Idaho voter turnout historic
Donald Trump had the poorest showing in Idaho of any Republican presidential candidate in 20 years, but the angst and animosity of his hard-fought national campaign still drove voter turnout to historic levels.
That was bad news for down-ballot Democrats, who lost four legislative seats in part because of the high turnout - including three in north central Idaho.
Trump received 407,219 votes, or 59.2 percent, of Tuesday's general election results. That was down from 420,911 votes and 64.5 percent cast for Mitt Romney in 2012, and was the lowest percentage for any Republican presidential candidate in Idaho since Bob Dole garnered 52.2 percent in 1996.
Support for Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton was equally subdued/William L. Spence, Lewiston Tribune. More here.
