Idaho

IDAHO

4 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Idaho Secretary of State)

Total Population, July 1, 2007 est.	1,499,402
Total Registration, March 7, 2007	693,965

Idaho has: 44 counties.
Five largest counties: Ada, Canyon, Kootenai, Bonneville, Bannock.

Government
Governor: C.L. "Butch" Otter (R) elected. Nov. 2006.
State Legislature: Idaho Legislature House: 70 seats Senate: 35 seats
Local: Counties and Cities... NACO Counties
U.S. House: 2R - 1. B.Sali (R) | 2. M.Simpson (R).
U.S. Senate: Larry Craig (R) not seeking re-election in 2008; Michael Crapo (R) re-elected in 2004.

On Sept. 1, 2007 Sen. Larry Craig (R) announced plans to resign effective Sept. 30, but he subsequently decided to stay in the Senate but is not seeking re-election in 2008.

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Democrats: Caucuses -- Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Republicans: Presidential Preference Primary -- Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Presidential Preference Primary (Secretary of State) Democrats do not use the results of the May primary in their delegate selection process. Qualification for the ballot is by one of two means; either the Secretary of State determines that the person's candidacy "is generally advocated or recognized in national news media" and makes announcement by March 28, 2007, or a candidate may file a declaration of candidacy accompanied by $1,000 filing fee.

Democrats
23 Delegates (18 Pledged and 5 Unpledged) and 4 Alternates.
0.57% of the 4,049 Delegate Votes.

Obama

CD1

CD2

Hillary Clinton
1,785

18%

1,870

16%

John Edwards
44

0%

93

1%

+Barack Obama
7,721

79%

9,159

80%

Uncommitted
238

2%

314

3%

Total
9,799

11,425

Total participation of 21,224 is more than four times that of 2004.

Republicans
32 Delegates: 3 RNC; 23 at-large; 6 by CD (3 x 2) and 29 alternates.
1.34% of the 2,380 Delegates.

At-large and CD delegate allocation and election:
80% of delegates: proportional from primary, 5% threshold, bound; candidates submit slate of proposed delegates and state convention selects from slates.
20% of delegates: selected at state convention, not bound.

former:
Huckabee | Romney

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)	3,844	(0.64)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	409,235	(68.39)
Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)	181,098	(30.26)
Peroutka/Baldwin (Const.)	3,084	(0.52)
Nader/Camejo (w/in)	1,115	(0.19)
Total........598,376

612,786 ballots cast, an increase of 18.6% over 2000.

2004 Overview
As in 2000, the Bush-Cheney ticket secured a huge plurality of 228,137 votes (38.13 percentage points). In 33 of 44 counties Bush gained 70 percent of the vote or more. Kerry, who has a vacation home in Ketchum, did win in Blaine County; he also came relatively close (50-48) in Latah County in northern Idaho.
General Election Details

[State Primary Election: May 25, 2004]

Past Results

1996

Dole (Rep.)............256,595	(52.18)
Clinton (Dem.)......165,443	(33.64)
Perot (Ref.)............62,518	(12.71)
Others (3+w/ins)......7,163	(1.45)
Total........491,719

1992

Bush (Rep.)...........202,645 (42.03)

Clinton (Dem.).......137,013 (28.42)

Perot (Ind.) ...........130,395 (27.04)

Gritz (Ind.)...............10,281
(2.13)

Others(2+w/ins).........1,808
(0.37)

Total........482,142

2000

Browne/Olivier (Lib.)	3,488	(0.70)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)	7,615	(1.52)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	336,937	(67.17)
Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)	138,637	(27.64)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)	1,177	(0.23)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)	1,469	(0.29)
Ralph Nader (w/in)	12,292	(2.45)
Total........501,615

Turnout as a percentage of voting age population was 54.46%. (U.S. avg: 53.76%).
Ballots cast / Total number of registered voters
516,647 / 728,085 = 70.96%

2000 Overview
No surprises as the Bush-Cheney ticket trounced Gore-Lieberman with a plurality of 198,300 votes (39.53 percentage points). Bush carried every county except Blaine. (County Commissioner Len Harlig explains: "Blaine County is the anomaly in the State. [It] has the highest per capita income in the State. It is home to the world-famous Sun Valley ski resort..."). The state did get one brief visit by principals during the fall campaign; on Sept. 18 Dick and Lynne Cheney participated in an airport welcome rally/RNC Victory 2000 event during a refueling stop in Idaho Falls, before heading to Seattle. Former First Lady Barbara Bush and DNC National Chair Joe Andrew also visited.

Democratic County Caucuses -- Tuesday, February 24, 2004

Caucus Results

Idaho State Convention 2004 Pocatello, June 17-20, 2004.

May 25, 2004 Primary did not affect selection of delegates.

	Votes	Percent
Howard Dean	545	11%	42
John Edwards	1,096	22%	86
John Kerry	2,665	54%	210
Uncomm.	329	0%	25.7
Dennis Kucinich	270	5%	14
Total	4,920

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23 Delegates (Pledged 18, Unpledged 5), 4 Alternates.

Republican - Primary: Tuesday, May 25, 2004; State Convention June 10-12, 2004. 32 Delegates, 29 Alternates.
George W. Bush 110,800 (89.5%) None of the Names Shown 12,993 (10.5%)