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==Politics==
Historically, Santa Clara County was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] stronghold in presidential elections. From [[1872 United States presidential election in California|1872]] through [[1984 United States presidential election in California|1984]], the only [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] to carry Santa Clara County were [[Franklin Roosevelt]], [[Lyndon Johnson]], and [[Hubert Humphrey]]. However, [[1988 United States presidential election in California|1988]] would begin to mark a significant shift in the county's political leanings, starting with [[Michael Dukakis]]' narrow win and culminating in [[Bill Clinton]]'s substantial 20-point victory in [[1992 United States presidential election in California|1992]]. Since then, the Democratic presidential candidate has won Santa Clara County by large margins, and it also remains solidly blue in [[United States Congress|congressional]] elections, as all politicians representing the county at the state and federal level are known to be Democrats. The last Republican to win a majority in the county was [[Ronald Reagan]] in
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According to the [[Secretary of State of California|California Secretary of State]], as of February 10, 2019, Santa Clara County has 895,965 registered voters. Of those, 405,470 (45.3%) are registered [[California Democratic Party|Democrats]], 151,213 (16.9%) are registered [[California Republican Party|Republicans]], and 308,769 (35.4%) have [[Decline to State|declined to state]] a political party.<ref>[https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-odd-year-2019/county.pdf CA Secretary of State – Report of Registration – February 10, 2019]</ref>
As of November 2012, all of the cities, towns, and
Following the passage of [[California Proposition 8 (2008)|Proposition 8]], Santa Clara County joined [[San Francisco]] and [[Los Angeles]] in a [[Lawsuits to overturn Proposition 8|lawsuit]], becoming, along with San Francisco and Los Angeles, the first governmental entities in the world to sue for same-sex marriage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.lp.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/election2008/20081105-sf-la-prop8-petition.pdf|title=Herrera Joined by Los Angeles, Santa Clara Counterparts in Suing to Invalidate Prop 8|publisher=Office of the City Attorney of San Francisco|date=November 5, 2008|access-date=December 20, 2008}}</ref>
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