Editing Waldo County, Maine (section)

==Politics==
Prior to the late 20th century, Waldo County was a solidly Republican county, going for the Democratic nominee only once between [[1920 United States House of Representatives elections|1920]] and [[1988 United States presidential election|1988]] — the one Democratic victory was [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Lyndon B. Johnson's]] landslide victory in [[1964 United States presidential election|1964]].

Waldo was one of a handful of counties nationwide that voted for independent [[Ross Perot]] in [[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]. In each election since [[2004 United States presidential election|2004]], Waldo County has been won by a Democrat, but never with more than 55% of the vote.

It is the only one of the three Maine counties that voted Perot for president in 1992 that did not vote for [[Donald Trump]] in either of his presidential runs, supporting Democrats since the early 21st century. Trump only lost the county by 62 votes in [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]], but lost it by larger margins in [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]] and in 2024.

===Voter registration===
{| class=wikitable
! colspan = 6 | Voter registration and party enrollment as of March 2024<ref name="Maine SOS">{{cite web |author1=Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions |title=Registered & Enrolled Voters Statewide |url=https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/data/data-pdf/r-e-active.pdf |website=Maine SOS |access-date=April 9, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| align = center | {{formatnum: 9845}}
| align = center | {{Percentage |9845|28952 |2}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| align = center | {{formatnum: 9095}}
| align = center | {{Percentage |9095|28952 |2}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| Unenrolled
| align = center | {{formatnum: 8189}}
| align = center | {{Percentage |8189 |28952 |2}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Green Party (United States)}}
| [[Maine Green Independent Party|Green Independent]]
| align = center | {{formatnum: 1328}}
| align = center | {{Percentage |1328|28952 |2}}
|-
| {{party color cell|No Labels}}
| [[No Labels]]
| align = center | {{formatnum: 395}}
| align = center | {{Percentage |395 |28952 |2}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}}
| [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
| align = center | {{formatnum: 100}}
| align = center | {{Percentage |100 |28952 |2}}
|-
! colspan = 2 | Total
! align = center | {{formatnum: 28952 }}
! align = center | {{Percentage |100}}
|}
{{clear}}

{{PresHead|place=Waldo County, Maine|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=August 26, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|11,815|12,661|654|Maine}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|11,196|12,345|781|Maine}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|10,378|10,440|1,889|Maine}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|9,058|11,296|707|Maine}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|9,423|11,967|460|Maine}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|10,309|11,555|454|Maine}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|8,689|8,477|1,972|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|5,318|8,012|3,949|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1992|Independent|5,241|6,472|6,816|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|8,236|6,402|140|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|8,814|5,289|63|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|6,514|4,883|1,743|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|6,289|4,853|491|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|6,480|2,941|1|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|4,821|3,525|234|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|3,324|5,397|2|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|6,844|2,845|0|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|6,590|1,384|0|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|6,363|1,545|17|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|4,371|1,469|50|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|4,291|1,807|6|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|5,170|3,214|14|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|5,309|2,678|185|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|4,505|3,907|55|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|4,851|1,402|41|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|4,003|1,125|153|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|4,383|1,666|79|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|2,418|2,539|125|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|881|2,145|1,815|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|2,491|1,335|114|Maine}}
|}