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==Politics== Though Polk County is located in western Oregon, politically it falls in line with the eastern side of the state. The majority of registered voters who are part of a [[political party]] in Polk County, as well as most rural counties in Oregon, are members of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 2014 |title=Voter Registration by County |url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6812454 |access-date=March 20, 2014 |publisher=Oregon Secretary of State |page=1 |format=PDF}}</ref> In the [[2012 United States presidential election|2012 presidential election]], 50.54 percent of Polk County voters voted for Republican [[Mitt Romney]], while 46.21 percent voted for [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Barack Obama]], and 3.25 percent either voted for a [[Third party (politics)|Third Party]] candidate or [[Write-in candidate|wrote in]] a candidate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=November 6, 2012, General Election Abstract of Votes: United States President |url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/6873690 |access-date=March 20, 2014 |publisher=Oregon Secretary of State |format=PDF}}</ref> These numbers show a shift toward the Republican candidate when compared to the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]], in which 48.92% of Polk County voters voted for Republican [[John McCain]], while 48.43 percent voted for Barack Obama, and 2.64 percent either voted for a Third Party candidate or wrote in a candidate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=November 4, 2008, General Election Abstracts of Votes: United States President |url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873598 |access-date=March 20, 2014 |publisher=Oregon Secretary of State |format=PDF}}</ref> Obama's 2008 performance was the best by a Democrat since [[Lyndon Johnson]] carried the county in 1964; the only other Democrats to ever carry Polk County have been [[Franklin Roosevelt]] in 1932 and 1936, [[Woodrow Wilson]] in 1912, and [[William Jennings Bryan]] in 1896.<ref>Menendez, Albert J.; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868β2004'', pp. 284β285 {{ISBN|0786422173}}</ref> {{PresHead|place=Polk County, Oregon|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leip |first=David |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS |access-date=April 11, 2018 |website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP/Whig vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Republican|23,768|22,034|1,791|Oregon}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|23,732|22,917|1,642|Oregon}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|18,940|16,420|4,935|Oregon}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|17,819|16,292|1,146|Oregon}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|17,714|17,536|957|Oregon}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|19,508|15,484|497|Oregon}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|14,988|11,921|1,540|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1996|Republican|11,478|10,942|2,911|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1992|Republican|10,082|9,551|5,981|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|10,553|9,626|442|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|12,678|8,709|45|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1980|Republican|10,006|7,833|2,692|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1976|Republican|8,528|8,141|861|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|8,985|5,908|716|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1968|Republican|6,997|4,961|613|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|4,319|7,292|18|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|6,709|4,578|11|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|6,404|4,047|0|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1952|Republican|6,850|2,983|36|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1948|Republican|4,328|3,451|233|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1944|Republican|3,904|3,318|118|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1940|Republican|4,211|4,077|60|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|2,246|3,694|558|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,548|3,705|261|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|3,244|1,724|66|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1924|Republican|2,755|1,621|847|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1920|Republican|2,709|1,653|232|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1916|Republican|2,899|2,844|311|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1912|Democratic|1,043|1,201|1,008|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,456|1,113|238|Oregon}} {{PresFoot|1904|Republican|1,380|521|267|Oregon}}
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