Editing Swift County, Minnesota (section)

==Politics==
Swift County was traditionally a Democratic stronghold, as it voted Democratic in every election from 1932 to 2012 with the exception of the [[1952 United States presidential election|1952]] landslide victory of [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]].<ref>Sullivan, Robert David; [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’]; ''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016</ref> In 2016, a dramatic swing against the Democrats in the [[Rust Belt]] saw Swift County shifting a massive 36% toward the Republican Party, with [[Donald Trump]] winning it over [[Hillary Clinton]] by 26%, and further increasing his margin of victory to nearly 30% against [[Joe Biden]] in 2020, and to over 34% against [[Kamala Harris]] in 2024.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://officialdocuments.sos.mn.gov/Files/GetDocument/145965 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250422114344/https://officialdocuments.sos.mn.gov/Files/GetDocument/145965 |archive-date=2025-04-22 |url-status=live|title=2024 State Canvassing Board Certificate|last=Simon|first=Steve|author-link=Steve Simon|date=November 21, 2024|work=[[Minnesota Secretary of State]]|access-date=May 13, 2025}}</ref> Each of these were the best Republican performances in the county since 1920.<ref>https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/</ref>
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|3,340|1,618|96|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|3,316|1,784|93|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|2,963|1,686|345|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|2,248|2,751|120|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|2,184|2,907|153|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|2,481|3,165|89|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|2,376|2,698|363|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,541|3,054|735|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,603|2,980|1,408|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|2,156|3,579|63|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|2,893|3,531|64|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|2,943|3,245|635|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,190|4,428|144|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1972|Democratic|2,673|3,823|121|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|2,476|3,716|259|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,132|4,380|12|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|2,848|4,062|18|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|2,637|3,720|8|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|3,532|3,291|48|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|2,109|4,082|277|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|2,519|3,310|47|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|2,815|3,899|54|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,618|3,749|619|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,308|4,339|135|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|2,791|2,733|89|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1924|Progressive|1,654|334|2,934|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|3,553|985|522|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,335|1,181|143|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|442|937|1,234|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,343|921|127|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,784|462|90|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|1,378|1,028|88|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|1,273|1,222|62|Minnesota}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Republican|762|712|564|Minnesota}}