douglas county has a political history similar to that of the yankee northeast than of the great plains. this can be seen from its voting history. it has the exact same voting history as that of vermont or cheshire county, new hampshire (except the 1912 presidential election). this is due to the county's strong new england heritage. douglas county voted for the republican candidate in every presidential election between 1864 and 1960, except in 1912 when it voted for progressive theodore roosevelt. the republican presidential nominee got over sixty percent of douglas county's vote in every election between 1920 and 1960 (except 1932 when herbert hoover received 58.7 percent). to show how deeply the county's republican roots ran, even when kansas voted for franklin d. roosevelt in 1932 and 1936, republican candidates won the county easily.