Editing Kitsap County, Washington (section)

==Politics==
Kitsap County is generally considered to be a relatively [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] area, owing to progressivism stemmed from the county's [[Nordic and Scandinavian Americans|Scandinavian]] settlers. In the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 U.S. presidential election]], Democrat [[Hillary Clinton]] received 49.0% of the vote to [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Donald Trump]]'s 38.1%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Election Official Final |url=https://www.kitsap.gov/auditor/Pages/ElectionArchives.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402123608/http://www.kitsapgov.com/aud/elections/archive/12/Cum1112/ElectionResult.htm |archive-date=April 2, 2016 |access-date=March 1, 2015 |publisher=Kitsap County Auditor}}</ref> This Democratic margin widened in 2020, with candidate [[Joe Biden]] receiving 56.9% of the vote versus incumbent Trump receiving 38.8%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kitsap County November 3, 2020 General Election |url=https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20201103/kitsap/}}</ref> The Democratic margin widened ever further in 2024, with [[Kamala Harris]] receiving 58.5% of the vote compared with Trump's 37.7%, the largest margin of victory for a presidential candidate in the county since [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in 1964.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kitsap County November 5, 2024 General Election |url=https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20241105/kitsap/}}</ref>

On mainland Kitsap County, politics are strongly influenced by working-class [[Bremerton, Washington|Bremerton]], which casts moderate margins for Democratic candidates. Unincorporated Kitsap County is a mix of battleground areas. Non-Bremerton parts of incorporated mainland Kitsap County vary, with [[Silverdale, Washington|Silverdale]] having become a Republican stronghold, [[Poulsbo, Washington|Poulsbo]] marginally Democratic, and [[Port Orchard, Washington|Port Orchard]] consistently electing Republican candidates.

Democrats typically carry the [[Indian reservation]]s of the area by wide margins; the area around [[Little Boston, Washington|Little Boston]] (part of the [[Klallam|S'Klallam Indian Reservation]]) regularly votes for Democratic candidates.

The Kitsap County Auditor Website has detailed election results from 1998 to the present. County area political trends can be tracked by analyzing the election precinct data.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kitsap County Home |url=https://www.kitsap.gov/auditor/Pages/ElectionArchives.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060318203842/http://www.kitsapgov.com/aud/elections/archive.htm |archive-date=March 18, 2006}}</ref>

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{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|53,297|68,624|3,090|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|55,608|60,796|2,266|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|46,427|50,302|6,138|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|35,304|44,167|12,016|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|29,340|34,442|24,786|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|34,743|33,748|1,158|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|36,101|29,681|931|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|29,420|20,893|9,983|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|23,124|25,701|1,925|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|25,831|17,011|2,604|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|14,520|22,273|3,022|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|10,702|26,904|108|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|17,459|19,662|181|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|17,986|19,641|58|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|16,876|20,531|189|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|9,869|19,538|1,271|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|11,224|24,016|251|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|5,525|13,861|210|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|3,440|12,414|493|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|3,465|10,002|706|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|6,544|3,668|180|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1924|Progressive|3,954|490|4,306|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|4,989|1,350|3,759|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|2,638|3,479|857|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|1,224|969|3,889|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,819|850|572|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,736|320|453|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|880|489|137|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1896|Tie|728|728|33|Washington (state)}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Republican|438|370|458|Washington (state)}}