Editing Washington County, Colorado (section)

==Politics==
Like all of the High Plains, Washington is a powerfully Republican county in Presidential elections. Among Colorado counties only Washington, [[Elbert County, Colorado|Elbert]] and [[Hinsdale County, Colorado|Hinsdale]] were carried by [[Barry Goldwater]] in 1964, and no Democratic presidential nominee has carried Washington County since [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] in 1936. The last five Republican presidential candidates have all obtained over 75 percent of Washington County's vote.

{{PresHead|place=Washington County, Colorado|source=<ref>Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/datagraph.php?year=1960&fips=8&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1960 Presidential General Election Data Graphs – Colorado] (and subsequent years)</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|2,436|329|41|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|2,595|369|44|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|2,299|296|138|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|2,076|468|47|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|1,949|529|35|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|2,050|455|25|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|1,878|477|90|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|1,566|649|225|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|1,266|660|687|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|1,707|958|50|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,080|568|36|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|2,007|568|236|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|1,440|1,211|85|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,837|643|149|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|1,634|694|354|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|1,434|1,341|4|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|1,979|1,039|4|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|2,020|1,067|11|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|2,398|1,009|36|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|1,636|1,304|18|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|2,259|1,058|11|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|2,390|1,403|23|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,723|2,071|92|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,385|2,378|150|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|2,132|851|63|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|1,851|720|840|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|2,117|1,060|160|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|989|1,748|161|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|361|765|842|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|599|424|26|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|460|191|41|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|312|191|19|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|222|177|14|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|250|0|147|Colorado}}
{{PresFoot|1888|Republican|810|505|55|Colorado}}

In other statewide elections, Washington County also leans Republican, although the county was carried by Democrat Roy Romer by a narrow margin in 1990<ref>Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1990&fips=8&f=1&off=5&elect=0 1990 Gubernatorial General Election Results – Colorado]</ref> – when he carried all but three counties statewide –  by [[Dick Lamm]] in 1982<ref>Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1982&fips=8&f=1&off=5&elect=0 1980 Gubernatorial General Election Results – Colorado]</ref> and by Constitution Party candidate [[Tom Tancredo]] in 2010.<ref>Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2010&fips=8&f=1&off=5&elect=0 2010 Gubernatorial General Election Results – Colorado]</ref>