Editing Crawford County, Wisconsin (section)

==Politics==
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|5,113|3,860|132|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|4,620|3,953|122|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|3,836|3,419|473|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|3,067|4,629|121|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|2,830|4,987|164|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|3,680|4,656|123|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|3,024|4,005|365|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,149|3,658|1,253|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,390|3,540|1,882|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|3,238|3,608|47|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|4,412|3,436|49|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|3,934|3,392|530|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|3,393|3,629|180|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,705|2,487|123|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|3,316|2,391|423|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,726|3,930|7|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|3,719|3,342|10|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|4,123|2,522|36|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|5,323|2,256|9|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|3,465|3,639|81|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|4,199|3,130|22|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|4,667|3,595|31|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|2,857|4,377|722|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,943|4,754|71|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|3,452|3,238|55|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1924|Progressive (Wisconsin)|1,687|936|3,035|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|3,600|1,112|134|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,883|1,764|72|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|1,407|1,515|455|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|2,041|1,586|135|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|2,279|1,362|90|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|2,333|1,353|45|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|2,323|1,509|65|Wisconsin}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Republican|1,727|1,615|118|Wisconsin}}
When the county was founded, Crawford County was a Republican stronghold, Having voted for the Republican presidential candidate every year from 1892 to 1908, and having only voted Democrat once from 1892 to 1920. The county leaned Republican for many years, until 1988 when Michael Dukakis won it by a margin of 5.3 percentage points. The county voted for the Democratic presidential candidate every year from 1988 to 2012. In 2016, Donald Trump won Crawford County by 5.4 percentage points. Trump would win it again in 2020 by a larger margin of 7.8 percentage points, marking the first time the county voted for a Republican back to back election cycles since 1984 when Ronald Reagan carried Crawford County. Trump won Crawford County for a third time in 2024, once again increasing his margin of victory, this time to 13.8 percentage points, the best Republican performance in the county since the 1972 landslide reelection of Richard Nixon.