sentences:  Between 1896 and 2000, it went Democratic only three times, in the national landslides of 1932, 1936 and 1964.The Republican edge began to lessen considerably in the 1990s, and in 2004 John Kerry became the first Democrat since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 to carry the county.The trend continued in 2008 and 2012 with Barack Obama showing strongly in Marion County, winning 63% and 60% of the vote respectively.