Editing Teton County, Idaho (section)

==Government and politics==
Similar to other Idaho counties, an elected three-member [[county commission]] heads the county government. Other elected officials include [[County clerk|clerk]], treasurer, [[sheriff]], [[Assessor (property)|assessor]], [[coroner]], and [[Prosecutor#United States|prosecutor]].<ref>[http://www.tetoncountyidaho.gov/ Teton County Idaho]</ref>

Until quite recently Teton County voted [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] along with most other [[Eastern Idaho]] counties. However, since [[2004 United States presidential election in Idaho|2004]], the county has strongly trended towards toss-up status. In [[2008 United States presidential election in Idaho|2008]], it was one of three Idaho counties to favor [[Barack Obama]],<ref>[http://www.sos.idaho.gov/ELECT/results/ENR/county_41.html 2008 - General Election Teton County]{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106043954/http://www.sos.idaho.gov/ELECT/results/ENR/county_41.html |date=November 6, 2008 }}</ref> despite giving [[George W. Bush]] a 23-point victory only four years earlier.<ref>[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/datagraph.php?year=2004&fips=16&f=0&off=0&elect=0 2004 Presidential General Election Data Graphs - Idaho]</ref> The margin was narrow (39 votes) and Obama lost the county to [[Mitt Romney]] in [[2012 United States presidential election in Idaho|2012]] by over five hundred votes; [[Donald Trump]] outpolled [[Hillary Clinton]] by just eight votes in [[2016 United States presidential election in Idaho|2016]], the smallest numerical margin in the country. Teton backed [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Joe Biden]] in the [[2020 United States presidential election in Idaho|2020 election]]; he won by 7.3 percentage points, garnering the highest vote share for any Democrat since [[1948 United States presidential election in Idaho|1948]]. In 2024, the margin narrowed, though the county still voted Democratic by a decisive majority.

Teton County is one of only thirteen counties to have voted for Obama in 2008, Romney in 2012, Trump in 2016, and Biden in 2020.{{efn|The other twelve are [[Butte County, California]]; [[Kendall County, Illinois]]; [[McLean County, Illinois]]; [[Tippecanoe County, Indiana]]; [[Kent County, Maryland]]; [[Kent County, Michigan]]; [[Leelanau County, Michigan]]; [[Carroll County, New Hampshire]]; [[Rockingham County, New Hampshire]]; [[Marion County, Oregon]]; [[Grand County, Utah]]; and [[Albany County, Wyoming]].|name=|group=}}

At the state level, Teton County is in [[Idaho Legislative District 32|District 32]] of the [[Idaho Legislature]].<ref>[http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/about/07districtmap.pdf Idaho Legislative District Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117123303/http://legislature.idaho.gov/about/07districtmap.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221170153/http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/about/07districtmap.pdf |archive-date=February 21, 2007 |url-status=live |date=November 17, 2011}}</ref> As neighboring counties are still strongly Republican, the district is not competitive.<ref>[http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/about/district.cfm#d31 Idaho Legislative Districts] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081110195208/http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/about/district.cfm |date=November 10, 2008}}</ref> In Idaho gubernatorial elections, the county had voted for the Democratic nominee in every election from [[2006 Idaho gubernatorial election|2006]] until [[2022 Idaho gubernatorial election|2022]], when incumbent Republican Gov. Brad Little won the county in his bid for reelection .

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{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|542|834|33|Idaho}} 
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