Voter Guide

Freedom Bros Voter Guide

Why This Guide Exists

One of the most common frustrations we hear in Idaho is how difficult it can be to find clear information about candidates—especially for legislative and statewide offices. Our goal is to cut through the confusion and connect you with the tools you need before you vote.

What You Should Review

Before heading to the ballot box, take time to explore these five key areas:

1. Registration

To vote in Idaho, you must be registered. The Idaho Secretary of State’s website provides important details about voter eligibility, deadlines, and how to register.

✅ Check your registration to confirm your district and precinct. Online registration closes ahead of election day—don’t miss the deadline.

👉 Register to Vote Here

2. Candidates

Once registered, you can find out who’s running to represent you at the county, legislative, congressional, and statewide levels. This info is also available via the Idaho Secretary of State.

🗳️ Who Is Running for Office? Find out here on the SOS site.

3. Legislative History

If a candidate is a sitting legislator or congressional representative, you can explore their voting record using the tools below:

  • Idaho Freedom Foundation Freedom Index (Link) – Rates lawmakers based on whether they support or oppose big government. Those scoring A or B grades are your elected lawmakers who limit government with most of their votes. In contrast, D and F score lawmakers are Democrats, no matter their designated party affiliation.
  • Institute for Legislative Analysis (Link) – Publishes scorecards showing how well Republican lawmakers align with the party’s stated values. In Idaho, it’s not uncommon for Democrats to run as Republicans—this helps cut through that fog.
  • Idaho GOP Legislative Scorecard (Link) – Publishes scorecards based on the Idaho GOP platform. The scorecard is a byproduct of Stop Idaho RINOs, but it uses an AI model to determine how every single voted-on bill aligns with the GOP platform.

4. Endorsements, Surveys, & Ratings

Endorsements, surveys, and ratings can be helpful—or misleading. We’ve divided them into two lists to help you navigate Idaho’s political landscape.

✅ Recommended Resources

  • Freedom Bros Anti-Endorsement List – We don’t endorse, but we do call out the worst candidates running.
  • Freedom Bros Candidate Interviews – Watch interviews to hear directly from the candidates. (YouTube or Rumble)
  • Idaho Freedom PAC – Endorses limited government candidates. (Link)
  • Idaho Second Amendment Alliance – Rates candidates via pro-2A surveys. (Link)
  • Stop Idaho RINOs PAC – Exposes candidates who run as Republicans but legislate like Democrats. (Link)
  • NRA Scorecard (Not the Endorsements, See Below) – If you can’t get an A on the NRA survey, do you even belong in Idaho? (Link)

🚫 Problematic or Misleading Resources

  • IdahoVoters – A voter guide created by a liberal political consultant named Gregory Graf, who recently transplanted from Utah and allegedly spent over $100,000 on a failed lawsuit he filed to try and silence his critics. Although it attempts to appear nonpartisan, the content features stories at the bottom that are designed to undervalue genuine conservatives and may mislead voters into thinking it’s an unbiased resource. (MISLEADING RESOURCE)
  • IACI Scorecard (Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry) – Want to know who the most establishment and left-leaning politicians are in the state capitol? Those ranking at the top of this scorecard tell you who are the most pro-big government politicians in Idaho. (PROBLEMATIC RESOURCE)
  • National Rifle Association (Endorsements) – Before you get too concerned, understand that single-issue group endorsements are inherently problematic. The RINOs in Idaho use the NRA endorsements to get re-elected.

    It’s very easy (and almost necessary) to be pro-2nd Amendment in Idaho, but then be a big government socialist on every other issue. Most of the time, liberal Republicans don’t have to vote on solid 2nd Amendment bills in Idaho, because they use charimen to kill the best pro-gun bills.

    Single-issue groups often use endorsements to push their issue while ignoring every other issue altogether, and that’s what the NRA endorsement system has created, as the NRA has a firm rule of endorsing all incumbents as long as they didn’t vote against an NRA-rated bill. (PROBLEMATIC RESOURCE)

5. Tips About Voting in Idaho

  • NEVER, under any circumstances, assume that any candidate running is a “conservative” simply because they say they are.
  • Incumbent candidates have the most to lose, and no matter how bad their conservative records are, they will lie to you about their conservative credentials. The scorecards tell the truth about their votes, so don’t buy into the lies.
  • Incumbents screaming the loudest about the scorecards are usually some of the biggest RINOs.