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Politics

Presidential election results

Year

DEM

GOP

Others

2008

78.0% 109,320

20.2% 28,384

1.8% 2,493

2004

73.2% 99,070

25.4% 34,378

1.4% 1,877

2000

64.2% 79,135

28.3% 34,872

7.4% 9,148

1996

58.0% 67,406

28.2% 32,714

13.8% 16,020

1992

58.3% 76,158

23.3% 30,479

18.4% 24,070

1988

58.9% 69,394

39.7% 46,855

1.4% 1,671

1984

49.6% 57,533

49.0% 56,887

1.4% 1,630

1980

36.2% 39,231

45.8% 49,678

18.1% 19,598

1976

42.9% 43,590

52.5% 53,425

4.6% 4,700

1972

45.6% 47,414

52.1% 54,123

2.3% 2,346

1968

43.8% 36,278

50.1% 41,422

6.1% 5,055

1964

61.6% 46,462

38.1% 28,682

0.3% 220

1960

42.5% 27,888

57.3% 37,620

0.2% 157

Marin is part of California's 6th congressional district, held by ninth-term Democrat Lynn Woolsey.

In the state legislature, Marin is in the 6th Assembly district, held by second-term Democrat Jared Huffman, and the 3rd Senate district, held by first-term Democrat Mark Leno.

The county has become a stronghold of the Democratic Party in recent decades. Out of California counties, only San Francisco County and Alameda County voted more Democratic in the 2008 Presidential election, all three counties voted more heavily for Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama than Cook County, Ill., Obama's home county.

On Nov. 4, 2008, the citizens of Marin county voted strongly against Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment which eliminated the right of same-sex couples to marry, by a 75.1 percent to 24.9 percent margin. The official tally was 103,341 against and 34,324 in favor.[10] Only San Francisco County voted against the measure by a wider margin (75.2% against).

According to the California Secretary of State, as of March 20, 2009, Marin County has 150,679 registered voters, out of 181,918 eligible (82.8%). Of those, 82,549 (54.8%) are registered Democrats, 29,980 (19.9%) are registered Republicans, 6,384 (4.0%) are registered with other political parties, and 32,094 (21.3%) have declined to state a political party.Democrats hold wide voter-registration majorities in all political subdivisions in Marin County, except for the town of Belvedere, in which Democrats only hold a 46-vote (2.9%) registration advantage. Democrats' largest registration advantage in Marin is in the town of Fairfax, wherein there are only 426 Republicans (8.1%) out of 5,261 total voters compared to 3,413 Democrats (64.9%) and 1,092 voters who have declined to state a political party (19.7%) voters.

Economy

As of 2008, the largest private-sector employers in Marin County were:

  • 1.Kaiser Permanente (1,626 full-time employees in Marin County)
  • 2.Marin General Hospital (1,267)
  • 3.Autodesk (1,200)
  • 4.Fireman's Fund Insurance Company (1,200)
  • 5.Comcast (619)
  • 6.Safeway Inc. (452)
  • 7.Macy's, Inc.
  • 8.Frank Howard Allen Realtors (423)
  • 9.BioMarin Pharmaceutical
  • 10.Fair Isaac
  • 11.MHN (350)
  • 12.Dominican University of California (325)
  • 13.W. Bradley Electric (295)
  • 14.Brayton Purcell (288)
  • 15.Guide Dogs for the Blind (287)
  • 16.Novato Community Hospital (274)
  • 17.Mollie Stones (270)
  • 18.Wells Fargo
  • 19.Costco
  • 20.Ghilotti Bros. (250)
  • 21.Kentfield Rehabilitation and Specialty Hospital
  • 22.Lucasfilm
  • 23.Longs Drugs
  • 24.Nordstrom (211)
  • 25.Coldwell Banker (207)

Media

Marin county has several media outlets that serve the local community.

  • Marin Independent Journal, a daily newspaper with headquarters in Novato.
  • Pacific Sun (newspaper), a free weekly distributed throughout the county.
  • Novato Advance, a daily newspaper that serves Marin's second-largest city.
  • The Point Reyes Light, a weekly newspaper.
  • West Marin Citizen, a weekly newspaper.
  • KWMR radio, West Marin Radio
  • Channel 26, public access television in Marin.
  • Marin Local Music, Music listings for Marin's Restaurants & Venues who host live music.
  • San Francisco Examiner, Rick Marianetti, Marin County Culture & Events.

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