Editing Inyo County, California (section)

=== Overview ===
[[File:2022 California Gubernatorial General Election in Inyo County.svg|thumb|212x212px|2022 California Gubernatorial General Election in Inyo County by Consolidated Precinct]]
Inyo has historically been a strongly [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] county in [[President of the United States|Presidential]] and [[United States Congress|congressional]] elections. From [[1944 United States presidential election in California|1944]] to [[2016 United States presidential election in California|2016]], the only Democrat to win the county (and the last to win a majority of its vote) was [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Lyndon Johnson]] in [[United States presidential election in California, 1964|1964]].

However, the county shifted significantly leftward in [[2020 United States presidential election in California|2020]], narrowly supporting [[Joe Biden]] over [[Donald Trump]]. As a result, it became one of only two counties that previously voted for Trump by double digits in 2016 to flip to the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], the other being [[Talbot County, Maryland]].

Inyo still leans Republican. It voted Republican in all statewide races held in [[2022 California elections|2022]]. It flipped back to voting for Donald Trump in [[2024 United States presidential election in California|2024]], though by a much smaller margin than Trump had won the county in 2016.

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{{PresRow|2016|Republican|4,248|3,155|776|California}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|4,340|3,422|274|California}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|4,523|3,743|288|California}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|5,091|3,350|175|California}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|4,713|2,652|450|California}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|3,924|2,601|1,044|California}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|3,689|2,695|2,080|California}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|5,042|2,653|142|California}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|5,863|2,360|115|California}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|5,201|2,080|746|California}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|3,905|2,635|166|California}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|4,873|2,006|280|California}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|3,641|2,314|732|California}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,751|3,161|3|California}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|2,962|2,443|15|California}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|3,524|1,782|18|California}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|3,819|1,698|28|California}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|2,135|1,539|153|California}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|1,699|1,647|9|California}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,483|1,820|27|California}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|912|1,560|29|California}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|698|1,459|101|California}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,206|861|35|California}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|950|256|793|California}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,195|682|212|California}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|846|966|204|California}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|8|806|813|California}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|583|618|223|California}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|452|231|128|California}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|396|505|34|California}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|286|532|23|California}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|409|266|125|California}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|437|273|35|California}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|345|283|18|California}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Republican|321|274|0|California}}

In the [[California State Legislature]], Inyo County is in {{Representative|casd|4|fmt=sdistrict}},<ref name=sd_splits>
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 | title = Communities of Interest — County
 | publisher = California Citizens Redistricting Commission
 | access-date = April 8, 2015
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151023054153/http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_sd_finaldraft_splits.zip
 | archive-date = October 23, 2015
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</ref> and {{Representative|caad|8|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers |title=Members Assembly |access-date=April 11, 2013 |publisher=State of California |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424192545/http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers |archive-date=April 24, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The county is in {{Representative|cacd|3|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|8|access-date=March 9, 2013}}</ref>

On November 4, 2008, Inyo County voted 60.6% for [[2008 California Proposition 8|Proposition 8]] which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008-general/sov_complete.pdf|publisher=California Secretary of State|title = Statement of Vote, November 4, 2008, General election|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506165548/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008-general/sov_complete.pdf|access-date=May 6, 2021|archive-date=May 6, 2013}}</ref>

The county was home to Manzanar Internment Camp, where Japanese Americans were interned during World War II. Although the county was typically Democratic before World War II, in the decades since Japanese internment the county has been solidly Republican, only voting for Lyndon Johnson (who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964) and Joe Biden (who ran on a ticket with Kamala Harris, the first Asian American to be part of a major party ticket).