Introducing 'The Idaho Voter'
If you vote in Idaho, the Idaho Voter is for you. We routinely scour Idaho news sites and key news maker accounts on social media and summarize the top stories so you can cast an informed vote.
Why?
In Idaho, the primary essentially determines the outcome of the November election. Very few races are actually competitive in November, but that is not true for the primary earlier in the year. Governor Little received 52% of the vote in the primary but over 60% in the general. The Republican Secretary of State primary was decided by less than 5000 votes and was the closest statewide race. But in the general, Phil McGrane, the Republican Secretary of State primary winner, received more votes than any other candidate in that election
So you would think that the primary would motivate more people to vote, but in fact, only about half the number of people that voted in the November election voted in the primary.
If our mission is successful, those numbers will change. The primary election will become more relevant and more people will be engaged and show up.
How?
Information is key. Our belief is that most Idahoans think all is ok so long as those that wear an (R) are in office. After all, Idaho had the fifth highest vote percentage for Trump in the 2020 election. Idaho is one of the most ‘red’ states in the country and so long as Republicans hold statewide offices and hold most of the legislative seats, many Idahoans are comfortable that Idaho is moving in the right direction.
But that misses the battle going on within the Republican party, not just in Idaho but around the country. We saw it manifest in the struggle for McCarthy to win the Speaker of the House role in the US Congress. In Idaho, we saw it with the loss of the incumbent at the IDGOP convention last summer. And while the incumbent RNC chair easily won re-election just a few weeks ago, polling of the grassroots showed she was not the favorite candidate by a long shot.
Our goal is to provide succinct information for those that do not follow politics day to day but do have a sense of civic duty and want to be informed. Current news sites and social media are not doing the job or else we would see more engagement in the primary elections. We hope to do better.
Yes!!!!