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1876–2024
Hailey, ID·Idaho

Hailey, ID has voted Democratic in six straight presidential cycles.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
ID
Latest
D+17
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
31,433
2024 ACS

Hailey, ID, Idaho: Democratic loyalist metro. In 2024, voted D+17%. Democratic peak: D+84 in 1896.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+17MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population
31,4332024 5-year
Median household income
$87,7292024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
75.3%2024 5-year
Black
0.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
23.3%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+84 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+35 in 1892MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
3 counties · 1 D · 2 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+17.0%
8,9696,29415,732
D
+21.7%
9,4826,00815,984
D
+14.9%
6,8864,93413,061
D
+9.2%
6,6205,48212,434
D
+19.8%
7,6795,09313,059
D
+5.7%
6,5975,87212,618
R
−6.4%
4,2984,93610,019
D
+4.3%
4,4744,03010,323
D
+4.0%
3,5133,10110,207
R
−14.6%
3,2084,3367,717
R
−34.8%
2,4805,1787,763
R
−24.2%
2,4474,3707,931
R
−16.8%
2,3793,3735,914
R
−35.5%
1,6483,5775,434
R
−28.8%
1,2832,5804,511
R
−6.0%
2,1682,4464,614
R
−2.3%
2,3572,4704,827
R
−18.9%
1,9042,7904,694
R
−30.5%
1,8193,4175,237
D
+2.8%
2,2082,0854,354
D
+0.7%
2,1382,1094,254
D
+6.1%
2,8262,5005,337
D
+20.7%
2,7191,7754,559
D
+20.0%
2,4431,6184,121
R
−21.6%
1,3682,1273,514
R
−22.9%
8101,6503,674
R
−29.5%
1,2642,3243,589
D
+10.1%
2,9142,3525,557
O
+4.6%
2,5372,1797,835
R
−9.1%
2,0532,5075,015
R
−27.5%
1,0371,9133,182
D
+25.0%
1,7001,0092,761
D
+83.8%
1,5331331,670
O
−34.6%
15961,722
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
15.8%
English
13.8%
American
10.8%
Irish
8.5%
Italian
3.8%
Scottish
2.4%
French
2.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 43.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.0%
85+
0.6%
3.3%
75–84
3.6%
6.2%
65–74
6.8%
7.8%
55–64
7.0%
6.5%
45–54
5.8%
5.6%
35–44
6.4%
5.9%
25–34
5.5%
4.1%
18–24
3.6%
8.6%
5–17
7.3%
2.7%
<5
2.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$87,729
Hailey, ID ranks near the middle of US counties.
Hailey, ID$87,729
Idaho$77,800
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
7.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.7%
Working age (18–64)6.5%
Seniors (65+)6.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
76.2%
speak English only
Spanish21.3%
Other Indo-European2.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
17.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
13.8%
Non-Christian
2.2%
Mainline Protestant
1.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.5%
Methodist
0.5%
Baptist
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Hailey, ID sits in the Northern Rockies. Its political identity has been Democratic for as long as anyone now living can remember. 1 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Democratic candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.

The Democratic margin in Hailey, ID reached its widest at eighty-four points in 1896. The margin in 2024 was seventeen points — still decisive.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $87,729, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 31,433 together describe a metro whose political habits are deeply settled.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Hailey, ID, Idaho vote in 2024?
In 2024, Hailey, ID, Idaho voted Democratic by 17.0 points (D+17), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 15,732 votes cast, 8,969 went Democratic and 6,294 went Republican.
What is Hailey, ID, Idaho's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Hailey, ID, Idaho as a "Democratic loyalist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 16 times, Republican 16 times, and other 2 times.
When did Hailey, ID, Idaho last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Hailey, ID, Idaho voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in Hailey, ID, Idaho?
Hailey, ID, Idaho has a population of 31,433 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hailey, ID, Idaho?
Median household income in Hailey, ID, Idaho is $87,729 — above the national median of $80,734. The Idaho state median is $77,800.
What is the political history of Hailey, ID, Idaho?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Hailey, ID, Idaho from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.