Voting in Presidential Elections
| Year | Results | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | George W. Bush 65.96% Al Gore 25.93% |
The district contained nine of the 100 counties with the highest percentage of the Republican vote: Madison, Franklin, Fremont, Jefferson, Cassia, Caribou, Clark, Oneida, and Bear Lake. George W. Bush registered between 90.7 percent and 81.6 percent of the vote in these largely rural counties. |
| 2004 | George W. Bush 68.64% John Kerry 29.58% |
In the first election following a redrawing of the district's boundaries, Bush received 69 percent of the vote. |
| 2008 | John McCain 60.00% Barack Obama 35.66% |
John McCain easily carried the district with 61 percent of the vote, although Barack Obama did manage to win two counties: Blaine County, the most Democratic county in the state which contains the Sun Valley ski resort, and Teton County, with bedroom communities of the Jackson Hole and Grand Targhee resort areas. |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney 64.14% Barack Obama 33.06% |
Mitt Romney easily carried the district with 64 percent of the vote. Romney carried all counties in the district except, Blaine which traditionally votes Democratic. |
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