Editing Butler County, Pennsylvania (section)

===Politics===
Butler County has long been one of the most consistently Republican counties in Pennsylvania and the nation.{{fact|date=July 2024}} The last Democratic presidential candidate to win it was [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in [[1964 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|1964]], when he won a national landslide and carried all but four counties in the state; indeed, Johnson is the only Democratic presidential candidate to carry this county in over a century. In [[2000 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2000]], Republican [[George W. Bush]] received 62% of the vote, while Democrat [[Al Gore]] received 35%. In [[2004 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2004]], the county was carried by Bush's 64% to Democrat [[John Kerry]]'s 35%. In [[2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2008]], the county was carried by Republican [[John McCain]]'s 63% to Democrat [[Barack Obama]]'s 35%. Since 2008, Butler County has continually given Republican nominees support in the mid-60s, with both [[Mitt Romney]] and [[Donald Trump]] receiving around 66% of the vote in [[2012 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2012]], [[2016 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2016]], [[2020 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2020]], and [[2024 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2024]].

In 2024, by political party, almost 80,000 residents registered as Republican, almost 40,000 registered as Democratic, and about 20,000 are not Democratic nor Republican. ''[[The New York Times]]'' described the county as being politically conservative.<ref name=SmialekGebeloffNYT/>