Editing Pierce County, Washington (section)

==Politics==
Pierce County has long been a Democratic stronghold, though much more moderately so than neighboring King County, as Republicans typically gain over 40% of the vote in presidential elections. Since 1932 the county has only voted majority Republican in 4 elections, each of which was a national landslide Republican victory. Democratic support lies mainly in Tacoma itself, while much of the southeast part of the county is strongly Republican.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/us/elections/2024-election-map-precinct-results.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xk4.VI7C.oXuhxhF7kYdB&smid=url-share</ref>

Pierce County is split between three U.S. congressional districts:<ref name="districts">{{Cite web |title=Democracy for Washington: Washington Congressional Districts Map |url=https://app.leg.wa.gov/districtfinder/ |access-date=January 18, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Washington's 6th congressional district]] includes the city of Tacoma west of [[Washington State Route 7]], Gig Harbor, and the Key Peninsula. The 6th district has been represented since 2025 by [[Emily Randall]], a ([[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sundell |first=Allison |date=November 7, 2024 |title=Historic first: Washington state senator is first queer Latina in Congress |url=https://www.king5.com/article/news/politics/elections/emily-randall-washington-6th-congressional-district-historic-first/281-a7fb97a5-4da5-4da8-b76b-80f076d6df86 |access-date=January 16, 2025 |publisher=KING 5}}</ref>
* [[Washington's 8th congressional district]] covers the eastern half of the county, from Bonney Lake east to Mt. Rainier. The 8th district has been represented since 2019 by [[Kim Schrier]], a ([[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]).
* [[Washington's 10th congressional district]], contains much of the territory in Pierce County lost by the 9th Congressional district including parts of the city of Tacoma south of I-5 and east of Washington State Route 7, Puyallup, Lakewood, and Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The 10th district is currently represented by [[Marilyn Strickland]], a ([[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]) and former Mayor of Tacoma. Prior to Strickland, the district was represented by [[Denny Heck]], a ([[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]), who was the first to represent the 10th congressional district after its creation in 2013.

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{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|197,730|249,506|16,845|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|146,824|172,538|40,655|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|148,467|186,430|10,035|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|141,673|181,824|7,839|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|150,783|158,231|4,779|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|118,431|138,249|12,246|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|89,295|120,893|28,885|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|77,410|102,243|61,496|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|94,167|96,688|3,618|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|112,877|79,498|2,733|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|90,247|64,444|21,820|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|74,668|78,238|6,242|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|84,265|56,933|6,867|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|51,436|72,670|11,612|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|40,164|84,566|1,243|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|57,188|64,292|1,995|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|57,078|57,728|738|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|56,515|56,132|1,164|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|34,396|50,674|5,716|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|31,626|53,269|1,475|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|27,188|51,670|1,453|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|18,331|48,988|2,572|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|19,006|38,451|7,870|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|35,748|17,402|996|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|21,376|4,232|19,210|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|22,048|8,259|12,184|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|16,780|18,940|3,050|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|6,517|6,855|18,285|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|10,935|4,936|2,103|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|9,773|2,351|1,712|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|6,269|3,702|618|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|4,651|5,570|82|Washington (state)}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Republican|3,954|3,621|3,090|Washington (state)}}