Only one Democratic presidential candidate has ever won an absolute majority of Grundy County 's vote -- Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 -- .
In recent times the county has trended a little more Democratic and both Bill Clinton in 1996 and Barack Obama in 2008 won pluralities .
Only one Democratic presidential candidate has ever won an absolute majority of Grundy County 's vote -- Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 -- although in recent times the county has trended a little more Democratic and both Bill Clinton in 1996 and Barack Obama in 2008 won pluralities .