Editing Itasca County, Minnesota (section)

==Politics==
Itasca County voters tended to vote strongly Democratic for about 80 years following the [[Great Depression]], selecting the Democratic nominee in every election from [[1932 United States presidential election in Minnesota|1932]] through [[2012 United States presidential election in Minnesota|2012]], along with fellow [[Iron Range]] counties [[St. Louis County, Minnesota|St. Louis County]], [[Carlton County, Minnesota|Carlton County]], and [[Lake County, Minnesota|Lake County]]. However, in [[2016 United States presidential election in Minnesota|2016]], the county swung hard towards [[Donald Trump]], voting Republican for the first time since [[1928 United States presidential election in Minnesota|1928]] and doing so by giving him a healthy majority of 54.1%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why one Minnesota county voted for Trump |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/11/14/why-one-minnesota-county-voted-republican-for-the-first-time-since-1928 |access-date=January 10, 2021 |website=MPR News}}</ref> In [[2020 United States presidential election in Minnesota|2020]], it voted for Trump once again, giving him an increased vote share of 57.4%, making it the first time the county had voted Republican two elections in a row since 1924 and 1928. This trend continued in 2024 when Trump obtained an even greater percentage of the vote, the highest since 1924.<ref>https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/</ref>
 
{{PresHead|place=Itasca County, Minnesota|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leip |first=David |title=Atlas of US Presidential Elections |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323225526/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ |archive-date=March 23, 2018 |website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|15,863|10,467|510|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|15,239|10,786|536|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|12,920|9,015|1,945|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|10,501|12,852|566|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|10,309|13,460|626|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|10,705|13,290|372|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|9,545|10,583|1,586|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|6,506|10,706|3,261|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|5,952|9,621|5,265|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|8,358|10,517|178|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|9,306|11,455|187|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|8,368|12,134|1,726|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|6,646|12,979|656|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1972|Democratic|7,558|8,683|342|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|4,898|10,512|796|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|4,137|12,054|40|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|6,615|10,761|32|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|6,408|8,737|33|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|6,573|9,128|81|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|4,334|9,653|729|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|4,227|8,787|81|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|5,196|9,899|159|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|3,594|8,896|329|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|3,782|5,616|839|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|5,103|3,122|431|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|4,961|496|2,798|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|3,973|1,930|910|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,163|1,504|486|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|446|699|1,544|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,883|684|415|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,796|293|243|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|770|413|33|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|826|724|11|Minnesota}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Democratic|520|686|73|Minnesota}}