Editing Harney County, Oregon (section)

==Politics==
Like most counties in eastern Oregon, the majority of registered voters who are part of a [[political party]] in Harney County are members of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. No Democrat has carried Harney County in a presidential election since [[Lyndon Johnson]] in 1964. The last time a Democrat was even close to carrying Harney County in a presidential election was [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1976 when he lost it by 85 votes. Since 2000, every Republican nominee has received at least 70% of the vote in Harney County in presidential elections. In the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]] 70.45% of Harney County voters voted for Republican [[John McCain]], while 25.79% voted for [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Barack Obama]] and 3.73% of voters either voted for a [[Third party (politics)|Third Party]] candidate or [[write-in candidate|wrote in a candidate]].<ref>{{cite web |date=November 4, 2008 |title=Harney County, Oregon, General Election &ndash; (Official Results) |url=http://co.harney.or.us/PDF_Files/County%20Clerk/Election%20Results%20Update%202008/Eection%20Results%20Nov%204%202008%20General.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://co.harney.or.us/PDF_Files/County%20Clerk/Election%20Results%20Update%202008/Eection%20Results%20Nov%204%202008%20General.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |access-date=April 21, 2009 |website=Harney County}}</ref> These numbers show a slight shift towards the Democratic candidate when compared to the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 presidential election]], in which 76% of Harney Country voters voted for [[George W. Bush]], while 22.7% voted for [[John Kerry]], and 1.3% of voters either voted for a Third Party candidate or [[write-in candidate|wrote in a candidate]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Harney County, Oregon detailed profile - houses, real estate, cost of living, wages, work, agriculture, ancestries, and more |url=http://www.city-data.com/county/Harney_County-OR.html |access-date=April 21, 2009 |website=www.city-data.com}}</ref> In 1992, the incumbent, [[George H. W. Bush]] won with 40.84% of the vote, over [[Ross Perot]], who finished second with 30.37%, and [[Bill Clinton]], who finished third with 28.86%.<ref>[https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1992&fips=41&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1992 Presidential General Election Results - Oregon], Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Elections, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2020.</ref> In the [[2020 United States presidential election]], [[Donald Trump]] won about 78% of Harney County's votes, and [[Joe Biden]] won about 20%.<ref>{{cite web |title=Harney County, Oregon, General Election: November 3, 2020 |url=https://www.co.harney.or.us/PDF_Files/County%20Clerk/Elections%202020/2020-161%20Abstract%20of%20Votes%20Cast%20for%202020%20General%20Election%20November%203.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109103840/https://www.co.harney.or.us/PDF_Files/County%20Clerk/Elections%202020/2020-161%20Abstract%20of%20Votes%20Cast%20for%202020%20General%20Election%20November%203.pdf |archive-date=January 9, 2021 |access-date=January 7, 2021 |website=Harney County}}</ref>

[[File:Political orientations in Harney County, Oregon (2009).gif]]<ref>{{cite web |date=April 10, 2009 |title=Voter Registration by County: March 2009 |url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6812402 |access-date=September 22, 2014 |website=Oregon Secretary of State |page=1 |format=PDF}}</ref>

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|3,307|797|151|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|3,475|894|112|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|2,912|683|379|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|2,607|832|144|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|2,595|950|138|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|2,815|839|48|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|2,799|766|169|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|1,948|980|587|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|1,350|973|1,049|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|1,833|1,379|118|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,197|1,290|25|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|2,313|1,110|362|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|1,652|1,567|188|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,693|1,004|166|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|1,617|1,036|205|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,172|1,577|10|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|1,464|1,220|7|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|1,512|1,212|0|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|1,378|983|5|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|784|802|38|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|787|997|10|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|912|1,214|10|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|546|1,262|132|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|687|1,276|105|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|952|600|19|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|851|436|294|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,026|479|117|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|872|1,239|213|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|377|538|317|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|450|329|80|Oregon}}
{{PresFoot|1904|Republican|395|190|92|Oregon}}