Editing Lincoln County, Oregon (section)

==Politics==
In its early history, Lincoln County, like almost all of Western Oregon during the era, was very solidly Republican. It was won by the Republican presidential nominee in every election from its creation up to and including 1928, even voting for [[William Howard Taft]] in 1912 when his party was divided.<ref>Menendez, Albert J.; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004'', pp. 284-285 {{ISBN|0786422173}}</ref> Since [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] became the first Democrat to carry the county in 1932, Lincoln has become a strongly Democratic-leaning county. The only Republicans to win Lincoln County since the [[Great Depression]] transformed its politics have been [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Ronald Reagan]], who each carried the county twice. With the exception of 1968 (in which the county only backed Nixon by 22 votes), all of these post-Depression Republican wins in Lincoln County occurred during landslide victories for Republicans across the nation. Starting in 1988, Lincoln County has since remained reliably Democratic, backing Democratic candidates for president often by double digit margins.

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Lincoln County lies within [[Oregon's 4th congressional district]], represented by Democrat [[Val Hoyle]]. In the [[Oregon House of Representatives]], Lincoln County is in the 10th District, which is represented by Democrat [[David Gomberg]]. In the [[Oregon State Senate]], Lincoln County is in the 5th District, represented by Republican [[Dick Anderson (Oregon politician)|Dick Anderson]].

Lincoln County is currently one of 11 counties in Oregon in which therapeutic psilocybin is legal.

{{PresHead|place=Lincoln County, Oregon|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leip |first=David |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS |access-date=April 11, 2018 |website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref>|source2=<ref>The leading "other" candidate, [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]], received 265 votes, while Socialist [[Eugene V. Debs|Eugene Debs]] received 227 votes, [[Prohibition Party|Prohibition]] candidate [[Eugene W. Chafin|Eugene Chafin]] received 42 votes.</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|11,645|17,112|1,047|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|12,460|17,385|881|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|10,039|12,501|2,716|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|8,686|13,401|897|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|8,791|14,258|840|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|10,160|13,753|412|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|8,446|10,861|1,811|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|6,717|10,552|3,338|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|5,716|9,603|6,304|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|7,364|9,598|481|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|9,110|8,637|57|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|7,637|7,009|2,481|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|5,755|6,685|759|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|6,112|5,117|625|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|5,031|5,009|659|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|3,200|7,101|22|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|5,231|5,243|9|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|5,346|4,624|0|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|5,559|3,632|61|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|3,587|3,720|349|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|2,801|2,947|65|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|2,962|3,510|93|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,585|3,024|433|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,415|2,376|207|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|2,100|1,464|99|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|1,328|641|575|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,229|669|182|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,167|915|212|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1912|Republican|410|375|534|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|595|282|140|Oregon}}
{{PresFoot|1904|Republican|581|179|136|Oregon}}