Editing Apache County, Arizona (section)

==Politics==
Apache County has been a Democratic stronghold for over 40 years; prior to this, it was a swing county. The Navajo Nation, as well as part of the Fort Apache Reservation, both lie within the county and traditionally support Democratic candidates, overruling St. Johns, Springerville-Eagar, and Alpine which are all Republican-leaning. No Republican presidential nominee has won Apache County since [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1980,<ref name="How">Sullivan, Robert David; [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century "How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century"]; ''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016</ref> when incumbent President [[Jimmy Carter]] was viewed as extremely weak on issues pertaining to the West, especially water development.<ref>Reisner, Marc; ''[[Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water]]''; p. 11 {{ISBN|0140178244}}</ref> During most of the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, Apache was the most Democratic county in Arizona. In 2024, however, Apache County shifted heavily to the right alongside most other majority Native American counties in the country. The strongest Republican trends in the county lay in the Navajo and Fort Apache Reservations, which in some areas shifted by as much as 10 percentage points. After failing to narrow his margin in 2020, Donald Trump achieved the best result for a Republican since 1984, holding the Democrat's vote share below 60% for the first time since that same year and cutting his margin of loss nearly in half.<ref>{{Cite web |last=DeWees |first=Matthew |date=2025-01-17 |title=Canceled inauguration parade would have put spotlight on pro-Donald Trump Navajo group |url=https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2025/01/17/navajo-voters-helped-donald-trump-win-inaugural-parade/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Cronkite News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/us/elections/2024-election-map-precinct-results.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qk4.9CUE.eUcpg0mNRL9r&smid=url-share | title=An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2024 Election | work=The New York Times | date=January 15, 2025 | last1=Datar | first1=Saurabh | last2=Marcus | first2=Ilana | last3=Murray | first3=Eli | last4=Singer | first4=Ethan | last5=Lemonides | first5=Alex | last6=Zhang | first6=Christine }}</ref>

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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|12,795|18,872|434|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|11,442|23,293|533|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|8,240|17,083|2,338|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|8,250|17,147|520|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|8,551|15,390|414|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|8,384|15,658|156|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|5,947|13,025|484|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|4,761|12,394|1,529|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|4,588|11,218|2,452|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|5,347|8,944|253|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|5,638|7,277|117|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|5,991|3,917|687|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|3,447|6,583|297|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,394|3,145|211|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,092|1,668|438|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,849|2,042|1|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|1,568|1,459|3|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|1,685|981|1|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|1,767|1,193|0|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|970|1,480|5|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|728|1,238|2|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|926|1,969|3|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|638|1,674|15|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|760|1,271|3|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|837|791|0|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|620|548|110|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|679|618|0|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|311|648|21|Arizona}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|56|108|91|Arizona}}