Editing Columbia County, Oregon (section)

==Politics==
Between 1932 and 2012, the county was among the most consistently Democratic in the United States in terms of presidential elections. The last Republican to win a majority in Columbia County had been [[Herbert Hoover]] in the [[1928 United States presidential election|1928 presidential election]], although before 1932 no Democrat had won a majority in the county<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia County, Oregon |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/CU-votes.html |publisher=The Political Graveyard}}</ref> since [[Samuel J. Tilden]] in 1876. In the 1952 presidential election, Columbia was the only county in Oregon to not back [[Dwight Eisenhower]]. However, Columbia County has begun to shift to more conservative politics in recent elections. In 2016, [[Donald Trump]] won the county with just under fifty percent of the vote, a break with the tradition of choosing Democrats for president.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leip |first=Dave |title=Columbia County, Oregon – 2016 |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/statesub.php?year=2016&fips=41009&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |publisher=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections}}</ref> Trump would repeat his win in the county 4 years later with an absolute majority of the vote.<ref>{{citation |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Pivot_Counties_in_Oregon |title=Pivot Counties in Oregon |work=[[ballotpedia.org]] |access-date=2024-09-19 }}</ref>

While Columbia had an 80-year streak of voting for the Democratic nominee, the margin had been as narrow as three percent in 2004<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leip |first=Dave |title=Columbia County, Oregon – 2004 |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/statesub.php?year=2004&fips=41009&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |publisher=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections}}</ref> and in 1984.

Columbia County is part of [[Oregon's 1st congressional district]], which is represented by [[Suzanne Bonamici]] and has a [[Cook Partisan Voting Index]] score of D+18. In the [[Oregon House of Representatives]], nearly all of Columbia County is included within the 31st House District with the northwestern portion in the 32nd District, respectively represented by Republicans Brian G. Stout and Cyrus B. Javadi. In the [[Oregon State Senate]], Columbia County is in the 16th District, represented by Republican [[Suzanne Weber]].

Columbia County is currently one of 11 counties in Oregon in which therapeutic psilocybin is legal.

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{{PresRow|2020|Republican|17,150|13,835|1,236|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|13,217|10,167|3,234|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|10,772|12,004|1,099|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|10,413|13,390|965|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|11,868|12,563|486|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|9,369|10,331|1,495|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|6,205|9,275|2,996|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|5,227|8,298|5,877|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|6,424|8,983|399|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|7,811|8,219|75|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|6,623|7,124|1,758|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|5,226|8,005|628|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1972|Democratic|5,348|5,997|939|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|4,208|6,064|775|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,489|7,728|51|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|4,356|5,546|6|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|4,275|5,592|0|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|4,666|5,096|72|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|3,049|4,768|434|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|2,696|5,213|140|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|2,959|5,758|57|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,815|5,587|399|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,975|3,643|319|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|3,519|1,775|102|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|2,483|1,015|920|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|2,007|970|285|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|2,023|1,451|276|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|574|507|965|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,242|454|254|Oregon}}
{{PresFoot|1904|Republican|1,301|221|230|Oregon}}