Editing Baker County, Oregon (section)

==Politics==
Like all counties in eastern Oregon, the majority of registered voters who are part of a [[political party]] in Baker County are members of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. [[Lyndon Johnson]] in 1964 was the last Democrat to carry the county in a presidential election. [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1976 was the closest any Democrat in a presidential election came to carrying Baker County since, when he lost it by only 34 votes. In the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]], 64.37% of Baker County voters voted for Republican [[John McCain]], while 31.95% voted for [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Barack Obama]] and 3.66% of voters either voted for a [[Third party (politics)|Third Party]] candidate or [[write-in candidate|wrote in a candidate]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baker County, Oregon, November 4, 2008, Election (Official Results) |url=http://www1.bakercounty.org/EResults.nsf/electionresults11042008?OpenFrameset |access-date=April 21, 2009 |website=www1.bakercounty.org}}</ref> These numbers have changed slightly from the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 presidential election]], in which 69.2% voted for [[George W. Bush]], while 29% voted for [[John Kerry]], and 1.8% of voters either voted for a Third Party candidate or wrote in a candidate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baker County, Oregon detailed profile - houses, real estate, cost of living, wages, work, agriculture, ancestries, and more |url=http://www.city-data.com/county/Baker_County-OR.html |access-date=April 11, 2018 |website=www.city-data.com}}</ref>

[[File:Political orientations in Baker County, Oregon (2009).gif|center]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oregon Secretary of State: Election Statistics |url=https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Pages/electionsstatistics.aspx#2009-stats |access-date=December 10, 2018 |website=sos.oregon.gov}}</ref>

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|7,060|2,343|291|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|7,352|2,346|234|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|6,218|1,797|764|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|5,702|2,369|377|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|5,650|2,805|322|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|6,253|2,616|165|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|5,618|2,195|445|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|3,975|2,547|1,181|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|2,862|2,395|2,273|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,696|2,896|234|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|5,204|2,591|17|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|4,747|2,515|751|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|3,340|3,306|273|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,441|2,047|732|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|3,311|2,464|480|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,670|3,903|12|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|3,514|3,734|3|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|3,706|3,431|0|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|4,253|2,562|23|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|2,841|3,035|164|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|2,494|3,116|31|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|3,101|4,353|39|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,768|4,991|392|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,097|4,420|157|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|3,721|1,861|97|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|2,803|2,004|1,365|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|3,495|2,171|295|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|2,541|3,897|400|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|648|1,395|1,643|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,689|1,596|325|Oregon}}
{{PresFoot|1904|Republican|1,990|938|402|Oregon}}