1904 United States presidential election in Idaho explained

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Election Name:1904 United States presidential election in Idaho
Country:Idaho
Flag Year:1861
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1900 United States presidential election in Idaho
Previous Year:1900
Next Election:1908 United States presidential election in Idaho
Next Year:1908
Election Date:November 8, 1904
Image1:Theodore Roosevelt by the Pach Bros (cropped 3x4).jpg
Nominee1:Theodore Roosevelt
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:New York
Running Mate1:Charles W. Fairbanks
Electoral Vote1:3
Popular Vote1:47,783
Percentage1:65.84%
Nominee2:Alton B. Parker
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:New York
Running Mate2:Henry G. Davis
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:18,480
Percentage2:25.46%
Image3:Debs-Eugene-circa1904.jpg
Nominee3:Eugene V. Debs
Party3:Socialist Party of America
Home State3:Indiana
Running Mate3:Ben Hanford
Electoral Vote3:0
Popular Vote3:4,949
Percentage3:6.82%
Map Size:225px
President
Before Election:Theodore Roosevelt
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:Theodore Roosevelt
After Party:Republican Party (United States)

The 1904 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 8, 1904. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1904 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Although the Republican Party had not carried Idaho in any of the state's three previous presidential elections, at state level, Idaho had begun in 1902 to be very much a one-party Republican state,[1] which it has largely remained since apart from the New Deal era of the 1930s and 1940s. Moreover, Democratic nominee Alton Brooks Parker’s defense of the Gold Standard, which harked back to Grover Cleveland, aroused no enthusiasm in Idaho.[2] Nor did his opposition to Roosevelt’s policy of imperialism in the Pacific,[3] whilst Roosevelt’s strong efforts to regulate big businesses were extremely popular in the remote Northwest.[4] Parker was also affected by the perception that the Bryan Democrats had failed severely as a party of reform.[5]

As a result, Roosevelt was able to achieve the first-ever Republican victory in Idaho by an overwhelming margin – 40.38 percentage points – in the process emulating William Jennings Bryan’s 1896 sweep of all Idaho’s counties.

Results

1904 United States presidential election in Idaho[6]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
RepublicanTheodore Roosevelt (incumbent)47,78365.84%3
DemocraticAlton B. Parker18,48025.46%0
Social DemocraticEugene V. Debs4,9496.82%0
ProhibitionSilas C. Swallow1,0131.40%0
PopulistThomas E. Watson3530.49%0
Totals72,578100.00%3
Voter turnout—

Results by county

CountyTheodore Roosevelt
Republican		Alton Brooks Parker
Democratic		Eugene Victor Debs[7]
Socialist		Silas Comfort Swallow
Prohibition		Thomas Edward Watson
Populist		MarginTotal votes cast[8]
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Ada4,53669.52%1,46622.47%3184.87%1642.51%410.63%3,07047.05%6,525
Bannock2,82668.58%1,06325.79%2275.51%30.07%20.05%1,76342.78%4,121
Bear Lake1,53866.26%76933.13%110.47%30.13%00.00%76933.13%2,321
Bingham3,18671.18%89019.88%3658.15%220.49%130.29%2,29651.30%4,476
Blaine1,22556.37%77535.66%1406.44%110.51%221.01%45020.71%2,173
Boise1,05356.31%63934.17%1256.68%351.87%180.96%41422.14%1,870
Canyon3,17266.55%1,02521.51%3166.63%1903.99%631.32%2,14745.05%4,766
Cassia1,10572.51%34622.70%593.87%50.33%90.59%75949.80%1,524
Custer49651.29%42944.36%333.41%60.62%30.31%676.93%967
Elmore59353.09%43338.76%686.09%171.52%60.54%16014.32%1,117
Fremont3,86970.56%1,27823.31%3135.71%110.20%120.22%2,59147.26%5,483
Idaho2,73161.12%1,38130.91%3046.80%330.74%190.43%1,35030.21%4,468
Kootenai4,16567.55%1,17819.10%66410.77%1322.14%270.44%2,98748.44%6,166
Latah3,27670.19%94020.14%2836.06%1382.96%300.64%2,33650.05%4,667
Lemhi78655.43%56439.77%281.97%60.42%342.40%22215.66%1,418
Lincoln68868.19%26225.97%504.96%90.89%00.00%42642.22%1,009
Nez Perce3,95662.98%1,69627.00%4487.13%1602.55%210.33%2,26035.98%6,281
Oneida2,33970.45%90627.29%752.26%00.00%00.00%1,43343.16%3,320
Owyhee66354.98%39332.59%1189.78%90.75%231.91%27022.39%1,206
Shoshone3,69566.12%1,11619.97%74813.39%230.41%60.11%2,57946.15%5,588
Washington1,89460.71%93129.84%2568.21%361.15%30.10%96330.87%3,120
Totals47,79265.84%18,48025.46%4,9496.82%1,0131.40%3520.48%29,31240.38%72,586

See also

Notes and References

  1. Burnham, Walter Dean; ‘The System of 1896’, in Kleppner, Paul (editor), The Evolution of American Electoral Systems, pp. 176-179
  2. Archer, Clark; Martis, Kenneth C. and Shelley, Fred M.; Historical Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 1788-2004, p. 99
  3. Warren, Kenneth F.; Encyclopedia of U.S. campaigns, elections, and electoral behavior: A-M, p. 609
  4. Murray, Keith; ‘Issues and Personalities of Pacific Northwest Politics, 1889-1950’; The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol. 41, No. 3 (July 1950), pp. 213-233
  5. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; ‘The Decline of the Democratic Party’; American Journal of Sociology, vol. 20, no. 3 (November 1914), pp. 313-334
  6. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Idaho
  7. Géoelections; Popular Vote for Eugene V. Debs (1904) (.xlsx file for €15)
  8. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 174-177

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