Editing Allegan County, Michigan (section)

==Politics==
Allegan County has been strongly Republican from its start, and is very Republican even by the standards of West Michigan. Since 1884, the Republican nominee has carried the county in every presidential election except 1964. It was one of the few counties in the nation where [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] was completely shut out in all four of his successful runs for president. FDR actually garnered fewer votes in the county in his 46-state landslide of 1936 than he did in 1932. [[Lyndon Johnson]] is the only Democrat to have carried the county since 1884, and even then only by 701 votes; it was the last time a Democrat has managed even 40 percent of the county's vote until [[Barack Obama]] received 43.63 percent of its vote in 2008. The only other time that the Republicans lost the county in the 20th century was in 1912, when the GOP was mortally divided and [[Theodore Roosevelt]] carried it on the Bull Moose ticket.
{{PresHead|place=Allegan County, Michigan|source=<ref>[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS US Election Atlas]</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|45,206|25,637|1,181|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|41,392|24,449|1,354|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|34,183|18,050|3,887|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|31,123|20,806|846|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|30,061|24,165|1,154|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|34,022|19,355|530|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|28,197|15,495|1,199|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|20,859|14,361|3,570|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|19,077|12,823|8,935|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|22,163|10,785|240|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|23,762|8,389|187|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|20,560|9,877|2,594|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|19,330|9,794|347|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|18,407|7,883|594|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|14,769|7,276|2,438|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|11,223|11,934|37|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|16,660|6,752|60|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|16,509|5,617|51|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|15,663|5,437|238|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|10,439|4,594|391|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|12,327|4,480|71|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|12,347|5,385|60|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|9,247|5,922|937|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|8,705|7,030|347|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|10,792|2,358|67|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|9,417|1,562|893|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|7,825|2,154|332|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|4,803|3,591|369|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|2,121|1,925|3,550|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|5,422|2,186|446|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|5,589|1,576|390|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|5,590|3,275|279|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|5,810|3,937|296|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|4,283|3,207|915|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|5,078|3,829|856|Michigan}}
{{PresFoot|1884|Republican|4,080|3,445|928|Michigan}}