Editing Blaine County, Idaho (section)

==Government and politics==
Since [[1992 United States presidential election in Idaho|1992]], Blaine County has gained a reputation as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] enclave in strongly [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Idaho.<ref>{{cite web|last=Simons|first=Greg|url=http://www.boiseweekly.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:314204|title=Real Western: Pondering the Democratic map of the Intermountain West|publisher=Boiseweekly.com|access-date=November 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926220754/http://www.boiseweekly.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:314204|archive-date=September 26, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Democratic presidential candidate has won the county in every election since; that year, incumbent [[George H. W. Bush]] finished third behind [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Ross Perot]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/datagraph.php?year=1992&fips=16&f=0&off=0&elect=0|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of US Presidential Elections|publisher=Uselectionatlas.org|access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref> In&nbsp;[[2000 United States presidential election in Idaho|2000]] and [[2004 United States presidential election in Idaho|2004]], Blaine was the only Idaho county carried by [[Al Gore]] and [[John Kerry]], respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=16&year=1992|title=1992 Presidential General Election Results – Idaho|publisher=Uselectionatlas.org|date=November 3, 1992|access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=16&year=1996|title=1996 Presidential General Election Results – Idaho|publisher=Uselectionatlas.org|date=November 5, 1996|access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=16&year=2000|title=2000 Presidential General Election Results – Idaho|publisher=Uselectionatlas.org|date=November 7, 2000|access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=16&year=2004|title=2004 Presidential General Election Results – Idaho|publisher=Uselectionatlas.org|date=November 19, 2004|access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref>   [[Barack Obama]] carried the county in [[2008 United States presidential election in Idaho|2008]] by a 33.2% margin over [[John McCain]], while McCain won statewide by a 25.3% margin.<ref>{{cite web|author=David Leip |url=http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title=US Election Atlas|publisher=US Election Atlas|access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref> It was one of three counties ([[Latah County, Idaho|Latah]], [[Teton County, Idaho|Teton]]) in Idaho won by Obama in 2008, and by far the highest margin.<ref>[http://www.sos.idaho.gov/ELECT/results/ENR/county_7.html 2008 – General Election Blaine] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081127083342/http://www.sos.idaho.gov/ELECT/results/ENR/county_7.html|date=November 27, 2008}}</ref> In&nbsp;[[2020 United States presidential election in Idaho|2020]], [[Joe Biden]] defeated incumbent [[Donald Trump]] in the county by 36.8 percentage points, with his 67.1% vote share being the highest for any Democrat since [[1900 United States presidential election in Idaho|1900]].

Obama also carried Blaine County in [[2012 United States presidential election in Idaho|2012]] with 58.8 percent of the vote, compared to [[Mitt Romney]]'s 38.7 percent. Blaine County was the only Idaho county in which Obama received over 50 percent of the vote, although he also carried Latah County with 49.6 percent of the vote. From [[1968 United States presidential election in Idaho|1968]] through [[1988 United States presidential election in Idaho|1988]], a less populated Blaine County was won by the Republican candidate in all six presidential elections, as was the state of Idaho, although even then the county voted more Democratic than Idaho as a whole in every election going back to [[1924 United States presidential election in Idaho|1924]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/BN-votes.html|work=PoliticalGraveyard.com|title=Blaine County, Idaho|access-date=May 16, 2012}}</ref>

Similar to other Idaho counties, an elected three-member [[county commission]] heads the county government. Other elected officials include [[County clerk|clerk]], treasurer, [[sheriff]], [[Assessor (property)|assessor]], and [[Prosecutor#United States|prosecutor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.co.blaine.id.us/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={403CC67E-FE33-437C-83E9-9AB2BF1FC3A9}|title=Blaine County Idaho Elected Officials|publisher=Co.blaine.id.us|access-date=November 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205010538/http://www.co.blaine.id.us/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B403CC67E-FE33-437C-83E9-9AB2BF1FC3A9%7D|archive-date=December 5, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2006, Blaine County voted 66.3% against HJR 2, which amended the [[Idaho Constitution]] to outlaw [[same-sex marriage in Idaho]]; the measure passed with 63.4% of the statewide vote. [[Latah County, Idaho|Latah County]]  ([[Moscow, Idaho|Moscow]], home of the [[University of Idaho]]) was the only other county where the measure failed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=16&year=2006&f=0&off=60&elect=0|title=Idaho HJR 2 Results by County|publisher=Uselectionatlas.org|access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref>

Until the 2021 redistricting cycle, Blaine County at the state level was located in Legislative District 25,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/about/07districtmap.pdf |title=Idaho Legislative District Map|access-date=November 13, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117123303/http://legislature.idaho.gov/about/07districtmap.pdf|archive-date=November 17, 2011}}</ref> with an all-Democratic delegation in the [[Idaho Legislature]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/about/district.cfm#d25|title=Idaho Legislative Districts|publisher=Legislature.idaho.gov|date=July 29, 2004|access-date=November 13, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081110195208/http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/about/district.cfm#d25|archive-date=November 10, 2008}}</ref> [[Michelle Stennett]], a former minority leader of the [[Idaho Senate]], and [[Wendy Jaquet]], a member of the [[Idaho House of Representatives]] and a former minority leader of that body, both live in Ketchum.

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{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|4,032|8,919|346|Idaho}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|3,340|6,416|968|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|3,939|5,992|263|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|3,439|6,947|187|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|4,034|5,992|121|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|3,528|3,748|662|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|3,003|3,840|1,374|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,243|2,865|2,831|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,130|2,498|127|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,603|1,971|83|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|2,716|1,840|973|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|2,176|1,604|97|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,113|1,240|112|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|1,337|815|332|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,161|1,293|0|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,216|1,252|0|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|1,384|978|0|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|1,609|1,033|0|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|945|1,182|35|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|874|1,037|5|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,124|1,559|4|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|735|1,361|11|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|693|1,133|17|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|849|780|5|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|732|543|485|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,169|561|0|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,231|1,830|189|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|988|996|764|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|1,197|1,248|155|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,225|775|173|Idaho}} 
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|634|1,345|0|Idaho}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|59|1,228|3|Idaho}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Populist|290|0|598|Idaho}}