Idaho · 2020 presidential election
Idaho presidential election results 2020
Donald J. Trump carried Idaho by 30.77 points (267,098 votes), winning 4 electoral votes.
- Electoral votes
- 4
- Votes counted
- 868,014
- ID result
- R+30.8
- Compared with the nation
- 35.2 pts more Republican
- Swing since 2016
- 1.0 pts to D
Statewide result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald J. Trump | Republican | 554,119 | 63.84% | 4 | |
| Joseph R. Biden | Democratic | 287,021 | 33.07% | — | |
| Others | Others | 26,874 | 3.10% | — | |
| Total votes | 868,014 | ||||
Sources: id-2020.pdf · 2020
Certified state documentCertified
Every ticket on the ballot, as printed in the certified document (the statewide table above groups minor candidates as “Others” when the source does).
All 7 tickets as printed in the document
| Ticket (as printed) | Code | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donald J. Trump REP | REP | 554,119 | 63.89% |
| Joseph R. Biden DEM | DEM | 287,021 | 33.09% |
| Jo Jorgensen LIB | LIB | 16,404 | 1.89% |
| Kanye West IND | IND | 3,632 | 0.42% |
| Brock Pierce IND | IND | 2,808 | 0.32% |
| Don Blankenship CON | CON | 1,886 | 0.22% |
| Rocky "Rocky" De La Fuente IND | IND | 1,491 | 0.17% |
| Write-in / scattering | 653 | ||
Notes on how this document was read
- The Plurality column (267,098 after Trump's percentage) is kept under other_numbers; votes is the first number of the row.
Method: page image read by Apple Vision (lines), Tesseract (words) and RapidOCR (lines); a number is kept when two engines read the same digits in the same place
County resultsMedia count
Download CSV| County | Joseph R. Biden | Donald J. Trump | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ada County | 120,539 | 130,699 | 8,151 | 259,389 | 3.9 |
| Adams County | 591 | 1,941 | 54 | 2,586 | 52.2 |
| Bannock County | 14,682 | 23,331 | 1,540 | 39,553 | 21.9 |
| Bear Lake County | 350 | 2,914 | 51 | 3,315 | 77.3 |
| Benewah County | 977 | 3,878 | 118 | 4,973 | 58.3 |
| Bingham County | 4,124 | 15,295 | 675 | 20,094 | 55.6 |
| Blaine County | 8,919 | 4,031 | 338 | 13,288 | 36.8 |
| Boise County | 1,204 | 3,485 | 131 | 4,820 | 47.3 |
| Bonner County | 8,310 | 18,369 | 673 | 27,352 | 36.8 |
| Bonneville County | 14,254 | 37,805 | 1,936 | 53,995 | 43.6 |
| Boundary County | 1,220 | 4,937 | 156 | 6,313 | 58.9 |
| Butte County | 188 | 1,202 | 25 | 1,415 | 71.7 |
| Camas County | 149 | 507 | 98 | 754 | 47.5 |
| Canyon County | 25,881 | 61,759 | 2,798 | 90,438 | 39.7 |
| Caribou County | 431 | 2,906 | 79 | 3,416 | 72.5 |
| Cassia County | 1,464 | 7,907 | 258 | 9,629 | 66.9 |
| Clark County | 41 | 264 | 6 | 311 | 71.7 |
| Clearwater County | 877 | 3,453 | 89 | 4,419 | 58.3 |
| Custer County | 603 | 2,089 | 47 | 2,739 | 54.3 |
| Elmore County | 2,601 | 7,246 | 358 | 10,205 | 45.5 |
| Franklin County | 657 | 5,845 | 162 | 6,664 | 77.9 |
| Fremont County | 998 | 5,548 | 173 | 6,719 | 67.7 |
| Gem County | 1,803 | 7,951 | 204 | 9,958 | 61.7 |
| Gooding County | 1,256 | 4,659 | 135 | 6,050 | 56.2 |
| Idaho County | 1,561 | 7,826 | 215 | 9,602 | 65.2 |
| Jefferson County | 1,661 | 12,099 | 413 | 14,173 | 73.6 |
| Jerome County | 1,893 | 5,734 | 185 | 7,812 | 49.2 |
| Kootenai County | 24,312 | 62,837 | 2,729 | 89,878 | 42.9 |
| Latah County | 10,236 | 9,472 | 862 | 20,570 | 3.7 |
| Lemhi County | 1,032 | 3,592 | 114 | 4,738 | 54.0 |
| Lewis County | 349 | 1,489 | 32 | 1,870 | 61.0 |
| Lincoln County | 414 | 1,469 | 57 | 1,940 | 54.4 |
| Madison County | 2,666 | 13,559 | 887 | 17,112 | 63.7 |
| Minidoka County | 1,550 | 6,265 | 178 | 7,993 | 59.0 |
| Nez Perce County | 6,686 | 13,738 | 543 | 20,967 | 33.6 |
| Oneida County | 249 | 2,148 | 54 | 2,451 | 77.5 |
| Owyhee County | 816 | 3,819 | 107 | 4,742 | 63.3 |
| Payette County | 2,161 | 8,862 | 270 | 11,293 | 59.3 |
| Power County | 865 | 2,116 | 105 | 3,086 | 40.5 |
| Shoshone County | 1,693 | 4,216 | 140 | 6,049 | 41.7 |
| Teton County | 3,318 | 2,858 | 171 | 6,347 | 7.2 |
| Twin Falls County | 9,391 | 25,897 | 1,392 | 36,680 | 45.0 |
| Valley County | 2,976 | 3,947 | 140 | 7,063 | 13.7 |
| Washington County | 1,073 | 4,154 | 117 | 5,344 | 57.7 |
Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.
Notes on how this document was read
- Secondary source: County results compiled by Tony McGovern from news-media election-night tallies (Fox News, Politico, The New York Times); not a certified state document.
Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).
Certificate of Ascertainment
The governor’s certificate naming Idaho’s electors was signed on the 20th day of November. Open the certificate (PDF, 2 pages)
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Questions and answers
Who won Idaho in 2020?
Donald J. Trump won Idaho by 30.77 percentage points (267,098 votes).
How many electoral votes did Idaho have in 2020?
Idaho cast 4 electoral votes in 2020.
How many people voted for president in Idaho in 2020?
868,014 votes were counted for president.
How many counties did each candidate win in Idaho in 2020?
Donald J. Trump 41, Joseph R. Biden 3 (out of 44 counties with results).
How did Idaho change from 2016 to 2020?
The margin moved 1.0 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Republican by 31.8 points to Republican by 30.8 points.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data