Editing Jefferson County, Oregon (section)

==Politics==
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|7,454|3,941|355|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|7,189|4,393|331|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|5,483|2,980|996|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|4,642|3,301|232|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|4,402|3,682|234|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|4,762|3,243|110|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|3,838|2,681|378|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|2,634|2,555|1,006|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,962|2,161|1,783|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|2,509|2,346|140|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,283|1,920|13|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|2,523|1,654|560|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|1,810|1,769|198|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,816|1,229|176|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|1,669|1,160|191|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,197|1,739|2|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|1,413|1,214|2|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|1,356|1,117|0|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|1,488|723|6|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|622|559|46|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|419|297|7|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|423|467|6|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|253|514|36|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|253|477|36|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|481|308|22|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|374|242|343|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|623|300|89|Oregon}}
{{PresFoot|1916|Democratic|581|904|123|Oregon}}
[[File:Political orientations in Jefferson County, Oregon (2009).gif|thumb|left|Political orientations in Jefferson County, Oregon (2009)]]

Though Jefferson County is located in central Oregon, politically it falls in line with the eastern side of the state. The majority of registered voters who are part of a [[political party]] in Jefferson County, as well as most counties in eastern Oregon, are members of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 15, 2018 |title=2018 October voter registration |url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6813011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723154742/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6813011 |archive-date=July 23, 2019 |access-date=November 20, 2018 |publisher=[[Oregon Secretary of State]] |page=2}}</ref> No Democrat has won the majority of the votes in Jefferson County since [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in 1964; the last Democrat to carry the county in a presidential election was [[Bill Clinton]] in 1992. In the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]], 51.47% of Jefferson County voters voted for Republican [[John McCain]], while 43.05% voted for [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Barack Obama]] and 5.46% of voters either voted for a [[Third party (politics)|Third Party]] candidate or [[write-in candidate|wrote in]] a candidate.<ref>{{Cite web |title={{grey|[no title cited]}} |url=http://www.co.jefferson.or.us/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=h%2bgR0D7cuqc%3d&tabid=1421&mid=10139&language=en-US |access-date=May 20, 2009}}{{dead link |date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> These numbers show a small shift towards the Democratic candidate as well as a Third Party candidate when compared to the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 presidential election]], in which 58.7% of Jefferson Country voters voted for [[George W. Bush]], while 40% voted for [[John Kerry]], and 1.3% of voters either voted for a Third Party candidate or a [[write-in candidate]].<ref>{{Cite web |title={{grey|[no title cited]}} |url=http://www.city-data.com/county/Jefferson_County-OR.html |access-date=April 21, 2009}}</ref>