Editing Washington County, Maine (section)

==Government==
Washington County is considered to be a more [[G.O.P.|conservative]] county in Maine. No Democrat has carried a majority of the county since [[Hubert Humphrey]] in [[1968 United States presidential election|1968]]. In [[2004 United States presidential election|2004]], it was one of only two counties (the other being Piscataquis County) in Maine to vote for Republican [[George W. Bush]] over Democrat [[John Kerry]]. The county voted for the winning presidential candidate in every election from [[1980 United States presidential election|1980]] until [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]], when the county was carried by [[Donald Trump]], who lost nationally to [[Joe Biden]].<ref>[https://www.politico.com/2020-election/results/maine/ Politico live election results: 2020 Maine results]</ref><ref>{{citation |url= https://ballotpedia.org/Pivot_Counties_in_Maine |title= Pivot Counties in Maine |work= [[ballotpedia.org]] |access-date= 2024-09-20 }}</ref> In 2024, the county shifted to the right again, with Trump breaking 60% of the vote for the Republican Party for the first time since 1984.

In the [[2012 Maine Republican presidential caucuses]], the majority of Washington County voters cast their votes for Republican [[Ron Paul]], but votes from Washington County were not counted because of snow. [[Mitt Romney]] ultimately won the state by a narrow margin.

===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|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| align = center | {{formatnum: 8027}}
| align = center | {{Percentage |8027 |20832 |2}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| Unenrolled
| align = center | {{formatnum: 6072}}
| align = center | {{Percentage |6072 |20832 |2}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| align = center | {{formatnum: 5591}}
| align = center | {{Percentage |5591 |20832 |2}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Green Party (United States)}}
| [[Maine Green Independent Party|Green Independent]]
| align = center | {{formatnum: 752}}
| align = center | {{Percentage |752 |20832 |2}}
|-
| {{party color cell|No Labels}}
| [[No Labels]]
| align = center | {{formatnum: 314}}
| align = center | {{Percentage |314 |20832 |2}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}}
| [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
| align = center | {{formatnum: 76}}
| align = center | {{Percentage |76 |20832 |2}}
|-
! colspan = 2 | Total
! align = center | {{formatnum: 20832}}
! align = center | {{Percentage |100}}
|}
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{{PresHead|place=Washington County, Maine|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|access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref>}}
<!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} -->
{{PresRow|2024|Republican|11,001|6,763|282|Maine}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|10,194|6,761|402|Maine}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|9,093|6,075|1,197|Maine}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|7,550|7,803|483|Maine}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|8,077|8,246|331|Maine}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|8,619|8,391|300|Maine}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|7,958|6,701|1,049|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|4,793|7,198|3,198|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|5,493|6,284|5,988|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|7,872|5,831|125|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|9,713|5,308|60|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|7,180|6,050|1,558|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|7,039|6,644|552|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|7,820|3,742|12|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|5,523|6,249|208|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|3,816|9,312|9|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|9,118|4,716|0|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|8,181|2,555|0|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|7,396|3,806|23|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|5,130|3,538|80|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|5,380|5,709|18|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|6,253|8,048|25|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|6,387|7,925|183|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|7,507|6,829|115|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|8,531|3,073|35|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|6,010|2,106|505|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|6,768|2,997|105|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|3,891|3,459|99|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|1,862|3,178|2,012|Maine}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|3,507|2,256|132|Maine}}
|}