There is an article by Clark Corbin at the Idaho Capital Sun on March 8, 2024 titled New bill would reinstate presidential primary election in Idaho. Last year, when the Idaho legislature passed a bill to move the presidential primary from March to May, it eliminated the primary. Democrats and Republicans instead held caucuses. Donald Trump had a huge Republican win with 84.9% versus 13.2% for Nicki Haley.
Another article by Brian Holmes at KTVB7 on March 8, 2024 is titled Around 6% of registered Republicans took part in Idaho caucus. (More precisely, it was 6.8% or about 1/15th). He pointed out that in 2012, the last time the Republicans held a caucus, 19% had voted.
How many Idahoans voted in previous primaries? Yet another article by Clark Corbin in the Idaho Capital Sun on June 13, 2022 is titled Official voter turnout for Idaho’s May 17 primary election comes to 32.5%. Percentages for that and previous primaries are shown above in a bar chart.
There is stll another article by Brent Regan at the Gem State Patriot News on March 10, 2024 titled Caucus Saboteurs. He pontificated:
“Last Saturday, thanks to efforts by the Idaho Republican Party, nearly 40,000 Idaho Republicans were able to cast their vote for their preferred Presidential Candidate. This could not have happened without the Republican Party acting after the Secretary of State, the legislature and the Governor all agreed to cancel the March Presidential Primary.
…. On Saturday all that effort, planning and expense came to together and by 8:00 PM that night, when the last location reported their results, it was obvious that the caucus was a success.”
Having just a fifteenth of the registered Republican voters turn up cannot be called a success. Maybe a fifth would be.
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