2016 Idaho Primary Story

A head to head comparison of the 2016 Primary gives us an idea of the break down of the voters.

In the Idaho Caucus Primary, Donald Trump won 25% over Bernie Sanders 8% and Hillary Clinton's 2%. However, Cruz beat them all with his 41% victory.

Donald Trump wins 12 out of the 44  counties in the state of Idaho to support his claims of his movement in the country. Sanders and Clinton won nothing. Cruz has a 32 counties win in this 4 way match up.

The 3 race vote comparison Hillary Clinton (21%) lost to Bernie Sanders's (79%).   Donald Trump got 93% caucus vote over Hillary Clinton 7% of the vote.  Donald Trump 77% to Bernie Sanders 23% of the caucus in a head to head match up on total vote counts.  

These 10 counties play an important role in these primary elections. Unlike in California, in Idaho, top county is not an order of magnitude larger than the other counties. Even though a candidate, can get a sizable majority in a large county it is possible for the other candidate to catch up from the smaller counties.

The top 10 counties show up in all the candidates top 10 lists and their popularity is quite consistent through out.

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Related References: 2016 Idaho General Election Story, 2020 Idaho Primary Election Story