Editing Barnwell County, South Carolina (section)

==Government and politics==
Prior to 1948, Barnwell County was a Democratic Party stronghold similar to the rest of the Solid South, with Democratic presidential candidates receiving near-unanimous margins of victory in most years. The twenty years from 1948 to 1968 were a highly transitional time for the politics of South Carolina & Barnwell County, largely in part due to the Democratic Party's increasing support for African-American civil rights & enfranchisement. Segregationist candidates [[Strom Thurmond]] & [[George Wallace]] won the county in those aforementioned years, bookended by Democratic wins in 1952 & 1956 & Republican wins in 1960 & 1964. From 1972 on, the county has primarily Republican, but has become more of a swing county in recent years, backing the national winner in every presidential election from 2000 on except for 2020.
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|5,605|4,082|116|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|5,492|4,720|109|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|4,889|4,400|196|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|4,659|5,188|76|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|4,769|4,931|98|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|4,606|3,982|97|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|4,521|3,661|94|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|3,808|3,620|346|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|4,026|3,344|807|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|4,467|2,564|44|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|4,346|2,811|32|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|3,228|3,399|78|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,569|4,083|0|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,955|1,560|0|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|1,849|1,716|2,351|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|3,670|1,382|0|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|1,842|1,331|0|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|520|1,914|575|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|657|1,598|0|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1948|Dixiecrat|28|115|1,921|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|8|1,482|16|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|13|1,845|0|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|2|2,157|0|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|15|1,877|0|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|34|1,028|0|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|23|847|2|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|25|721|0|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|21|1,454|1|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|15|1,139|5|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|35|1,401|0|South Carolina}}
{{PresFoot|1900|Democratic|57|1,356|0|South Carolina}}