Editing Grant County, Oregon (section)

==Politics==
{{Update section|date=June 2017}}
Like the other counties in eastern Oregon, the majority of registered voters who are affiliated with a [[political party]] in Grant County are members of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. George W. Bush's performance here in 2000 marked the strongest of any Republican in the county, carrying just over 80% of Grant's votes in it. In the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]], 70.97% of Grant County voters voted for Republican [[John McCain]], while 26.05% voted for [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Barack Obama]] and 3.94% of voters either voted for a [[Third party (politics)|Third Party]] candidate or [[write-in candidate|wrote in a candidate]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2008 Grant County Oregon Election Results |url=http://www.gcoregonlive2.com/votes2008.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311035036/http://www.gcoregonlive2.com/votes2008.php |archive-date=March 11, 2009 |website=gcoregonlive2.com}}</ref> These numbers show a small but definite shift towards the Democratic candidate when compared to the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 presidential election]], in which 78.9% of Grant County voters voted for [[George W. Bush]], while 19.2% voted for [[John Kerry]], and 1.9% of voters either voted for a Third Party candidate or [[write-in candidate|wrote in a candidate]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grant County, Oregon detailed profile - houses, real estate, cost of living, wages, work, agriculture, ancestries, and more |url=http://www.city-data.com/county/Grant_County-OR.html |access-date=June 13, 2017 |website=www.city-data.com |language=en}}</ref> The 2008 presidential election, however, was the last time a Democratic nominee won over 1,000 votes in the county.

In the 2020 election, the county had shifted back to the Republican candidate [[Donald Trump]], who received 77.28% of the votes, compared to [[Joe Biden]]'s share of 20.17%. The remaining 2.55% of voters chose either a [[Third party (politics)|Third Party]] candidate or [[write-in candidate|wrote in a candidate]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 4, 2020 |title=Oregon a state divided by Trump, Biden: county by county returns (updated) |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2020/11/oregon-a-state-divided-by-trump-biden-county-by-county-returns.html |access-date=November 6, 2021 |website=www.oregonlive.vom |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Political orientations in Grant County, Oregon (2009).gif]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 10, 2009 |title=Voter Registration by County |url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6812395 |website=sos.oregon.gov |publisher=Office of the Secretary of State of Oregon}}</ref>

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{{PresRow|2020|Republican|3,545|929|122|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|3,210|739|391|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|2,926|853|132|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|2,785|1,006|118|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|3,204|780|77|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|3,078|589|179|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|2,110|1,180|547|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|1,496|1,135|1,355|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|2,264|1,437|143|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,695|1,344|2|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|2,519|1,274|394|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|1,640|1,393|173|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,781|932|238|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|1,632|934|248|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,149|1,877|6|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|1,697|1,438|0|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|1,822|1,261|0|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|1,941|1,190|17|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,090|1,156|47|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,006|1,072|125|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,103|1,582|10|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|697|1,436|356|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|733|1,496|96|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,411|469|26|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|1,126|459|394|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,310|497|103|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|941|1,210|169|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1912|Republican|418|413|529|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|748|433|133|Oregon}}
{{PresFoot|1904|Republican|1,007|316|162|Oregon}}