Editing Pine County, Minnesota (section)

==Politics==
Pine County was once a Democratic stronghold. Between 1932 and 2008, Democrats won the county all but twice, with the two exceptions being nationwide Republican landslide victories in 1952 by [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] and in 1972 by [[Richard Nixon]] (by only 87 votes). The tides began to turn in Pine County at the beginning of the 21st century, as the first three elections in that century, while still Democratic wins, only saw them win with a plurality of the vote and never by more than a 2.5% margin. The Democratic streak finally broke in 2012, when Republican challenger [[Mitt Romney]] barely won the county over incumbent Democrat [[Barack Obama]] by less than 1% and a margin of just 95 votes, becoming the first Republican to win the county in 40 years. The 2016 election saw a dramatic rightward turn, as [[Donald Trump]] won the county by a margin of over 26%, and he further increased his margin of victory to over 30% in 2020 and over 35% in 2024, as Trump became the first Republican to win over 60% of the vote in Pine County since [[Warren G. Harding]] a century earlier. In the 2018 midterms, Pine County voted for every Republican candidate running for statewide office, with the exception in the [[2018 United States Senate election in Minnesota|senate race]], where it narrowly voted to re-elect Democratic Senator [[Amy Klobuchar]] (it would later go on to vote against her in her successful 2024 re-election bid). This trend also continued in 2022, with Pine County voting Republican for all statewide races and the concurrent US House race, solidifying the counties realignment to Republicans.  

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|11,274|5,339|298|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|10,256|5,419|326|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|8,191|4,580|1,040|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|6,845|6,750|370|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|6,862|7,084|437|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|7,033|7,228|257|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|5,854|6,148|1,066|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|3,080|5,432|1,796|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,841|4,929|3,043|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|3,857|5,540|116|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|4,493|5,223|63|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|3,899|5,121|667|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|3,057|5,442|388|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,881|3,794|342|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|2,591|4,044|482|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,279|5,123|18|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|3,450|4,211|26|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|3,204|3,829|8|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|4,255|3,692|91|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|3,069|4,978|360|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|3,433|4,332|64|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|4,106|5,263|157|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|2,452|5,797|389|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,304|4,862|635|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|4,278|3,185|105|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1924|Progressive|2,706|469|3,263|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|3,879|1,127|798|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,531|1,507|412|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|513|777|1,720|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,548|802|393|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,743|463|142|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|1,121|726|51|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|1,152|875|50|Minnesota}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Republican|538|458|115|Minnesota}}