Editing Piscataquis County, Maine (section)

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Piscataquis County is one of the most reliably Republican counties in New England, only voting for a someone other than the Republican candidate five times since 1880 — voting for [[Bull Moose Party]] nominee [[Theodore Roosevelt]] (a former Republican) in [[1912 United States presidential election|1912]], Democrats [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and [[Hubert Humphrey]] in [[1964 United States presidential election|1964]] and [[1968 United States presidential election|1968]] respectively, independent [[Ross Perot]] in [[1992 United States presidential election|1992]], and Democrat [[Bill Clinton]] in [[1996 United States presidential election|1996]].

Since 2000, Piscataquis County has maintained its strong Republican lean, continuing to be the most reliably Republican county in Maine, and New England. In [[2008 United States presidential election|2008]], Piscataquis was the only county in New England to vote for [[John McCain]], who won the county by a margin of 355 votes or 3.8%<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/2008/tabs-can-pr-cnty-11-08.html |title=November 4, 2008 General Election Tabulations (US President by County) |access-date=July 4, 2009 |archive-date=August 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825043601/http://maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/2008/tabs-can-pr-cnty-11-08.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> over [[Barack Obama]], with Obama winning Maine by a 17.3% margin over McCain.<ref>[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2008&fips=23&f=0&off=0&elect=0 2008 Presidential General Election Results]. U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 2, 2010.</ref> In [[2012 United States presidential election|2012]], Piscataquis was only one of five counties in New England to support Republican candidate [[Mitt Romney]], and the only county in Maine to do so.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bangordailynews.com/2012/11/07/politics/piscataquis-keeps-red-reputation-as-only-maine-county-to-back-romney/|title = Piscataquis keeps red reputation as only Maine county to back Romney|date = November 7, 2012}}</ref> Romney received the most votes in Piscataquis County with 50.6%. Democratic incumbent [[Barack Obama]] received 46.3%. Libertarian candidate [[Gary Johnson]] received 1.5% and Green Independent candidate [[Jill Stein]] received 1.24%. There were a total of 30 "write in" votes; 29 of these were for [[Ron Paul]] and 1 for [[Rocky Anderson]]. [[Barack Obama]] was reelected President.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html |website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, Elections Division |url=http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/prior12-13.htm#nov |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801235914/http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/prior12-13.htm |archive-date=August 1, 2012}}</ref> Republican candidate [[Donald Trump]] carried the county in [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]] while greatly improving on Romney's performance. He won it again in [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]] with 62% of the vote, marking the first time a presidential candidate from any party won Piscataquis County with over 60% of the vote since [[Ronald Reagan]] in [[1984 United States presidential election|1984]].

In [[2000 United States presidential election|2000]], [[George W. Bush]] carried the county by an 11.9% margin over [[Al Gore]], with Gore carrying the state by a 5.1% margin over Bush. In [[2004 United States presidential election|2004]], the county was one of only two in Maine to vote for Bush over [[John Kerry]]. Bush won by a 9% margin over Kerry, with Kerry winning the state by a virtually even margin over Bush.<ref>[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/datagraph.php?year=2004&fips=23&f=0&off=0&elect=0 2004 Presidential General Election Data Graphs – Maine]. U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 2, 2010.</ref>

In 1996, Bill Clinton carried the county with 48.7% of the vote, the first Democrat to do so since 1968, an election in which the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee was Mainer [[Edmund Muskie]]. 1996 is also the last time a Democrat won the county in a Presidential election.<ref>[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/datagraph.php?year=1996&fips=23&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1996 Presidential General Election Data Graphs – Maine]. U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 2, 2010.</ref>

In the 1992 presidential election, independent Ross Perot won a plurality 36.8% in the county, one of three counties he won in the state.<ref>[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/datagraph.php?year=1992&fips=23&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1992 Presidential General Election Data Graphs – Maine]. U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 2, 2010.</ref>

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{{PresRow|1932|Republican|4,198|2,849|52|Maine}}
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