Editing Mariposa County, California (section)

== Politics ==
In its early history Mariposa was one of the most reliable Democratic counties in California. Along with [[Colusa County, California|Colusa County]], it was one of only two counties in the [[Pacific States]] to support [[Alton B. Parker]] [[United States presidential election in California, 1904|in 1904]].<ref>Menendez, Albert J.; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004'', pp. 153-155 {{ISBN|0786422173}}</ref> Over time, however, the county has steadily moved away from its Democratic roots, seen demonstrably [[United States presidential election in California, 1948|in 1948]] when [[Thomas E. Dewey]] won Mariposa without carrying California, as part of a trend turning the [[Great Basin]] into a rock-solid Republican stronghold.<ref>Mendendez; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States'', p. 74</ref> Currently Mariposa is a strongly [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] county in [[President of the United States|Presidential]] and [[United States Congress|congressional]] elections. The last Democrat to win a majority in the county was [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Lyndon Johnson]] in [[United States presidential election in California, 1964|1964]] but the last Democrat to win Mariposa was [[Bill Clinton]] in [[United States presidential election in California, 1992|1992]] who won a plurality by 41 votes.

{{PresHead|place=Mariposa 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=September 1, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|5,625|3,622|262|California}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|5,950|4,088|242|California}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|5,185|3,122|570|California}}  
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|5,140|3,498|400|California}}  
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|5,298|4,100|279|California}}  
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|5,215|3,251|192|California}}  
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|4,727|2,816|531|California}}  
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|3,976|2,920|1,053|California}}  
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,982|3,023|2,282|California}}  
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,768|2,998|144|California}}  
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,989|2,399|130|California}}  
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|3,082|1,889|637|California}}  
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,012|2,093|212|California}}  
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,122|1,487|170|California}}  
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|1,496|1,187|314|California}}  
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,264|1,704|0|California}}  
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|1,599|1,338|26|California}}  
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|1,577|1,031|7|California}}  
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|2,214|1,102|43|California}}  
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|1,378|983|106|California}}  
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|965|1,203|17|California}}  
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,035|1,935|33|California}}  
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|621|1,907|35|California}}  
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|560|1,386|92|California}}  
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|656|517|19|California}}  
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|344|168|343|California}}  
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|484|320|70|California}}  
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|451|802|124|California}}  
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|20|689|461|California}}  
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|352|480|123|California}}  
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|461|486|128|California}}  
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|505|717|16|California}}  
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|563|829|27|California}}  
{{PresFoot|1892|Democratic|404|526|82|California}}

On November 4, 2008, Mariposa County voted 62.1% for Proposition 8 which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2008-general/sov_complete.pdf
 |title=Statement of Vote November 4, 2008 General Election
 |last=Bowen
 |first=Debra
 |website=California Secretary of State
 |access-date= January 8, 2020}}</ref>

===Voter registration===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population and registered voters
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total population<ref name="US-CB-B02001">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B02001. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved October 26, 2013.</ref>
| colspan="2" | 18,290
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Registered voters<ref name="CA-SS">California Secretary of State. [http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2013/political-sub.pdf February 10, 2013 - Report of Registration] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727173649/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2013/political-sub.pdf |date=July 27, 2013 }}. Retrieved October 31, 2013.</ref><ref name="PCT-RV" group=note>Percentage of registered voters with respect to total population. Percentages of party members with respect to registered voters follow.</ref>
| 10,613
| 58.0%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Democratic<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 3,156
| 29.7%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Republican<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 4,751
| 44.8%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Democratic&ndash;Republican spread<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| <span style="color: #d6002b;">'''-1,595'''</span>
| <span style="color: #d6002b;">'''-15.1%'''</span>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Independent<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 459
| 4.3%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Green<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 117
| 1.1%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Libertarian<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 97
| 0.9%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Peace and Freedom<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 22
| 0.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Americans Elect<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 1
| 0.0%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 155
| 1.5%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No party preference<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 1,855
| 17.5%
|}