However, the county has shifted strongly Republican since the 1980s and is now almost unanimously Republican. The last Democratic presidential nominee to win over twenty percent of the vote in King County was Bill Clinton in 1996. In 2016, by percentage of votes, it was the second most Republican county in the entire country, only being surpassed by Roberts County, Texas.
However, the county has shifted strongly Republican since the 1980s and is now almost unanimously Republican. The last Democratic presidential nominee to win over twenty percent of the vote in King County was Bill Clinton in 1996. In 2016, by percentage of votes it was the second most Republican county in the entire country, only being surpassed by Roberts County, Texas