Editing Oconto County, Wisconsin (section)

==Politics==
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|17,675|6,967|270|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|16,226|6,715|274|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|13,345|5,940|921|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|10,741|8,865|253|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|8,755|9,927|286|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|11,043|8,534|217|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|8,706|7,260|630|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|5,389|6,723|1,773|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|5,720|5,898|4,455|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|7,084|6,549|83|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|8,714|5,289|121|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|8,292|5,352|649|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|6,232|6,541|254|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|6,511|4,041|413|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|5,680|3,737|1,152|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|4,420|6,360|15|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|6,223|5,045|15|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|6,836|3,632|57|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|7,807|3,382|31|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|4,865|4,269|113|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|5,923|4,348|51|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|6,238|5,273|66|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|3,774|6,729|531|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,915|6,440|110|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|4,661|4,253|65|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1924|Progressive (Wisconsin)|2,562|602|4,571|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|4,735|1,030|293|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|2,570|1,892|110|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1912|Republican|1,988|1,523|755|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|3,020|1,453|190|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|3,279|1,024|146|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|2,754|1,117|79|Wisconsin}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|2,836|1,290|102|Wisconsin}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Democratic|1,275|1,499|170|Wisconsin}}
In the latter half of the 20th century and the early 21st century, Oconto County was a [[List of election bellwether counties in the United States|bellwether]] in presidential elections, supporting the winning candidate in every election from [[1964 United States presidential election|1964]] to [[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]. In [[2012 United States presidential election|2012]], however, the county voted for [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Mitt Romney]] despite Romney losing the state of Wisconsin and the national election. In [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]], the county swung 27 percentage points to the right, giving Republican [[Donald Trump]] a margin of victory of more than 37 percentage points and a vote share of 66%. In [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]], Trump improved his performance, carrying Oconto by a margin of 41 percentage points and winning 69.9% of the vote to [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Joe Biden]]'s 28.9%. This was the best result for any presidential nominee in Oconto County since [[1920 United States presidential election|1920]], when [[Warren Harding]] received 78.2% of the vote, and remains the third strongest performance of any candidate ever. Trump broke this record again in 2024, when he received over 70% of the county's vote.