Editing Trinity County, California (section)

== Politics ==
Trinity was a Republican-leaning county in [[President of the United States|Presidential]] and [[United States Congress|congressional]] elections until recently; now it is a tossup. No Democrat had won the county since [[Jimmy Carter]] in [[United States presidential election in California, 1976|1976]] until [[Barack Obama]] defeated [[John McCain]] by a 4% margin (50% to 46%) in 2008. In 2012, the county again voted Republican, but narrowly. Voter registration reflects this trend, with Democratic and Republican registration in a near dead heat (D: 2,710, R: 2,716). Third-party candidates tend to do rather well in Trinity County: [[George Wallace]] got over 13% of the county's vote in [[United States presidential election in California, 1968|1968]], and it was the only California county carried by [[Ross Perot]] in [[United States presidential election in California, 1992|1992]]. It was also Perot's best performance in the state in [[United States presidential election in California, 1996|1996]], although he didn't carry it again. [[John B. Anderson|John Anderson]] also did very well in 1980, as did third-party candidates in [[United States presidential election in California, 2016|2016]].

Trinity County was the only California county where Obama won in [[2008 United States presidential election in California|2008]] and [[Joe Biden]] lost in [[2020 United States presidential election in California|2020]].

{{PresHead|place=Trinity County, California|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}}</ref>|source2=<ref group=note>This total comprised 343 votes for [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]] (who was official Republican nominee in California), 182 votes for [[Socialist Party of America|Socialist]] [[Eugene V. Debs]] and 9 votes for [[Prohibition Party]] nominee [[Eugene W. Chafin]].</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|2,979|2,449|249|California}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|3,188|2,851|291|California}}  
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|2,812|2,214|758|California}}  
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|2,716|2,674|349|California}}  
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|2,940|3,233|257|California}}  
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|3,560|2,782|171|California}}  
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|3,340|1,932|525|California}}  
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|2,530|2,203|1,160|California}}  
{{PresRow|1992|Independent|1,886|1,967|2,176|California}}  
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,267|2,518|195|California}}  
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,544|2,218|173|California}}  
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|3,048|1,734|764|California}}  
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,989|2,172|195|California}}  
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,868|1,621|192|California}}  
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|1,426|1,433|448|California}}  
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,252|2,175|12|California}}  
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,418|2,262|18|California}}  
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|1,447|1,406|17|California}}  
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|1,697|1,242|31|California}}  
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|975|1,053|135|California}}  
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|567|770|6|California}}  
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|780|1,431|31|California}}  
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|655|1,424|43|California}}  
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|318|1,101|89|California}}  
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|447|433|35|California}}  
{{PresRow|1924|Progressive|336|154|431|California}}  
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|622|285|82|California}}  
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|424|661|121|California}}  
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|1|461|534|California}}  
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|393|331|161|California}}  
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|467|308|88|California}}  
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|544|485|10|California}}  
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|502|545|34|California}}  
{{PresFoot|1892|Republican|495|457|22|California}}

Trinity County is in {{Representative|cacd|2|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|2|access-date=March 1, 2013}}</ref>

In the [[California State Legislature|state legislature]] Trinity is in {{Representative|casd|2|fmt=sdistrict}},<ref>{{cite web |url=http://senate.ca.gov/senators |title=Senators |access-date=March 10, 2013 |publisher=State of California}}</ref> and {{Representative|caad|2|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers |title=Members Assembly |access-date=March 2, 2013 |publisher=State of California}}</ref>

In 2010, Trinity County voted against Proposition 19, which would have [[Legality of cannabis|taxed and regulated marijuana]].

In 2016 Trinity County residents were asked again to vote on legalization of state-level recreational marijuana, facilitated by the [[Adult Use of Marijuana Act]] (AUMA), also known as California Proposition 64. The measure passed with 50.1% in favor of legalization.<ref>{{cite web|title=CA Prop 64 state and county votes|url=http://graphics.latimes.com/la-na-pol-2016-election-results-california/|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 8, 2016 |access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> Statewide, the measure passed with 57.1% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ballotpedia California Prop 64 (2016)|url=https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_64,_Marijuana_Legalization_(2016)|website=Ballotpedia|publisher=Ballotpedia.com|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref>

=== Voter registration statistics ===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population and registered voters
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total population<ref name="US-CB-B02001">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B02001. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved October 26, 2013.</ref>
| colspan="2" | 13,711
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Registered voters<ref name="CA-SS">California Secretary of State. [http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2013/political-sub.pdf February 10, 2013 - Report of Registration] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727173649/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2013/political-sub.pdf |date=July 27, 2013 }}. Retrieved October 31, 2013.</ref><ref name="PCT-RV" group=note>Percentage of registered voters with respect to total population. Percentages of party members with respect to registered voters follow.</ref>
| 7,846
| 57.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Democratic<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 2,630
| 33.5%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Republican<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 2,695
| 34.3%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Democratic&ndash;Republican spread<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| <span style="color:purple;">'''-65'''</span>
| <span style="color:purple;">'''-0.8%'''</span>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Independent<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 376
| 4.8%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Green<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 126
| 1.6%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Libertarian<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 93
| 1.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Peace and Freedom<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 33
| 0.4%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Americans Elect<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 0
| 0.0%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 100
| 1.3%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No party preference<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 1,793
| 22.9%
|}