2016
Reading the 2016 result in Idaho
Idaho backed Trump (Republican) in the 2016 presidential election, casting 4 electoral votes for the ticket. Idaho ended up on the winning side — Donald Trump captured the White House that year.
It marked the 13th consecutive election in which Idaho backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. The region divided — Utah, Wyoming, and Montana joined Idaho for the Republican ticket, while Washington, Oregon, and Nevada did not. Across the 34 presidential elections Idaho has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (23 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.
In the national count, Donald Trump took 304 of the 538 electoral votes, against Hillary Clinton's 227. Though Donald Trump won the Electoral College, Hillary Clinton drew more of the national popular vote — 48.18% to 46.09%.
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