 Latah was one of two Idaho counties to vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016 with 8,093 votes (44.5%), compared to 7,265 (40.0%) for Donald Trump and 2,798 (15.5%) for various 
Similar to statewide results, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas carried Latah County in the Republican primary of 2016, and Donald Trump trailed by 1,208 votes.of Vermont won the Democratic county caucus with 84% of the vote.County residents voted Republican in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections, but at a lower rate than the rest of the state.