Moscow, ID · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain, and this place is a single county: Latah County, Idaho. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Moscow, ID, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+22.5
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+8.0
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 15 points more Democratic than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Moscow, ID
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2018
22,651
4,504
7,699
10,046
402
2020
25,624
5,878
8,875
10,401
470
2022
22,664
4,840
9,301
8,108
415
2024
24,188
5,008
10,457
8,306
417
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−232 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +27 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Moscow, ID in Moscow, ID: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+232
2012
−26
2013
−227
2014
0
2015
−246
2016
−247
2017
+287
2018
−169
2019
+20
2021
+556
2022
+317
2023
−129
2024
−109
2025
−232
Home to the University of Idaho, Moscow trends notably more Democratic than its surrounding Latah County hinterland, a pattern common to college-dominated small metros where student and faculty populations reshape the local electorate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 28.5 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 50.1 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 11.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.0 points.
A population of 41,049, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,424 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Laramie, WY and Ellensburg, WA.
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In 2024, Moscow, ID, Idaho voted Republican by 8.0 points (R+8.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 20,461 votes cast, 9,039 went Democratic and 10,669 went Republican.
When did Moscow, ID, Idaho last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Moscow, ID, Idaho voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Moscow, ID, Idaho?
Moscow, ID, Idaho has a population of 41,049 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Moscow, ID, Idaho?
Median household income in Moscow, ID, Idaho is $65,424 — below the national median of $80,734. The Idaho state median is $77,800.
What is the political history of Moscow, ID, Idaho?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Moscow, ID, Idaho from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.
