Editing Dolores County, Colorado (section)

==Politics==
In its early history Dolores County favored the Democratic Party. It was one of the few western or northern counties to be won by [[Alton B. Parker]] in 1904, and was never won by a Republican until [[Warren G. Harding]] carried the county in 1920. In the 1924 election Dolores was the only county in Colorado to give a plurality of its vote to [[Robert M. La Follette|“Fighting Bob” La Follette]],<ref>Scammon; ''America at the Polls'', pp. 64, 76</ref> but since World War II Dolores has gradually become a powerfully Republican county. The last Democrat to win a majority in Dolores County has been [[Lyndon Johnson]] in his 1964 landslide, and although [[Jimmy Carter]] obtained a plurality in 1976, no subsequent Democratic presidential nominee has obtained 35 percent of the county's vote.

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{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|66|412|9|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|11|676|2|Colorado}}
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In gubernatorial elections, Dolores County is also Republican-leaning: in 2010 it was along with neighboring [[Montezuma County, Colorado|Montezuma County]] one of only two counties to give a plurality to Dan Maes<ref>Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2010&fips=8&f=1&off=5&elect=0 2010 Gubernatorial General Election Results – Colorado ]</ref> The last Democratic gubernatorial candidate to win Dolores County was [[Bill Ritter]] in 2006,<ref>Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2006&fips=8&f=1&off=5&elect=0 2006 Gubernatorial General Election Results – Colorado ]</ref> whilst [[Roy Romer]] carried the county twice in 1986 and 1990.