2,852 75.0%	245	3,801	R+56.5
Caribou	271 8.9%	2,275 75.0%	489	3,035	R+66.0
Bear Lake	255 8.7%	2,203 75.2%	470	2,928	R+66.5
Power	699 25.3%	1,666 60.4%	393	2,758	R+35.1
Custer	427 17.7%	1,777 73.6%	210	2,414	R+55.9
Adams	415 19.0%	1,556 71.3%	212	2,183	R+52.3
Oneida	184 8.9%	1,531 74.0%	353	2,068	R+65.1
Lincoln	360 20.6%	1,184 67.7%	204	1,748	R+47.1
Lewis	270 17.0%	1,202 75.6%	118	1,590	R+58.6
Butte	160 13.0%	914 74.3%	156	1,230	R+61.3
Camas	110 18.6%	410 69.5%	70	590	R+50.8
Clark	44 15.5%	203 71.7%	36	283	R+56.2

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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