Editing Lebanon County, Pennsylvania (section)

===Electoral history===
For most of its history, Lebanon County has been one of the most [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] counties in Pennsylvania. The county is strongly Republican even by the standards of south-central Pennsylvania. It is very conservative for an urban county, having only supported a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] for president once since 1880. That came when [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] won it in his 46-state landslide reelection; even then, FDR only carried it by 587 votes. The only other time since 1880 that the county has failed to support a Republican was in 1912, when the GOP was mortally divided and [[Theodore Roosevelt]] carried it on the Bull Moose ticket.

In 1964, Lebanon County was one of only four counties in the state to vote for [[Barry Goldwater]], along with Snyder, Union, and Wayne counties.

In the [[2006 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania|2006 election for U.S. Senate]], the county cast 21,756 votes (55.1%) for Republican [[Rick Santorum]] and 17,737 (44.9%) for Democrat [[Bob Casey, Jr.]], who won the race. In that year's [[2006 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election|gubernatorial election]], the county cast 22,775 votes (57.5%) for Republican [[Lynn Swann]] and 16,813 (42.5%) for Democrat [[Ed Rendell]], who won the race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID%3D12%26ElectionID%3D24 |title=Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information |access-date=March 10, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529001955/http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=12&ElectionID=24 |archive-date=May 29, 2008 }}</ref>

In the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 presidential election]], the county cast 37,089 votes (66.6%) for Republican [[George W. Bush]] and 18,109 (32.5%) for Democrat [[John Kerry]]. In that same year's election for U.S. Senate, the county cast 35,336 votes (66.8%) for Republican [[Arlen Specter]], 13,182 for Democrat [[Joe Hoeffel]], 3,320 (6.3%) for [[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution Party]] candidate Jim Clymer, and 1,083 (2.0%) for [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] Betsy Summers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=12&ElectionID=11 |title=Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information |access-date=March 10, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081127051425/http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=12&ElectionID=11 |archive-date=November 27, 2008 }}</ref> In the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]] the county cast 34,314 votes (58.59%) for Republican [[John McCain]] and 23,310 votes (39.8%) for [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/statesub.php?year=2008&fips=42075&f=1&off=0&elect=0 |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - State Data |access-date=January 5, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201041545/http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/statesub.php?year=2008&fips=42075&f=1&off=0&elect=0 |archive-date=December 1, 2008 }}</ref> In the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]], the county cast 38,804 votes (65,9%) for Republican [[Donald Trump]] and 17,860 votes (30,3%) for Democrat [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/pennsylvania/|title=Pennsylvania Election Results 2016: President Live Map by County, Real-Time Voting Updates|website=Election Hub|date=November 8, 2016 |access-date=May 4, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107044131/https://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/pennsylvania/|archive-date=November 7, 2017}}</ref>

In the 2002 gubernatorial election, the county cast 22,659 votes (62.7%) for Republican [[D. Michael Fisher|Mike Fisher]] and 12,712 (35.2%) for Democrat [[Ed Rendell]], who won the race. In the 2002 race for the U.S. House of Representatives, Republican [[George Gekas]] received 21,733 votes (60.9%) from the county while Democrat [[Tim Holden]] received 13,945 (39.1%); Holden won.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID%3D12%26ElectionID%3D7 |title=Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information |access-date=May 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515030551/http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=12&ElectionID=7 |archive-date=May 15, 2008 }}</ref>