Editing Kent County, Delaware (section)

==Government and politics==
{{PresHead|place=Kent County, Delaware|source1=<ref>{{cite web|title = Dave Leip's Atlas of United States Presidential Elections | access-date = June 11, 2011 | url = http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|42,458|44,222|1,609|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|41,009|44,552|1,464|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|36,991|33,351|4,387|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|32,135|35,527|1,018|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|29,827|36,392|706|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|31,578|23,875|538|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|24,081|22,790|1,383|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|15,932|18,327|4,993|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|15,562|15,364|9,312|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|19,923|12,996|194|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|21,531|11,789|83|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|14,882|12,884|2,096|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|12,604|16,523|301|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|17,712|10,463|381|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|11,082|9,055|4,751|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|9,006|12,981|67|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|10,697|10,754|165|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|10,303|9,319|123|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|10,144|9,874|90|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|8,501|8,174|115|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|7,069|7,900|57|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|8,079|9,226|0|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|7,389|9,588|28|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|6,597|8,829|64|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|8,335|5,727|27|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|6,894|6,936|192|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|6,511|7,211|167|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|3,813|4,210|66|Delaware}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|3,192|4,071|673|Delaware}}
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Kent County is governed by the Kent County Levy Court, which consists of seven members, six of whom are elected by district and the seventh who is elected at-large. The current members of the Kent County Levy Court are:<ref name=levycourt>{{cite web|title=Levy Court|publisher=Kent County|url=https://co.kent.de.us/levy-court.aspx|access-date=January 6, 2020}}</ref>
*Joanne Masten  (D) - 1st district 
*Jeffrey W. Hall (D) - 2nd district 
*Allan F. Angel (D) - 3rd district (Vice President)
*Robert J. Scott - 4th district
*George Jody Sweeney (D) - 5th district 
*Paul Hertz - 6th district
*Terry L. Pepper (D) - At-Large (President)

The county row offices are held by:<ref name=levycourt/>
*Eugenia Thornton - Recorder of Deeds
*Harold K. Brode (D) - Register of Wills 
*Brenda A. Wootten (D) - Clerk of the Peace
*Norman Barlow - Sheriff

Politically, Kent County is a swing county in local, state, and federal elections. The county is often used in state politics to determine a party or candidate's strength in statewide elections and is often considered a bellwether county, having voting for the winner of the national presidential election in 17 out of the last 19 presidential elections.

In the 2016 general elections, Republican Presidential Nominee [[Donald Trump]] won Kent County with 49.81% of the vote compared to Democratic Nominee [[Hillary Clinton]]'s 44.91% out of 74,260 votes cast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect16/elect16_general/html/stwoff_kns.shtml|title=State of Delaware - Department of Elections · Office of the State Election Commissioner|website=elections.delaware.gov|access-date=March 30, 2020}}</ref> In the 2016 Delaware Gubernatorial Election, Democratic nominee [[John Carney (Delaware politician)|John Carney]] won 49.68% of the vote compared to Republican [[Colin Bonini]]'s 48.05%.

In the 2020 presidential election, Delaware native [[Joe Biden]] took 51.19% of the vote compared to Trump's 47.12%, out of 87,025 votes cast. Trump lost the county in 2024, making him the first Republican in 100 years to win the presidency without the county.

In the [[Delaware General Assembly]], 8 of the 41 seats in the Delaware State House of Representatives. As of March 2020, Democrats held 4 seats and Republicans held 4 seats. In the Delaware State Senate, 5 senate districts represent parts of Kent County. As of March 2020 there were 3 Republican seats and 2 Democratic seats. 
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{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="6" |Kent County Voter Registration and Party Affiliations as of March 30, 2020 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elections.delaware.gov/reports/e70r2601pty_20200302.shtml|title=State of Delaware - Department of Elections · Office of the State Election Commissioner|website=elections.delaware.gov|access-date=March 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" |Political Party
!Total Voters
!Percentage
|-
|
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|55,270
|43.34%
|-
|
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|38,073
|29.85%
|
|-
|
|No Party
|31,763
|24.91%
|-
|
|Third Parties
|2,411
|1.90%
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!127,517
!100.00%
|}