Editing Napa County, California (section)

== Politics ==
Historically, Napa County was heavily [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]. It only supported a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] for president seven times – four of which were for [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] – in the thirty-two presidential elections between 1860 and 1988. However, a Republican hasn't carried the county since [[George H. W. Bush]] in [[1988 United States presidential election|1988]]. It is now one of the most Democratic counties in California, and is reckoned as part of the solid bloc of blue counties in the northern part of the state.

On November 4, 2008, Napa County voted 56 percent against [[California Proposition 8 (2008)|Proposition 8]], which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages.<ref>{{cite web |title=County Results - Election Center 2008 |website=CNN |date=January 12, 2009 |url=http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/county/#val=CAI01p3 |access-date=June 20, 2017 }}</ref>

According to the [[Secretary of State of California|California Secretary of State]], as of February 10, 2017, Napa County has 76,038 registered voters, out of 93,926 eligible (81.0%). Of those, 35,660 (46.9%) are registered Democrats, 18,417 (24.2%) are registered [[California Republican Party|Republicans]], and 17,827 (23.4%) have [[Decline to State|declined to state]] a political party.<ref name="CA-SS" />

{{PresHead|place=Napa County, California|source1=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|first=David|last=Leip|website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref>|source2=<ref group="note">This "other" vote comprised 2,432 votes for [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]] (who was the official "Republican" nominee in California), 478 votes for [[Socialist Party of America|Socialist]] [[Eugene V. Debs]], 126 votes for [[Prohibition Party]] candidate [[Eugene W. Chafin]], and 21 scattered write-in votes (none of which were for national Republican nominee [[William Howard Taft]])</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|20,357|43,212|1,992|California}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|20,676|49,817|1,657|California}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|17,411|39,199|4,762|California}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|19,526|35,870|1,572|California}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|19,484|38,849|1,309|California}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|22,059|33,666|874|California}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|20,633|28,097|2,994|California}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|17,439|24,588|6,292|California}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|15,662|24,215|13,578|California}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|23,235|22,283|772|California}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|26,322|18,599|640|California}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|23,632|14,898|5,505|California}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|20,839|18,048|1,318|California}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|23,403|14,529|1,329|California}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|14,270|14,762|3,580|California}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|11,567|19,580|63|California}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|15,125|13,499|154|California}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|13,610|10,623|100|California}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|14,065|8,655|163|California}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|8,724|7,207|585|California}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|7,092|7,748|96|California}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|5,924|6,771|158|California}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|3,973|6,270|147|California}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|3,521|5,745|258|California}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|4,699|3,422|54|California}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|3,605|670|2,301|California}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|4,448|1,444|374|California}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|3,914|3,088|459|California}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|0|2,662|3,057|California}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|2,405|1,336|330|California}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|2,425|1,135|271|California}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|2,017|1,432|108|California}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|2,032|1,472|59|California}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|1,769|1,478|236|California}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|1,763|1,496|55|California}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|1,593|1,256|28|California}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Republican|1,199|1,082|29|California}}

{{Hidden begin
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|title      = Gubernatorial election results
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{| class="wikitable" class="toccolours" style="float:left; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ '''Napa County vote<br /> by party in gubernatorial elections'''
|-
! Year
![[Republican Party (United States)|GOP]]
![[Democratic Party (United States)|DEM]]
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 2018|2018]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|35.2% ''19,834''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''64.8%''' ''36,513''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 2014|2014]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|31.8% ''12,059''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''68.2%''' ''25,846''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 2010|2010]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|38.1% ''17,873''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''57.1%''' ''26,766''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 2006|2006]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.6%''' ''23,187''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|38.8% ''16,504''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2003 California gubernatorial recall election|2003]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''39.6%''' ''16,097''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|34.7% ''14,115''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 2002|2002]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|36.8% ''13,483''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''47.8%''' ''17,516''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1998|1998]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|35.2% ''15,193''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''59.9%''' ''25,809''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1994|1994]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.7%''' ''23,429''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|40.7% ''17,454''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1990|1990]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.2% ''18,931''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''47.5%''' ''19,017''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1986|1986]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''68.1%''' ''26,445''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|29.5% ''11,456''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1982|1982]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.2%''' ''21,812''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|42.3% ''17,042''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1978|1978]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.1% ''15,621''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''50.5%''' ''19,202''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1974|1974]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''50.1%''' ''16,048''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|47.4% ''15,200''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1970|1970]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''55.3%''' ''16,844''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|42.7% ''13,018''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1966|1966]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''59.5%''' ''17,740''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|40.5% ''12,060''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1962|1962]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|44.7% ''12,326''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.5%''' ''14,748''
|}
{{Hidden end}}

===Voter registration===
{| class="wikitable collapsible"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population and registered voters (2017)
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| colspan="2" | 135,377
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Registered voters<ref name="CA-SS"/><ref group=note name="PCT-RV group=note">Percentage of registered voters with respect to total population. Percentages of party members with respect to registered voters follow.</ref>
| 76,038
| 56.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Democratic<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 35,660
| 46.9%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Republican<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 18,417
| 24.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Democratic&ndash;Republican spread<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| <span style="color: #2b00d6;">'''+17,243'''</span>
| <span style="color: #2b00d6;">'''+22.7%'''</span>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;American Independent<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 2,311
| 3.0%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Green<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 639
| 0.8%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Libertarian<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 589
| 0.8%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Peace and Freedom<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 207
| 0.3%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 388
| 0.5%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No party preference<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 17,827
| 23.4%
|}
{{clear}}

==== Cities by population and voter registration ====
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="8" | Cities by population and voter registration
|-
! City
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Registered voters<ref name="CA-SS"/><br /><ref group="note" name="PCT-RV group=note" />
! data-sort-type="number" | Democratic<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Republican<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | D&ndash;R spread<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Other<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | No party preference<ref name="CA-SS"/>
|-
| [[American Canyon, California|American Canyon]] || 18,489 || 56.9% || 51.5% || 15.7% || <span style="color: #2b00d6;">'''+35.8%'''</span> || 4.4% || 28.4%
|-
| [[Calistoga, California|Calistoga]] || 5,159 || 46.7% || 53.2% || 18.8% || <span style="color: #2b00d6;">'''+34.4%'''</span> || 5.2% || 22.8%
|-
| [[Napa, California|Napa]] || 76,560 || 54.8% || 48.1% || 23.7% || <span style="color: #2b00d6;">'''+24.4%'''</span> || 5.6% || 22.6%
|-
| [[St. Helena, California|St. Helena]] || 5,838 || 57.2% || 47.3% || 24.8% || <span style="color: #2b00d6;">'''+22.5%'''</span> || 4.2% || 23.7%
|-
| [[Yountville, California|Yountville]] || 2,943 || 67.9% || 45.6% || 25.9% || <span style="color: #2b00d6;">'''+19.7%'''</span> || 6.5% || 22.0%
|}