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]

Main article: 2020 United States presidential election
2020 United States presidential election in Idaho
November 3, 2020
Turnout%
 
Nominee Donald Trump Joe Biden
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Florida Delaware
Running mate Mike Pence Kamala Harris
Incumbent President

Donald Trump
Republican
Elections in Idaho

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.

2020 Idaho Republican primary[3][4]
Candidate Votes % Estimated
delegates
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Joe Walsh (withdrawn) 2,341 1.97%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]

2020 Idaho Democratic presidential primary[8]
Candidate Votes % Delegates[9]
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Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn) 2,878 2.65
Michael Bloomberg (withdrawn) 2,612 2.40
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn) 1,426 1.31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Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn) 774 0.71
Andrew Yang (withdrawn) 310 0.29
Tom Steyer (withdrawn) 112 0.10
Michael Bennet (withdrawn) 91 0.08
John Delaney (withdrawn) 65 0.06
Marianne Williamson (withdrawn) 57 0.05
Cory Booker (withdrawn) 55 0.05
Julian Castro (withdrawn) 49 0.05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Deval Patrick (withdrawn) 19 0.02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
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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