Editing McIntosh County, North Dakota (section)

==Politics==
McIntosh County is a powerfully [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] county. The only [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] to carry McIntosh County have been [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in [[1936 United States presidential election|1936]] and [[1932 United States presidential election|1932]], plus [[Al Smith]] in 1928. In 1920,<ref>[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1920&f=1&off=0&elect=0 David Leip’s Election Atlas statistics for 1920]</ref> 1940,<ref>[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1940&f=1&off=0&elect=0 David Leip’s Election Atlas statistics for 1940]</ref> 1944.<ref>[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1944&f=1&off=0&elect=0 David Leip’s Election Atlas statistics for 1944]</ref> and 1952<ref>[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1952&f=1&off=0&elect=0 David Leip’s Election Atlas statistics for 1952]</ref> elections the Republican presidential candidate received over ninety percent of the county's vote. Although shifting somewhat Democratic in more recent Presidential elections, [[John McCain]] received nearly sixty percent of the county's vote in the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 U.S. presidential election]].<ref>[http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/map.html?scp=1&sq=%22election%20map&st=cse The New York Times electoral map (Zoom in on North Dakota)]</ref> [[Donald Trump]] won seventy-six percent of the vote in 2016, the best result in the county since [[Ronald Reagan]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/north-dakota 2016 presidential election results from North Dakota], ''[[New York Times]]'' (December 20, 2016). Retrieved April 4, 2025.</ref>

The county is represented in the [[United States House of Representatives|US House of Representatives]] by Republican [[Kelly Armstrong]]. As part of District 28 it is represented in the [[North Dakota Senate]] by Robert S. Erbele (R) and in the [[North Dakota House of Representatives]] by Mike Brandenburg (R) and Jeffery Magrum (R).<ref>[http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/dist-legis.html North Dakota Legislature site]</ref>
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|1,132|229|29|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|1,153|261|41|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|1,100|235|111|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|1,035|459|36|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|916|579|37|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|1,254|436|32|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|1,178|350|109|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|1,005|470|306|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|1,134|450|470|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|1,726|598|23|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,047|427|39|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|2,471|308|94|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|1,785|912|79|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,440|521|29|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,258|342|132|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|1,891|950|0|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|2,694|628|0|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|2,689|498|6|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|3,043|276|29|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|2,203|513|60|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|2,682|226|8|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|3,494|318|0|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,469|1,900|260|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|465|3,078|0|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|1,196|1,474|0|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1924|Progressive|637|39|1,173|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,782|79|28|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|950|270|8|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|202|125|636|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|927|140|5|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|736|58|2|North Dakota}}
{{PresFoot|1900|Republican|658|125|0|North Dakota}}