Sandpoint, 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: Bonner 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 Sandpoint, 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+60.9
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+46.1
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 15 points more Democratic than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Sandpoint, ID
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2018
25,815
2,569
14,914
7,945
387
2020
31,401
3,746
18,405
8,712
538
2022
31,557
3,201
20,812
6,943
601
2024
34,868
3,108
24,332
6,760
668
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+814 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +12,183 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Sandpoint, ID in Sandpoint, ID: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−144
2012
−396
2013
+176
2014
+765
2015
+313
2016
+780
2017
+1,261
2018
+1,103
2019
+1,057
2021
+2,441
2022
+1,780
2023
+1,097
2024
+1,136
2025
+814
Sandpoint anchors Bonner County, one of Idaho's fastest-growing corners, where an influx of out-of-state arrivals since 2020 has layered new demographic complexity onto a historically lopsided Republican baseline.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 29.3 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 46.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 9.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 46.1 points.
A population of 51,049, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,979 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lewiston, ID-WA and Roseburg, OR.
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In 2024, Sandpoint, ID, Idaho voted Republican by 46.1 points (R+46.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 29,710 votes cast, 7,650 went Democratic and 21,352 went Republican.
When did Sandpoint, ID, Idaho last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sandpoint, ID, Idaho voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Sandpoint, ID, Idaho?
Sandpoint, ID, Idaho has a population of 51,049 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sandpoint, ID, Idaho?
Median household income in Sandpoint, ID, Idaho is $66,979 — below the national median of $80,734. The Idaho state median is $77,800.
What is the political history of Sandpoint, ID, Idaho?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Sandpoint, ID, Idaho from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 19 went Republican.
