Editing Rolette County, North Dakota (section)

==Politics==
Due to its Native American majority population, Rolette County voters are historically Democratic, and it is one of the most consistently Democratic counties in North Dakota. Since 1928 the only Republican to carry the county was [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in 1952.<ref>[http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1952.htm Geographie Electorale]</ref> It was the only county in the state to support [[George McGovern]] in 1972 and is additionally the only North Dakota county to have supported [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1980.<ref>[http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/comparemaps.php?year=2008&fips=38&f=1&off=0&elect=0 David Leip's Presidential Atlas (Maps for North Dakota by election)]</ref> In each of the five presidential elections from 1996 to 2012, the Democratic candidate received over 60% of the vote, with [[Barack Obama]] winning 75.1% in 2008 and 74.0% in 2012.<ref>[http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/map.html?scp=1&sq=%22election%20map&st=cse The New York Times electoral map (Zoom in on North Dakota)]</ref><ref>[http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/results/states/north-dakota 2012 presidential election results from North Dakota], ''[[New York Times]]''. Retrieved December 27, 2016.</ref> In 2016, Democratic candidate [[Hillary Clinton]] received 55.9% of the county's votes,<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/north-dakota 2016 presidential election results from North Dakota], ''[[New York Times]]'' (December 20, 2016). Retrieved December 27, 2016.</ref> one of the two North Dakota counties that she carried.
{{PresHead|place=Rolette County, North Dakota|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Atlas of US Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=November 10, 2024}}</ref>|source2=<ref>The leading "other" candidate, [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]], received 322 votes, while Socialist [[Eugene V. Debs|Eugene Debs]] received 184 votes, [[Prohibition Party|Prohibition]] candidate [[Eugene W. Chafin|Eugene Chafin]] received 27 votes.</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|1,427|2,567|81|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|1,257|2,482|65|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|1,217|2,099|439|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|1,092|3,353|107|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|1,045|3,403|86|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|1,392|2,564|88|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|1,416|2,681|301|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|823|2,299|479|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|895|2,002|709|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|1,126|2,426|54|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|1,479|2,179|93|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|1,599|1,660|307|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,094|2,531|68|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1972|Democratic|1,713|1,803|43|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|1,211|1,870|172|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|892|2,566|0|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,277|2,335|3|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|1,444|1,728|6|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|2,188|1,160|17|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,179|1,565|125|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,070|1,745|17|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,555|2,820|17|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|857|3,186|389|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|706|2,855|43|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|1,327|2,181|31|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1924|Progressive|869|137|1,413|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|2,139|535|176|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|600|762|138|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|339|396|533|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|811|529|126|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|912|366|96|North Dakota}}
{{PresFoot|1900|Republican|566|355|16|North Dakota}}