Editing Livingston County, Missouri (section)

===Political Culture===
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|5,395|1,422|56|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|5,267|1,410|81|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|4,879|1,265|277|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|4,006|1,906|142|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|3,993|2,435|124|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|4,029|2,278|39|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|3,709|2,425|142|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,384|2,913|833|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,370|2,505|1,988|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,462|3,077|8|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|4,090|2,699|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|3,654|3,368|248|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|3,010|3,819|28|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|5,253|2,662|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|3,827|3,467|518|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,703|5,320|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|5,045|3,795|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|5,165|3,785|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|5,594|3,757|8|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|3,835|4,182|14|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|4,697|3,887|26|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|5,298|4,633|25|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|4,678|5,226|40|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|3,659|4,742|30|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|5,742|3,221|17|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|4,517|4,316|155|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|5,093|3,666|97|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|2,424|2,609|76|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|885|2,314|1,618|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|2,400|2,379|127|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|2,480|2,356|320|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|2,493|2,659|350|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|2,377|3,351|69|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|1,958|2,190|871|Missouri}}
{{PresFoot|1888|Democratic|2,031|2,082|640|Missouri}}

At the presidential level, Livingston County has become solidly Republican in recent years. [[Bill Clinton]] was the last Democratic presidential nominee to carry Livingston County in [[1996 United States presidential election|1996]] with a plurality of the vote, and a Democrat hasn't won majority support from the county's voters in a presidential election since [[Jimmy Carter]] in [[1976 United States presidential election|1976]].

Like most rural areas throughout northern Missouri, voters in Livingston County generally adhere to socially and culturally [[Conservatism|conservative]] principles which tend to influence their Republican leanings, at least on the state and national levels. Despite support for socially conservative platforms, voters in the county have a penchant for advancing [[Populism|populist]] causes. In 2018, Missourians voted on a proposition (Proposition A) concerning [[Right to Work|right to work]], the outcome of which ultimately reversed the right to work legislation passed in the state the previous year. 67.72% of Livingston County voters cast their ballots to overturn the law.