Aligning with the nationwide trend away from caucuses, Idaho will hold presidential primary elections for both parties on March 10. This is the first time since 1976 both parties in Idaho will have presidential primary elections. The Idaho Republican Party switched to a primary election in the 2016 presidential election. After the unwieldiness of the 2016 caucuses, the Idaho Democratic Party will also hold a state-run primary instead of county party-organized caucuses in 2020. Though Idaho has not figured prominently in the presidential primary race in the past, a particularly contentious Democratic race and the transition from a caucus to a primary might make the state more relevant in the 2020 elections.