Editing Missaukee County, Michigan (section)

==Government and politics==
{{PresHead|place=Missaukee County, Michigan|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title = Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2020|Republican|6,648|1,967|140|Michigan}}
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{{PresRow|2004|Republican|5,055|2,319|47|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|4,274|2,062|160|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|3,012|2,256|757|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|2,829|1,893|1,336|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,566|1,621|37|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,970|1,256|30|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|3,221|1,563|291|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|2,943|1,688|50|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,647|924|116|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,161|736|294|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|1,786|1,288|1|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|2,531|627|13|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|2,433|727|8|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|2,525|600|31|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|1,742|750|62|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|1,979|759|25|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|2,154|1,037|32|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|1,730|1,385|48|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|1,439|1,282|68|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,756|247|11|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|1,723|208|94|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,801|345|38|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,160|917|53|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|671|347|1,023|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,570|445|79|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,781|345|79|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|1,421|616|80|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|899|687|44|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|665|622|81|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|632|572|49|Michigan}}
{{PresFoot|1884|Republican|470|373|26|Michigan}}

The county government operates the [[County jail|jail]], maintains rural roads, operates the
major local courts, keeps files of deeds and mortgages, maintains [[vital records]], administers
[[public health]] regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of welfare and
other social services. The [[county commission|county board of commissioners]] controls the budget but has only limited authority to make laws or ordinances. In Michigan, most local government functions &mdash; police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance, etc. &mdash; are the responsibility of individual cities and townships.

===Elected officials===
* [[Prosecutor|Prosecuting Attorney]]: David DenHouten
* [[Sheriff]]: Wilbur "Wil" Yancer
* [[County Clerk]]/[[Register of Deeds]]: Jessica Nielsen
* [[Treasurer|County Treasurer]]: Lori Cox
* Road Commissioners: Jack McGee; Larry Norman; Lonny Lutke

<small>(information as of February 2021)</small>

===Election history===
Missaukee County is one of Michigan's most strongly [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] counties, and one of the most consistently Republican in the nation since that party was founded. No Democratic presidential candidate has ever won Missaukee County since it was organized:<ref>Menendez, Albert J.; ''The Geography of U.S. Presidential Elections, 1868-2004'', pp. 223-227 {{ISBN|0786422173}}</ref> even [[Lyndon Johnson]] in 1964 when he swept the Northeast received no more than 42 percent of the county's vote,<ref>Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/datagraph.php?year=1964&fips=26&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1964 Presidential General Election Data Graphs – Michigan]</ref> which made Missaukee [[Barry Goldwater]]’s strongest county north or east of the Great Lakes. No Democrat since has received more than Barack Obama's 38 percent in 2008. In [[2004 United States presidential election|2004]], Republican [[George W. Bush]] received 68.1% in Missaukee County, his second highest percentage among Michigan's 83 counties. In 2008, Republican candidate [[John McCain]] was held down to below 60 percent, the only time and it has happened since 1964 without a strong third-party showing ([[Ross Perot]] in both 1992 and 1996) and just the second time since 1936. Regardless, it was still his second-strongest county in Michigan after [[Ottawa County, Michigan|Ottawa County]], as he won by 21 points while Barack Obama carried the state by 16.5 points.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2008 Presidential General Election Results - Michigan |url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2008&off=0&elect=0&fips=26&f=0}}</ref> In 2016, 2020, and 2024, the county was [[Donald Trump]]'s strongest in Michigan as he won it all three times by more than 50 points. In 2002, Republican gubernatorial nominee [[Dick Posthumus]] received 66.1% in Missaukee, which also ranked it as the #2 most Republican county in the state.

Despite its strong Republican leanings, Missaukee County has voted for Democratic gubernatorial candidates on two rare occasions, those being for [[James Blanchard]] in [[Michigan gubernatorial election, 1986|1986]] and [[William B. Fitzgerald Jr.]] in [[Michigan gubernatorial election, 1978|1978]].