2016 United States presidential election in Idaho


The 2016 United States presidential election in Idaho was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Idaho voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.
On March 8, 2016, voters expressed their preferences for the Republican and Constitution parties nominee for president. The Democratic Party held a caucus on March 26. Registered members of the party only voted in their party's primary, while voters who were unaffiliated chose any one primary in which to vote.
Donald Trump won the election in Idaho with 59.2% of the vote. Hillary Clinton received 27.6% of the vote. Despite the national Republican trend, Trump carried Idaho by a slightly reduced margin than Mitt Romney in 2012, in large part because he lost support to third-party candidates Evan McMullin and Gary Johnson.
McMullin's carrying 6.75% of the popular vote made Idaho his second strongest state in the 2016 election only after neighboring Utah.

Primary elections

Republican primary

With only a thousand dollar filing fee, thirteen candidates appear on the Republican presidential primary ballot:

Democratic caucuses

Constitution primary

The Constitution Party of Idaho held its primary on March 8.

Polling

Predictions

The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for Idaho as of Election Day.
  1. Los Angeles Times: Strongly Trump
  2. CNN: Solid Trump
  3. Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Trump
  4. NBC: Likely Trump
  5. RealClearPolitics: Solid Trump
  6. Fox News: Solid Republican
  7. ABC: Solid Trump

    Results

Results breakdown

By county