Editing Lassen County, California (section)

===Overview===
From [[1932 United States presidential election in California|1932]] through [[1976 United States presidential election in California|1976]], Lassen was powerfully [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]], voting for the Democratic presidential nominee in every election save [[1972 United States presidential election in California|1972]], when it voted for [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]] over [[George McGovern|McGovern]] by just 6.8%. From [[1980 United States presidential election in California|1980]] on, however, it has been overwhelmingly [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] in [[President of the United States|presidential]] and [[United States Congress|congressional]] elections, coinciding with the dominance of the prisons in local employment. [[Jimmy Carter]] (in 1976) remains the last Democrat to have carried the county. In [[2016 United States presidential election in California|2016]], [[2020 United States presidential election in California|2020]], and [[2024 United States presidential election in California|2024]], Lassen stood as [[Donald Trump]]'s best county in the state, giving him a 50% or greater margin over overwhelming statewide winners Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and Kamala Harris.

{{PresHead|place=Lassen County, California|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=August 31, 2018}}</ref>|source2=<ref group=note>This total comprised 559 votes for [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]] (who was official Republican nominee in California), 148 votes for [[Socialist Party of America|Socialist]] [[Eugene V. Debs]] and 34 votes for [[Prohibition Party]] nominee [[Eugene W. Chafin]].</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|8,619|2,478|318|California}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|8,970|2,799|276|California}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|7,574|2,224|901|California}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|7,296|3,053|376|California}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|7,483|3,586|364|California}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|8,126|3,158|166|California}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|7,080|2,982|524|California}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|5,194|3,318|1,363|California}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|3,836|3,388|3,138|California}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|5,157|3,446|199|California}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|5,352|3,254|155|California}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|4,464|2,941|793|California}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|3,007|3,801|190|California}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,618|3,134|370|California}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|2,553|2,930|735|California}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,124|4,072|5|California}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|2,365|3,472|40|California}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|2,533|3,412|18|California}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|3,313|4,237|39|California}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,960|3,632|181|California}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,896|3,678|15|California}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,902|4,367|44|California}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,035|4,193|48|California}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,167|3,056|117|California}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|2,111|1,597|13|California}}
{{PresRow|1924|Progressive|1,072|356|1,201|California}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,582|643|164|California}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|877|1,323|173|California}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|27|644|741|California}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|551|361|97|California}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|573|301|40|California}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|549|326|70|California}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|420|528|14|California}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Republican|540|524|59|California}}

Lassen County is in {{Representative|cacd|1|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|1|access-date=March 1, 2013}}</ref> is in the 1st [[California State Senate|Senate]] District, represented by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Brian Dahle]],<ref>{{Cite web
 |url=http://senate.ca.gov/senators |title=Senators |access-date=March 10, 2013 |publisher=State of California}}</ref> and {{Representative|caad|1|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web
 |url=http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers |title=Members Assembly |access-date=March 2, 2013 |publisher=State of California}}</ref>