Primary Colors
Charles Apple
The Spokesman-Review
Primary presidential elections in Washington and Idaho. For Republicans, the choice will be easy: President Donald Trump is running unopposed. Democratic voters will find 13 names on their ballots, but several — Pete Butigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Michael Bloomberg and Elizabeth Warren — have dropped out of the race. Here’s a look at the last eight presidential election cycles in Washington and Idaho:
1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2016 2012 W ASHINGTON DEMOCR A TS W ASHINGTON REPUBLICANS HO W W ASINGTON V OTED IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 48.5% 50.0% 32.0% 43. 4% 23. 7% 37 .3% 49.8% 8.92% 44 .6% 50.2% 45.6% 52.8% 40.5% 57. 7% 41.3% 56.2% 36.8% 52.5% DonaldT rump HillaryClinton MittRomney BarackObama J ohn McCain BarackObama GeorgeW . Bush J ohn Kerry GeorgeW . Bush AlGore BobDole BillClinton RossP erot GeorgeH . W . Bush BillClinton RossP erot GeorgeH . W . Bush MichaelDukakis ElectoralV otes 10 ElectoralV otes 11 ElectoralV otes 11 ElectoralV otes 11 ElectoralV otes 11 ElectoralV otes 11 ElectoralV otes 12 ElectoralV otes 12 NONBINDING PRIMARY CA UCUS March 26 NONBINDING PRIMARY CA UCUS F eb. 9 PRIMARY F eb. 19 CA UCUS F eb. 9 CA UCUS NONBINDING PRIMARY PRIMARY March 26 CA UCUS March 5 CA UCUS March 7 NONBINDING PRIMARY MichaelDukakis 44 .0% JesseJ ackson 34 .6% Uncom-mitted 13.9% PaulT songas 32.0% Uncom-mitted 20. 4% JerryBr o wn 19.3% John Kerry 48. 4% Ho ward Dean 30.0% 8.2% BarackObama 67 .6% HillaryClinton 31.2% BarackObama 51.2% HillaryClinton 45.6% HillaryClinton 52.3% BernieSanders 47 .5% BernieSanders 72. 7% HillaryClinton 27 .1% AlGore 65.3% BillBradley 34 .2% AlGore 68. 4% BillBradley 28.2% BillClinton 42.0% JerryBr o wn 23.0% PatRobertson 39.0% Robertsonhad already dropped out of the race BobDole 26.0% GeorgeH . W . Bush 24 .3% BobDole 36.3% PatBuchanan 28.2% MalcolmF orbes 22.0% BobDole 60.0% PatBuchanan 20. 7% MalcolmF orbes 11.6% J ohn McCain 25.9% MikeHuckabee 23.5% RonPaul 21.6% MittRomney 37. 7% RonPaul 24 .8% RickSantorum 23.8% DonaldT rump 7 4 . 4% T ed Cruz 10. 7% J ohn McCain 49. 4% MikeHuckabee 24 .1% MittRomney 16.2% GeorgeW . Bush 57 .9% John McCain 38.9% GeorgeW . Bush 82.2% John McCain 12.9% RossP erot 19.1%
IDAHODEMOCRATS IDAHOREPUBLICANS HOW IDAHO VOTEDIN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 62.1% 36.0% 42.0% 28.4% 27.1% 52.2% 33.7% 12.7% 67.2% 27.6% 68.4% 30.3% 61.5% 36.1% 64.5% 32.6% 51.2% 41.7% DonaldTrump HillaryClinton MittRomney BarackObama JohnMcCain BarackObama GeorgeW. Bush JohnKerry GeorgeW. Bush AlGore BobDole BillClinton RossPerot GeorgeH.W. Bush BillClinton RossPerot GeorgeH.W. Bush MichaelDukakis ElectoralVotes 4 ElectoralVotes 4 ElectoralVotes 4 ElectoralVotes 4 ElectoralVotes 4 ElectoralVotes 4 ElectoralVotes 4 ElectoralVotes 4 PRIMARY May 26 CAUCUS March 3 PRIMARY May 27 CAUCUS Feb. 5 PRIMARY May 24, 1988 HillaryClinton BernieSanders 78.0% 21.2% MichaelDukakis Uncom-mitted JesseJackson 37.9% 29.5% Barack Obama HillaryClinton BarackObama HillaryClinton 79.5% 17.2% JohnMcCain RonPaul 69.7% 23.7% GeorgeW. Bush AlanKeyes 73.5% 19.1% GeorgeH.W. Bush PatRobertson 81.2% 8.6% BobDole PatBuchanan 62.3% 22.3% Uncom-mitted 10.4% MittRomney RickSantorum 61.6% 18.2% RonPaul 18.1% TedCruz DonaldTrump 45.4% 28.1% MarcoRubio 15.9% 56.0% 37.7% 19.2% TomHarkin 29.6% PaulTsongas 28.8% Uncom-mitted 17.5% BillClinton 49.0% Uncom-mitted 29.1% JerryBrown 16.7% AlGore Uncom-mitted LyndonLarouche 75.7% 16.0% 8.2% JohnKerry Uncom-mitted DennisKucinich 82.3% 7.9% 5.0%
Sources:
USElectionAtlas.com, OurCampaigns.com, 270toWin.com, TheGreenPapers.com, The New York Times, Washington Secretary of State
