Editing Potter County, Pennsylvania (section)

==Politics and government==
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{{PresRow|2012|Republican|5,231|1,897|151|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|5,109|2,300|142|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|5,640|2,268|54|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|4,858|2,037|199|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|3,714|2,146|957|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|3,452|1,892|1,700|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|4,432|2,119|41|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|5,164|1,789|31|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|4,073|2,299|297|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|3,828|2,983|80|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|4,422|1,710|104|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|4,019|1,860|460|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|3,232|3,652|25|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|5,099|2,715|16|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|5,181|2,257|22|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|5,117|1,974|38|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|3,672|1,729|0|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|4,474|1,894|36|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|5,205|2,731|27|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|5,172|3,553|201|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|3,847|2,271|455|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|5,653|1,416|42|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|4,087|1,161|993|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|4,036|1,106|608|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|2,386|1,733|422|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|850|1,445|2,384|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|3,603|1,932|423|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|3,976|1,074|618|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|3,224|2,147|356|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|3,281|2,446|150|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|2,315|1,699|921|Pennsylvania}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|2,570|1,692|354|Pennsylvania}}
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===Politics and elections===
Potter County is one of the most [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] counties in Pennsylvania. In 2004, [[George W. Bush]] received 5,640 votes (71%) to 2,268 votes (29%) for [[John Kerry]]. The county has voted for the Republican in every [[presidential election]] since 1964. In 2006, [[Rick Santorum]] received 3,476 votes (63%) to 2,012 votes (37%) for [[Bob Casey, Jr.]], making it Santorum's strongest county in his defeat. [[Lynn Swann]] also received more than 60% of the Potter County vote in his defeat. In 2016, Donald Trump and Pat Toomey were overwhelmingly elected in Potter County for the U.S. presidential election and U.S. Senate election, respectively. Trump won 80.31% of the vote over Hillary Clinton, while Toomey won 77.79% of the vote over Katie McGinty. In the 2016 state attorney general race, John Rafferty won 79.15% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/ENR_New/General/CountyResults?countyName=POTTER&ElectionID=undefined&ElectionType=G&IsActive=undefined|title=Pennsylvania Elections – County Results|website=www.electionreturns.pa.gov|access-date=November 25, 2016}}</ref>

===Voter registration===
As of February 21, 2022, there are 10,961 registered voters in Potter County.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dos.pa.gov/VotingElections/OtherServicesEvents/VotingElectionStatistics/Documents/currentvotestats.xls |title=Voter registration statistics by county |publisher=Dos.state.pa.us |access-date=February 23, 2022}}</ref>

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| caption = Chart of Voter Registration
| label1 = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| value1 = 69.54
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| label2 = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
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| label3 = [[Independent (United States)|Independent]]
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* [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]: 2,093 (19.09%)
* [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]: 7,622 (69.54%)
* [[Independent (United States)|Independent]]: 915 (8.35%)
* [[Third Party (United States)|Third Party]]: 331 (3.02%)

====State Senate====
* [[Cris Dush]], Republican, [[Pennsylvania Senate, District 25|Pennsylvania's 25th Senatorial District]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/findyourlegislator/county_list.cfm?CNTYLIST=Potter|title=Find Your Legislator|last=Center|first=Legislativate Data Processing|website=The official website for the Pennsylvania General Assembly.|language=en|access-date=May 11, 2017}}</ref>

====State House of Representatives====
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* [[Martin T. Causer]], Republican, [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 67|Pennsylvania's 67th Representative District]]
* [[Clint Owlett|Clinton D. Owlett]], Republican, [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 68|Pennsylvania's 68th Representative District]]

====United States House of Representatives====
* [[Glenn Thompson (politician)|Glenn Thompson]], [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], [[Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district]]

====United States Senate====
* [[John Fetterman]], [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
* [[Dave McCormick]], [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]

===Local government===
Potter County constitutes Judicial District 55 in the [[Judiciary of Pennsylvania|Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Judicial Districts|url=http://www.pacourts.us/courts/courts-of-common-pleas/judicial-districts|publisher=Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania|access-date=September 13, 2017}}</ref> The [[Pennsylvania courts of common pleas|Court of Common Pleas]] for District 55 is located in Coudersport, and staffed by a single judge, President Judge Stephen P.B. Minor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Judge's Chambers|url=http://www.pottercountypa.net/post.php?pid=17|publisher=Potter County, Pa.|access-date=September 13, 2017}}</ref> Since about 2001, Potter County's Court of Common Pleas has become a center for filing [[no-fault divorce]]s in Pennsylvania, most of which do not involve any Potter County residents. Under Pennsylvania's unusual [[venue (law)|venue]] rules, divorce cases involving a Pennsylvania resident may be filed anywhere in the state so long as neither party objects. As of 2009, the over 6,000 divorces filed per year in Potter County raised several hundred thousand dollars in revenue for the county's general fund.<ref>{{cite news|title="Untying the knot" in Potter, Cameron Counties|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170913231655/http://www.endeavornews.com/news/2009-06-20/front_page/006.html|archive-date=September 13, 2017|url=http://www.endeavornews.com/news/2009-06-20/front_page/006.html|work=EndeavorNews|date=June 20, 2009}}</ref>

{{Asof|2016}} all areas in the county use the [[Pennsylvania State Police]] (PSP) in a law enforcement capacity, either with part-time police departments or with no other police departments.<ref>{{cite web|last=Klibanoff|first=Eleanor|url=https://whyy.org/articles/half-of-pa-municipalities-rely-fully-on-state-police/|title=Half of Pa. municipalities rely fully on state police|publisher=[[WHYY-TV]]|date=2016-05-04|access-date=2024-07-23}}</ref>