Editing Lake County, California (section)

==Politics==
=== Overview ===
In its early history, Lake County leaned [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] in [[President of the United States|Presidential]] and [[United States Congress|congressional]] elections. It supported every Democratic presidential candidate between 1864 and 1916 except [[Alton B. Parker]] in his [[United States presidential election in California, 1904|1904 landslide defeat]].<ref name="Geography">Menendez, Albert J.; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004'', pp. 152–155 {{ISBN|0786422173}}</ref> Nonetheless, between 1920 and 1984 Lake County tended towards leaning Republican and was won by just four Democratic nominees – [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in 1932 and 1936, [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in 1964 and [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1976. [[Ronald Reagan]] in [[United States presidential election in California, 1984|1984]] won a majority in the county, which later reverted to leaning Democratic.<ref name="Geography"/> In 2016, Republicans broke 40% of the vote for the first time since 2004, and Democrats failed to win 50% of the vote for the first time since 1996. Democrats broke 50% again in 2020, increasing their margin of victory, although Republicans still increased their percentage of the vote.<ref name="Leip">{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|first=David|last=Leip|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 26, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604224433/http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|archive-date=June 4, 2011}}</ref> In 2022, the county was won by Republicans in several statewide races.<ref name="Weber">{{cite web |last1=Weber |first1=Shirley |title=Statement of Vote - November 8, 2022 - General Election |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2022-general/sov/complete.pdf |publisher=California Secretary of State |access-date=21 October 2024}}</ref> In [[2024 United States presidential election in California|2024]], [[Donald Trump]] won Lake County by 367 votes, marking the first time since Reagan's 1984 run that a Republican candidate won the presidential race in Lake County.<ref name="2024 Final Results">{{cite web|url=https://www.lakecountyca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/12965/Cumulative-Results-12-3-2024-11-18-02-AM|title=County of Lake, California: General Election Official Results|date=3 December 2024|website=Lake County Registrar of Voters}}</ref>

On November 4, 2008, Lake County voted 52.6% for Proposition 8, which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages.<ref>California Secretary of State: [http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/sov_complete.pdf “Statement of Vote for November 4, 2008, General Election”] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018225250/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/sov_complete.pdf |date=October 18, 2012 }}, page 62.</ref> In November 2024, [[2024 California Proposition 3|Proposition 3]], titled Constitutional Right to Marry, which effectively repealed Proposition 8, received 57.04% of "Yes" votes in the county.<ref name="2024 Final Results"/>

{{PresHead|place=Lake County, California|source=<ref name="Leip">{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|first=David|last=Leip|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 26, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604224433/http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|archive-date=June 4, 2011}}</ref>}}
<!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} -->
{{PresRow|2024|Republican|13,161|12,794|941|California}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|13,123|14,941|922|California}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|10,603|11,500|2,581|California}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|9,200|13,163|1,028|California}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|9,935|14,854|840|California}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|11,093|13,141|485|California}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|8,699|10,717|1,503|California}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|7,458|10,432|3,445|California}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|6,678|10,548|5,987|California}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|9,366|9,828|308|California}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|10,874|8,648|309|California}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|8,934|5,978|1,742|California}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|5,462|6,374|449|California}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|6,477|4,715|558|California}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|4,464|3,777|870|California}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|3,616|4,680|6|California}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|4,176|2,897|36|California}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|4,073|2,185|24|California}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|4,367|2,038|63|California}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|3,054|1,999|280|California}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|2,059|1,671|16|California}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|2,215|1,897|39|California}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,797|1,837|53|California}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,301|2,344|99|California}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,820|926|38|California}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|795|261|713|California}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|993|571|171|California}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|791|1,164|278|California}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|0|1,118|1,038|California}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|625|628|206|California}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|641|594|177|California}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|584|746|79|California}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|546|854|37|California}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Democratic|532|644|256|California}}

Lake County is in [[California's 4th congressional district]], represented by {{Representative|cacd|4}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|4|access-date=February 25, 2023}}</ref>

In the [[California State Legislature|state legislature]], Lake is in {{Representative|caad|4|fmt=adistrict}}, and {{Representative|casd|2|fmt=sdistrict}}.

===Voter registration===

{| class="wikitable collapsible"
|-
! colspan="3" | Eligible and registered voters<ref>{{cite web|title=Report of Registration - September 6, 2024|website=California Secretary of State|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/60day-gen-2024/county.pdf}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Eligible
| colspan="2" | 51,169
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total registered voters
| 37,368
| 73.03%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Democratic
| 13,867
| 37.11%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Republican
| 11,953
| 31.98%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;American Independent
| 2,321
| 6.21%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Green
| 318
| 0.85%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Libertarian
| 551
| 1.47%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Peace and Freedom
| 341
| 0.91%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unknown
| 126
| 0.33%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other
| 272
| 0.80%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No party preference
| 7,619
| 20.39%
|}