Editing Washtenaw County, Michigan (section)

==Politics==
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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|58,844|157,152|6,173|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|56,241|157,136|3,554|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|50,631|128,483|10,965|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|56,412|120,890|3,035|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|53,946|130,578|3,024|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|61,455|109,953|1,856|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|52,459|86,647|5,834|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|40,097|73,106|10,825|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|41,386|73,325|22,755|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|55,029|61,799|1,092|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|58,736|55,084|749|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|48,699|51,013|16,467|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|56,807|50,917|3,965|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1972|Democratic|50,535|55,350|1,690|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|36,432|33,073|8,309|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|25,595|42,089|206|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|39,632|25,129|225|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|38,911|19,124|141|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|35,826|17,671|262|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|24,588|12,721|1,258|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|24,740|14,922|244|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|21,664|11,802|253|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|14,986|13,589|935|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|15,368|12,552|1,180|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|19,676|5,308|109|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|14,326|3,603|1,901|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|14,082|4,468|362|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|6,505|5,279|242|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|2,495|4,164|3,897|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|5,845|4,441|423|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|6,566|3,779|238|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|5,369|5,072|275|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|5,671|5,348|384|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|4,362|5,508|518|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|4,549|5,482|557|Michigan}}
{{PresFoot|1884|Democratic|4,049|5,315|626|Michigan}}

Since [[1988 United States presidential election in Michigan|1988]], when [[Michael Dukakis]] won it, the county has been a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] stronghold in local and national elections due to the presence of [[Ann Arbor, Michigan|Ann Arbor]] and the [[University of Michigan]]. In the [[2020 United States presidential election]] it gave 72.4% of the vote to Democratic nominee [[Joe Biden]], the highest margin for a Democrat in the county, the third-highest for any candidate in the county's history, and the highest in the state at the time as well.<ref>{{Cite news|date=November 3, 2020|title=Michigan Election Results|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-michigan.html|access-date=November 14, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Between [[1960 United States presidential election in Michigan|1960]] and 1988 it was generally a swing county: [[1992 United States presidential election in Michigan|1992]] marked the first time that the county supported the same party as in the previous election since 1960. 

Despite its modern-day Democratic strength, it was reliably Republican at the presidential level from [[1896 United States presidential election in Michigan|1896]] to 1960, only voting Democratic once in that span in [[1912 United States presidential election in Michigan|1912]] when the Republican vote was split. It was one of the few counties where [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] was shut out in all four of his successful campaigns. [[George McGovern]]'s win over [[Richard Nixon]] in the county in [[1972 United States presidential election in Michigan|1972]] despite the latter winning nationally by a landslide was a sign of the county's shift towards supporting the Democratic Party, though Michigander and former Wolverine [[Gerald R. Ford]] won it in 1976 and [[Ronald Reagan]] won it in 1984 amid his national landslide, being the most recent Republican to win the county.