Editing Plumas County, California (section)

=== Overview ===
In its early history, Plumas was a reliable Republican county, voting for that party in every election from 1864 to 1908.<ref>Menendez, Albert J.; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004'', pp. 153-155 {{ISBN|0786422173}}</ref> It then became one of the most reliably [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] counties in California, voting for the Democratic nominee for president in 13 straight elections from 1928 to 1976. The county has voted Republican in every presidential election since 1980, except for 1992, when [[Bill Clinton]] won a small plurality.

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|5,725|4,020|325|California}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|6,445|4,561|254|California}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|5,420|3,459|971|California}}  
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|5,721|4,026|333|California}}  
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|6,035|4,715|278|California}}  
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|6,905|4,129|156|California}}  
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|6,343|3,458|600|California}}  
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|4,905|3,540|1,305|California}}  
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|3,599|3,742|2,608|California}}  
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|4,603|4,251|161|California}}  
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|5,224|3,837|167|California}}  
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|4,182|2,911|1,068|California}}  
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,884|3,429|250|California}}  
{{PresRow|1972|Democratic|2,952|3,057|351|California}}  
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|2,097|2,961|553|California}}  
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,686|4,019|8|California}}  
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|2,015|3,333|30|California}}  
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|2,267|3,127|21|California}}  
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|2,687|3,435|61|California}}  
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,657|3,125|276|California}}  
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,126|2,625|8|California}}  
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,270|3,418|52|California}}  
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|680|2,707|48|California}}  
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|582|2,035|67|California}}  
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|947|1,079|49|California}}  
{{PresRow|1924|Progressive|564|182|967|California}}  
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|999|403|160|California}}  
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|663|1,025|126|California}}  
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|11|742|1,028|California}}  
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|659|395|84|California}}  
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|707|347|29|California}}  
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|640|442|13|California}}  
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|678|575|15|California}}  
{{PresFoot|1892|Republican|642|537|52|California}}

Plumas County is in {{Representative|cacd|1|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|1|access-date=March 1, 2013}}</ref> At the state level, Plumas is in the 1st [[California State Senate|Senate]] District, represented by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Ted Gaines]],<ref>{{Cite web
 |url=http://senate.ca.gov/senators |title=Senators |access-date=March 10, 2013 |publisher=State of California}}</ref> and {{Representative|caad|1|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web
 |url=http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers |title=Members Assembly |access-date=March 2, 2013 |publisher=State of California}}</ref>