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Idaho 2000 vs 2008: county swing

2 of 44 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 2 changed hands.

County20002008SwingVotes 2000Votes 2008
Butte County R+48.0 R+52.3 R+4.3 1,460 1,410
Bear Lake County R+61.4 R+63.7 R+2.3 2,899 2,943
Oneida County R+62.2 R+62.1 D+0.1 1,798 2,162
Clark County R+64.9 R+64.2 D+0.7 382 375
Franklin County R+72.6 R+71.9 D+0.7 4,243 5,073
Gooding County R+44.2 R+42.2 D+2.0 5,026 5,391
Lincoln County R+38.8 R+36.8 D+2.0 1,574 1,870
Jefferson County R+68.7 R+66.1 D+2.6 7,836 10,441
Caribou County R+66.9 R+63.7 D+3.2 3,177 3,302
Cassia County R+67.3 R+63.5 D+3.8 7,279 7,842
Washington County R+47.1 R+42.8 D+4.3 4,070 4,506
Minidoka County R+54.7 R+50.1 D+4.6 6,518 6,890
Shoshone County R+12.2 R+7.6 D+4.6 5,385 5,666
Bingham County R+50.6 R+45.5 D+5.1 14,465 17,155
Jerome County R+50.9 R+45.3 D+5.6 6,007 6,847
Owyhee County R+57.4 R+51.2 D+6.2 3,188 4,058
Madison County R+79.4 R+72.7 D+6.7 8,970 13,057
Payette County R+48.3 R+41.5 D+6.8 6,858 8,613
Kootenai County R+33.5 R+26.3 D+7.2 43,812 61,932
Elmore County R+43.8 R+36.5 D+7.3 6,966 8,436
Gem County R+50.6 R+43.0 D+7.6 5,983 7,947
Twin Falls County R+44.5 R+36.7 D+7.8 22,530 28,344
Fremont County R+69.7 R+61.8 D+7.9 5,088 5,880
Bonneville County R+52.9 R+42.9 D+10.0 33,556 41,703
Boise County R+41.7 R+31.6 D+10.1 3,055 3,773
Camas County R+48.5 R+38.0 D+10.5 507 618
Bannock County R+23.8 R+13.0 D+10.8 30,852 35,105
Canyon County R+46.5 R+35.1 D+11.4 43,000 64,246
Lewis County R+56.9 R+44.1 D+12.8 1,688 1,804
Custer County R+59.1 R+46.0 D+13.1 2,330 2,352
Lemhi County R+60.4 R+45.8 D+14.6 3,641 4,105
Idaho County R+62.0 R+47.2 D+14.8 7,452 8,210
Bonner County R+31.8 R+16.9 D+14.9 14,537 19,547
Power County R+41.2 R+25.6 D+15.6 2,709 2,842
Benewah County R+46.4 R+29.7 D+16.7 3,687 4,164
Nez Perce County R+34.8 R+18.1 D+16.7 16,021 17,823
Boundary County R+50.6 R+33.6 D+17.0 3,884 4,733
Clearwater County R+52.5 R+34.8 D+17.7 3,896 3,906
Ada County R+27.9 R+6.2 D+21.7 123,485 179,402
Latah County flipped R+16.3 D+6.8 D+23.1 15,311 17,714
Adams County R+59.7 R+34.0 D+25.7 1,909 2,320
Valley County R+35.7 R+6.9 D+28.8 3,978 5,296
Blaine County D+2.8 D+33.2 D+30.4 7,938 10,571
Teton County flipped R+38.3 D+0.8 D+39.1 2,671 4,658

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data