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1876–2024
Franklin County, Idaho
Franklin County·Idaho

Franklin County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Idaho's most Republican counties by raw margin

18762024·38 elections
Franklin County, Idaho · Ken Lund · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+78
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
15,056
2024 ACS
Most similar
Cassia County
ID · similarity 1.00
18 precincts · 7,184 votes cast
Trump · R+78
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−77.6%
7036,2797,184
2020R
−77.9%
6575,8456,664
2016R
−63.9%
3853,9015,499
2012R
−87.0%
3255,1955,600
2008R
−71.9%
6004,2465,073
2004R
−80.6%
4564,5275,054
2000R
−72.6%
5133,5944,243
1996R
−41.8%
8072,4353,892
1992R
−39.3%
5242,1154,050
1988R
−56.5%
8062,9923,871
1984R
−75.4%
4393,2613,742
1980R
−73.4%
5113,6694,301
1976R
−39.0%
1,1572,7204,012
1972R
−55.9%
6112,7873,893
1968R
−44.2%
8312,5093,795
1964R
−20.5%
1,5832,4003,983
1960R
−32.1%
1,3522,6333,985
1956R
−40.6%
1,1812,7953,976
1952R
−46.7%
1,1813,2524,436
1948R
−6.9%
1,7632,0283,813
1944D
+0.5%
1,9711,9503,925
1940D
+2.1%
2,1582,0694,227
1936D
+23.4%
2,2551,3963,670
1932D
+2.9%
1,8711,7643,641
1928R
−17.9%
1,1931,7182,926
1924R
−31.3%
5401,3612,624
1920R
−28.4%
8991,6122,511
1916D
+13.2%
1,4251,0892,546
1912
No data
1908
No data
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
100.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.8%
Mainline Protestant
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 0.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Franklin County, tucked into Idaho's southeastern corner near the Utah border, recorded an R+77.9 margin in 2024 — among the widest presidential spreads in the state, reflecting its heavily rural, religiously homogeneous LDS population.

The Republican margin in Franklin County reached its widest at eighty-seven points in 2012. The margin in 2024 was seventy-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Franklin County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $71,950, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 15,056 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cassia County and Millard County.