Idaho

IDAHO

4 Electoral Votes

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

Total Population, July 1, 2004 est.	1,393,262
Total Registration, Nov. 2004	798,015

...includes 117,622 election day registrants.
Idaho has: 44 counties.
Five largest counties: Ada, Canyon, Kootenai, Bonneville, Bannock.

Government
Governor: Dirk Kempthorne (R) elected 1998, re-elected Nov. 2002.
State Legislature: Idaho Legislature House: 70 seats Senate: 35 seats
Local: Counties, Cities... NACO Counties
U.S. House: 2R - 1. C.L.Otter (R) | 2. M.Simpson (R)
U.S. Senate: Larry Craig (R) re-elected in 2002, Michael Crapo (R) re-elected in 2004.

Facing only a write-in candidate, Sen. Crapo received 99 percent of the vote; the two congressmen were comfortably re-elected, each with about 70 percent of the vote.

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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%)

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