Editing Lincoln County, Washington (section)

==Government and politics==
The county is administered by a three-member Board of Commissioners.

Like neighboring Adams County, Lincoln County is one of the most conservative counties in Washington. The last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the county was [[Harry Truman]] in [[1948 United States presidential election|1948]]. In 1964, it was one of only three counties in the state to be carried by [[Barry Goldwater]], and was the nation's northernmost county or equivalent to vote for Goldwater.<ref>[http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/comparemaps.php?year=1964&fips=53&f=1&off=0&elect=0 David Leip's Presidential Atlas Map for Washington by election]</ref> In the last nine presidential elections, no Democratic candidate has received more than 36 percent of the county's vote; the last Democratic gubernatorial nominee it backed was [[Booth Gardner]] in [[1988 Washington gubernatorial election|1988]], during [[1988-89 North American drought|a major drought]] and farm crisis.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dave Leip |title=Gubernatorial General Election Map Comparison – Washington |url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/comparemaps.php?year=2016&fips=53&f=1&off=5&elect=0 |publisher=Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas}}</ref> In [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]], [[Donald Trump]] won over 70 percent of the county's vote.<ref>[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/datagraph.php?year=2016&fips=53&f=0&off=0&elect=0 David Leip's Presidential Atlas Map for Washington, 2016]</ref>

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