For the press
Is Idaho Purple? is a free, open-source site that walks Idaho voters step by step to Nov 3, and openly runs an experiment: is Idaho more competitive than it looks?
Key facts
- Covers 121 races and 4 ballot measures on Idaho’s Nov 3, 2026 ballot, with 60 candidate quotes and 117+ linked sources.
- The home page is a 10-step roadmap; steps 1–4 go straight to the official VoteIdaho tools.
- Address lookup for legislative district, county and US House district (US Census Bureau and OpenStreetMap; nothing stored).
- Fully in English and Spanish.
- Built by one Idahoan, Ronald Baird, in a few days with help from an AI assistant. Cost: about $10 for the domain. No donations, no campaign ties.
- Open-source code and data; other states can fork it.
- Openly states a hypothesis and publishes its method for picks in each race.
Dates
- Launched: Sept 25, 2026
- Registration and mail-ballot request deadline: Fri Oct 23, 5 p.m.
- Election: Tue Nov 3; experiment results published after
Images
Free to use with credit to isidahopurple.com.
Contact
contact@isidahopurple.com · GitHub · The method · About
Made and paid for by Ronald Baird, Idaho. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee. No donations accepted.