This bellwether county picked 11 straight presidential winners. Here's how it views Trump vs. Harris

Like the rest of the nation, voters on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington appear evenly split between the two. Many in Clallam County — the last presidential bellwether county in America — can't fathom how anyone thinks differently.

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In a far corner of the continental U.S., amid the salty air and green-carpeted mountains of the Pacific Northwest, lies a unique place with an unparalleled record of political precision.

Clallam County, Wash., which takes its name from its Indigenous peoples, has voted for the winner in every presidential election since 1980. If you go back more than 100 years, to 1920, the losing candidate has carried the county just twice; the last time was nearly half a century ago.



But the voting pattern — in the last 11 elections it's gone Republican six times and Democratic five — suggests a willingness to look past partisan labels. 'There's a far amount of distrust of both political parties and what kind of nonsense they're trying to sell us,' said Sam Grello, the 37-year-old head of the Port Angeles Waterfront District, a business improvement group. 'The bottom line is ultimately who will help our community the most,' Grello went on.

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