2020 United States presidential election in Idaho
The 2020 United States presidential election in Idaho is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate.[1] Idaho voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Idaho has four votes in the Electoral College.[2]
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Primary elections
The primary elections were on March 10, 2020.
Republican primary
Incumbent United States President Donald Trump was challenged by five candidates: businessman and perennial candidate Rocky De La Fuente of California, entrepreneur and investor Bob Ely of Massachusetts, entrepreneur and attorney Matthew Matern of Louisiana, former congressman Joe Walsh of Illinois, and former governor Bill Weld of Massachusetts. Walsh withdrew from the race prior to the primary.
Candidate | Votes | % | Estimated delegates |
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Donald Trump | 112,373 | 94.46% | 32 |
Bill Weld | 2,486 | 2.09% | |
Joe Walsh (withdrawn) | 2,341 | 1.97% | |
Matthew John Matern | 647 | 0.54% | |
Rocky De La Fuente | 637 | 0.54% | |
Bob Ely | 474 | 0.40% | |
Total | 118,311 | 100% | 32 |
Democratic primary
Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, and Tulsi Gabbard were the major declared candidates.[5][6][7]
Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates[9] |
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Joe Biden | 53,151 | 48.92 | 12 |
Bernie Sanders | 46,114 | 42.44 | 8 |
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn) | 2,878 | 2.65 | |
Michael Bloomberg (withdrawn) | 2,612 | 2.40 | |
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn) | 1,426 | 1.31 | |
Tulsi Gabbard | 876 | 0.81 | |
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn) | 774 | 0.71 | |
Andrew Yang (withdrawn) | 310 | 0.29 | |
Tom Steyer (withdrawn) | 112 | 0.10 | |
Michael Bennet (withdrawn) | 91 | 0.08 | |
John Delaney (withdrawn) | 65 | 0.06 | |
Marianne Williamson (withdrawn) | 57 | 0.05 | |
Cory Booker (withdrawn) | 55 | 0.05 | |
Julian Castro (withdrawn) | 49 | 0.05 | |
Steve Burke | 38 | 0.03 | |
Roque De La Fuente III | 22 | 0.02 | |
Deval Patrick (withdrawn) | 19 | 0.02 | |
Total | 108,649 | 100% | 20 |
General election
Predictions
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report[10] | Safe R | July 23, 2020 |
Inside Elections[11] | Safe R | July 17, 2020 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball[12] | Safe R | July 14, 2020 |
Politico[13] | Safe R | July 6, 2020 |
RCP[14] | Safe R | August 3, 2020 |
Niskanen[15] | Safe R | March 24, 2020 |
CNN[16] | Safe R | August 3, 2020 |
The Economist[17] | Safe R | August 7, 2020 |
CBS News[18] | Likely R | August 9, 2020 |
270towin[19] | Safe R | August 2, 2020 |
ABC News[20] | Safe R | July 31, 2020 |
NPR[21] | Likely R | August 3, 2020 |
NBC News[22] | Safe R | August 6, 2020 |
Notes
- Partisan clients
See also
References
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- "Distribution of Electoral Votes". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
- "2020 Presidential Primary Information". Secretary of State of Idaho. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- "Idaho Republican Delegation 2020". The Green Papers. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
- Taylor, Kate (9 February 2019). "Elizabeth Warren Formally Announces 2020 Presidential Bid in Lawrence, Mass". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- Zhou, Li (21 January 2019). "Kamala Harris announces her historic 2020 presidential campaign". Vox. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- Detrow, Scott (1 February 2019). "Cory Booker Makes It Official: He's Running For President In 2020". NPR. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- "2020 Presidential Primary – OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS". Idaho Elections Department. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
- "2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions: Idaho Democrat". The Green Papers. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- "2020 POTUS Race ratings" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
- "POTUS Ratings | Inside Elections". insideelections.com. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
- "Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » 2020 President". crystalball.centerforpolitics.org. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
- "2020 Election Forecast". Politico. November 19, 2019.
- "Battle for White House". RCP. April 19, 2019.
- 2020 Bitecofer Model Electoral College Predictions, Niskanen Center, March 24, 2020, retrieved: April 19, 2020
- David Chalian; Terence Burlij. "Road to 270: CNN's debut Electoral College map for 2020". CNN. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
- "Forecasting the US elections". The Economist. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- "2020 Election Battleground Tracker". CBS News. July 12, 2020. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
- "2020 Presidential Election Interactive Map". 270 to Win.
- "ABC News Race Ratings". CBS News. July 24, 2020. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
- "2020 Electoral Map Ratings: Trump Slides, Biden Advantage Expands Over 270 Votes". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- "Biden dominates the electoral map, but here's how the race could tighten". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-08-06.