Idaho GOP still posts strong numbers
In her Eye on Boise column for the weekend, Betsy Russell reports:
With all the roiling national hubbub surrounding President Trump, there’s been speculation on the national scene that voters may turn away from the Republican Party, but there’s certainly no sign of that here in Idaho.
According to data posted Friday by the Idaho secretary of state’s office, about 50 percent of Idaho’s registered voters were Republicans, 11 percent were Democrats and 38 percent were unaffiliated as of May 1.
On Jan. 3 of this year, Republicans were at 48 percent, Democrats at 11 percent and unaffiliated voters at 40 percent. So the percentage of registered Republicans in Idaho has actually grown slightly since Trump took office, from 48 to 50 percent, at the expense of the unaffiliated group, while the percentage for Democrats remained unchanged. More here.
