ELECTORAL VOTES 4

2008 ELECTION Strong McCain

ABOUT
IDAHO

Idaho gained statehood in July 1890, with Republicans and Democrats both winning elections up through 1928. During the Great Depression and throughout World War II Idahoans voted for FDR four times. And they went for Harry Truman in 1948, before the state turned “red” in 1952 and chose Dwight Eisenhower. Like most other states in the Mountain West, Idaho is currently a Republican stronghold in presidential elections, having voted Democratic just once since 1952 – the 1964 landslide victory of Lyndon Johnson over Barry Goldwater. In 2004, George W. Bush beat John Kerry by some 38%; only Utah and Wyoming gave the incumbent president wider margins in his reelection bid.