Editing Washburn County, Wisconsin (section)

==Politics==
[[File:Washburn County Services Center.jpg|thumb|right|Washburn County Services Center]]
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|6,962|3,867|149|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|6,334|3,867|177|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|5,436|3,282|475|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|4,699|4,447|141|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|4,303|4,693|116|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|4,762|4,705|100|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|3,912|3,695|438|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,703|3,231|1,062|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,586|3,080|2,020|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|3,074|3,393|39|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,848|3,188|40|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|3,193|3,172|515|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,787|3,503|161|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,220|2,336|109|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,425|2,273|393|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,865|3,181|16|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|2,848|2,398|15|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|2,798|1,935|19|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|3,184|2,039|14|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|2,059|2,708|158|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|2,441|2,059|33|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|2,805|2,901|56|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,650|3,220|345|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,501|2,619|208|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|2,898|1,192|48|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1924|Progressive (Wisconsin)|1,422|158|2,075|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|2,023|352|210|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|938|644|112|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|409|398|679|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,114|396|104|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|989|207|83|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|808|253|31|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|771|250|31|Wisconsin}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Republican|488|305|51|Wisconsin}}
Between 1964 and 2008, Washburn County backed the nationwide winner in every election except for 1988. In 2012, [[Mitt Romney]] defeated [[Barack Obama]] in the county by a margin of less than 3%, after Obama had won the county by more than 4% in 2008 over [[John McCain]]. Washburn County moved significantly to the right in 2016, as [[Donald Trump]] took over 59% of the county's vote and won by a margin of over 23%, the best margin of victory for any candidate in the county since 1964. He slightly increased his margin of victory to nearly 24% in 2020 and further increased it to more than 28% in 2024 while turning in the best vote share for a Republican in the county since 1928 at over 63%.