2026 ballot measure forecast
Idaho Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act
Restore abortion access before viability
Creates a statutory right to reproductive decisions including abortion before fetal viability, with emergencies after, and protects contraception and IVF. The forecast has Yes at 42.2 percent against the 50 percent it needs, a 23% chance to pass.
Chance to pass
23%2,000 simulations
Forecast Yes
42.2%80% range 30 to 56
Needs
50%a simple majority
Polling average
NoneNo public polls found
Where the Yes vote lands
needs 50
2035506580- History and structure
- 42.2% Yes
- Polls
- None
- Forecast
- 42.2% Yes
- Yes leans
- Democratic
- Rule to pass
- Simple majority of votes cast on the measure.
The campaign
Citizen initiative led by organizer Melanie Folwell (Idahoans United for Women and Family); 75,478 signatures; opposed by Idaho Chooses Life.
No +30Yes +30Click a county to zoom · arrow keys step through counties by size
Where the margin is won
Yes +21,054 net votes from 5 countiesStatewide No +15.6, a 106,259 vote marginNo +127,313 net votes from 39 counties
Projected vote
682,187 votes on the question| Choice | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 287,964 | 42.2% |
| No | 394,223 | 57.8% |
| Total | 682,187 | 100% |
| County | Yes | No | Total | Yes share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ada County | 109,026 | 94,501 | 203,527 | 53.6% |
| Canyon County | 28,101 | 45,333 | 73,434 | 38.3% |
| Kootenai County | 25,813 | 46,236 | 72,049 | 35.8% |
| Bonneville County | 16,133 | 25,584 | 41,717 | 38.7% |
| Bannock County | 14,275 | 15,699 | 29,974 | 47.6% |
| Twin Falls County | 10,574 | 17,855 | 28,429 | 37.2% |
| Bonner County | 8,747 | 13,949 | 22,696 | 38.5% |
| Latah County | 8,871 | 7,419 | 16,290 | 54.5% |
| Nez Perce County | 6,487 | 8,983 | 15,470 | 41.9% |
| Bingham County | 4,872 | 10,507 | 15,379 | 31.7% |
| Jefferson County | 2,639 | 8,501 | 11,140 | 23.7% |
| Madison County | 3,185 | 7,903 | 11,088 | 28.7% |
| Blaine County | 7,235 | 3,216 | 10,451 | 69.2% |
| Payette County | 2,710 | 6,268 | 8,978 | 30.2% |
| Elmore County | 3,119 | 5,230 | 8,349 | 37.4% |
| Gem County | 2,365 | 5,949 | 8,314 | 28.4% |
| Idaho County | 2,147 | 5,756 | 7,903 | 27.2% |
| Cassia County | 1,902 | 5,289 | 7,191 | 26.4% |
| Jerome County | 2,115 | 3,955 | 6,070 | 34.8% |
| Minidoka County | 1,807 | 4,233 | 6,040 | 29.9% |
| Valley County | 2,815 | 2,774 | 5,589 | 50.4% |
| Boundary County | 1,591 | 3,965 | 5,556 | 28.6% |
| Franklin County | 1,082 | 4,129 | 5,211 | 20.8% |
| Fremont County | 1,336 | 3,744 | 5,080 | 26.3% |
| Teton County | 3,027 | 2,010 | 5,037 | 60.1% |
| Shoshone County | 1,790 | 3,056 | 4,846 | 36.9% |
| Gooding County | 1,480 | 3,236 | 4,716 | 31.4% |
| Washington County | 1,351 | 3,022 | 4,373 | 30.9% |
| Benewah County | 1,210 | 2,705 | 3,915 | 30.9% |
| Owyhee County | 1,069 | 2,807 | 3,876 | 27.6% |
| Lemhi County | 1,317 | 2,531 | 3,848 | 34.2% |
| Boise County | 1,303 | 2,462 | 3,765 | 34.6% |
| Clearwater County | 1,070 | 2,477 | 3,547 | 30.2% |
| Bear Lake County | 552 | 2,013 | 2,565 | 21.5% |
| Caribou County | 635 | 1,915 | 2,550 | 24.9% |
| Power County | 906 | 1,422 | 2,328 | 38.9% |
| Adams County | 734 | 1,396 | 2,130 | 34.5% |
| Custer County | 745 | 1,381 | 2,126 | 35.0% |
| Oneida County | 396 | 1,438 | 1,834 | 21.6% |
| Lincoln County | 506 | 1,005 | 1,511 | 33.5% |
| Lewis County | 429 | 1,047 | 1,476 | 29.1% |
| Butte County | 263 | 823 | 1,086 | 24.2% |
| Camas County | 169 | 324 | 493 | 34.3% |
| Clark County | 65 | 175 | 240 | 27.1% |
Projected 2026 votes: each county's expected turnout, less the roughly 6 percent of voters who skip a ballot question, times its forecast Yes share. The measure needs 50.0 percent Yes to pass.
Polls of the measure
1 poll| Pollster | Sample | Ended | Yes | No | Undecided | Yes, adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise State University School of Public Service (2026 Idaho Public Policy Survey) | A | 61 | 28 | 12 | 64.4% |
How this is built
Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act is forecast as a abortion measure whose Yes vote leans Democratic. Comparable measures from 2018 to 2024 set how far its Yes share moves with Idaho's partisanship and with each county's 2024 presidential vote, and how it reached the ballot moves it further. Polls then pull the forecast toward them by recency and size, after splitting undecided voters two to one for No. Sources: kmvt.com, idahocapitalsun.com, idahocapitalsun.com. All measures.