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==Politics== In the first three elections that it participated in, from [[1880 United States presidential election in Colorado|1880]] until [[1888 United States presidential election in Colorado|1888]], Ouray County voted for Republican presidential candidates, before voting for [[People's Party (United States)|Populist]] [[James B. Weaver]] in [[1892 United States presidential election in Colorado|1892]], and then for the Democrats from [[1896 United States presidential election in Colorado|1896]] to [[1908 United States presidential election in Colorado|1908]]. Then, from [[1912 United States presidential election in Colorado|1912]] until [[1944 United States presidential election in Colorado|1944]], Ouray County was a swing county that voted for the winner of each election from [[Woodrow Wilson]]'s 1912 victory to [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s [[1940 United States presidential election in Colorado|1940 victory]]; however, it broke that streak when it went for [[Thomas E. Dewey]] in 1944. Between 1944 and [[2004 United States presidential election in Colorado|2004]], it transformed into a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] stronghold, with [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] being the only [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to win the county in his [[1964 United States presidential election in Colorado|1964 landslide]], with Republicans frequently getting 50-60% of the vote, even reaching more than 70% in [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Ronald Reagan]]'s 49-state landslides in [[1972 United States presidential election in Colorado|1972]] and [[1984 United States presidential election in Colorado|1984]]. In fact, Nixon and Reagan are the only candidates in history to receive 70% of the vote in the county, and Reagan remains the second-to-last candidate to even receive above 60% here, the last being [[George H. W. Bush]] in [[1988 United States Presidential Election in Colorado|1988]]. However, starting with [[Barack Obama]]'s victory in [[2008 United States presidential election in Colorado|2008]], Ouray County has transformed into a Democratic powerhouse, with [[Joe Biden]] winning it by almost 20 points in [[2020 United States presidential election in Colorado|2020]]. The county shifted even further into the Democratic column in 2024. The Democratic victories in 2020 and subsequently 2024 were the strongest performances by Democratic candidates in the county since 1936. {{PresHead|place=Ouray County, Colorado|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|first=David|last=Leip|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=May 26, 2017}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Democratic|1,573|2,442|83|Colorado}} {{PresRow|2020|Democratic|1,577|2,365|78|Colorado}} {{PresRow|2016|Democratic|1,351|1,697|262|Colorado}} {{PresRow|2012|Democratic|1,481|1,646|75|Colorado}} {{PresRow|2008|Democratic|1,367|1,636|57|Colorado}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|1,402|1,278|41|Colorado}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|1,279|705|249|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1996|Republican|984|569|241|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1992|Republican|653|461|469|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|814|439|21|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|914|366|10|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1980|Republican|813|237|151|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1976|Republican|645|333|54|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|669|186|42|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1968|Republican|401|250|120|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|358|456|6|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|508|432|0|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|634|322|6|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1952|Republican|697|413|17|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1948|Republican|574|461|10|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1944|Republican|503|303|1|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|589|606|4|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|428|677|11|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|398|706|48|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|535|479|25|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1924|Republican|484|256|353|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1920|Republican|735|402|58|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1916|Democratic|399|961|61|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1912|Democratic|273|710|483|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1908|Democratic|539|1,085|65|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1904|Democratic|916|1,080|84|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1900|Democratic|610|1,656|37|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1896|Democratic|38|2,192|5|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1892|Populist|324|0|1,453|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1888|Republican|961|733|44|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1884|Republican|499|399|0|Colorado}} {{PresFoot|1880|Republican|479|418|6|Colorado}}
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