See main article: 2024 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 2024 United States presidential election in Idaho |
| Country: | Idaho |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2020 United States presidential election in Idaho |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 2024 |
| Next Election: | 2028 United States presidential election in Idaho |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Joe Biden |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Nominee2: | Kamala Harris |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | California |
| Running Mate2: | Tim Walz |
| Image1: | Donald Trump 2023 (double cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Donald Trump |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Florida |
| Running Mate1: | JD Vance |
The 2024 United States presidential election in Idaho is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate. Idaho voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Idaho has 4 electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state neither gained nor lost a seat.[1]
Idaho is a sparsely-populated Mountain state with an overwhelmingly-White population and an evangelical plurality, and thus a conservative stronghold. Since statehood, the only non-Republicans to win Idaho's electoral votes have been Populist James B. Weaver and Democrats William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson, FDR, Harry Truman, and landslide victor Lyndon B. Johnson. Idaho is a deeply red state, with no presidential Democratic candidate after LBJ's narrow 1964 win coming within 13 percentage points of winning the state. Republicans have occupied all statewide offices since 2007. Thus, Idaho is expected to be easily won by the Republicans in 2024.
Incumbent president Joe Biden has declared he is no longer running for a second term, and thus suspended his candidacy before the 2024 Democratic National Convention officially nominates a candidate.[2] He has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for his replacement.[3]
The Idaho Legislature passed HB 138 during the 2023 legislative session, resulting in the elimination of the state-ran primary for all parties. The legislature did not restore the state-ran primary by the October 1 deadline, and both the major parties in the state opted to operate and fund firehouse nominations for president.[4]
See main article: 2024 Idaho Republican presidential primary. The Idaho Republican primary was held on March 2, 2024, alongside primaries in Hawaii, Mississippi, Missouri, and Washington.
See main article: 2024 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses.
The Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses were held on May 23, 2024.
| Source | Ranking | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Cook Political Report[5] | December 19, 2023 | |
| align=left | Inside Elections[6] | April 26, 2023 | |
| align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball[7] | June 29, 2023 | |
| align=left | Decision Desk HQ/The Hill[8] | December 14, 2023 | |
| align=left | CNalysis[9] | December 30, 2023 | |
| align=left | CNN[10] | January 14, 2024 | |
| align=left | The Economist[11] | June 12, 2024 | |
| 538[12] | June 11, 2024 | ||
| RCP[13] | June 26, 2024 |
Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden