Editing Guilford County, North Carolina (section)

==Government and politics==
The county is governed by a Board of Commissioners, containing a representative for each of nine districts, with each member serving a four-year term.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 5, 2023 |title=Board of Commissioners |url=https://www.guilfordcountync.gov/our-county/board-of-commissioners |access-date=May 5, 2023 |website=www.guilfordcountync.gov |language=en}}</ref>

Guilford County is a member of the regional [[Councils of governments in North Carolina|Piedmont Triad Council of Governments]].

Between [[1928 United States presidential election in North Carolina|1928]] and [[2000 United States presidential election in North Carolina|2000]], Guilford was a [[List of election bellwether counties in the United States|bellwether county]], as it voted for the winner of every presidential election but three. The exceptions included [[1960 United States presidential election in North Carolina|1960]], when [[Richard Nixon]] carried it despite his loss to [[John F. Kennedy]]; and [[2016 United States presidential election in North Carolina|2016]], where [[Hillary Clinton]] carried the county despite her loss to [[Donald Trump]]. It also narrowly voted for Democrat [[John Kerry]] in [[2004 United States presidential election in North Carolina|2004]] after having voted for Republican [[George W. Bush]] in 2000. Like most other urban counties around the country, it has voted for Democrats by wide margins in every subsequent election.

{{PresHead|place=Guilford County, North Carolina|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref>}}
<!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP/Whig vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} -->
{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|109,077|171,118|4,858|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|107,294|173,086|4,106|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|98,062|149,248|10,095|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|104,789|146,365|2,698|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|97,718|142,101|1,952|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|98,254|100,042|1,018|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|84,394|80,787|1,083|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|67,727|69,208|10,652|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|60,140|66,319|19,940|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|66,060|50,351|821|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|73,096|46,027|213|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|53,291|44,516|4,815|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|45,441|46,826|473|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|61,381|25,800|1,185|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|38,996|25,604|19,751|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|35,635|39,969|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|41,357|30,486|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|32,751|21,948|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|33,310|29,028|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|14,167|17,224|3,958|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|12,962|23,495|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|9,770|26,565|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|9,514|25,579|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|9,263|19,301|495|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|16,541|9,872|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|6,822|8,804|317|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|7,920|9,615|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|3,670|4,616|44|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|460|3,830|2,048|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|2,863|3,822|73|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|1,716|2,763|21|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|3,296|3,335|45|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|3,455|3,479|70|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|2,532|2,773|674|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|2,721|2,462|361|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1884|Democratic|2,262|2,422|56|North Carolina}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Democratic|2,233|2,280|22|North Carolina}}

===Guilford County Sheriff's Office===
The Guilford County Sheriff's Office is the law enforcement agency for Guilford County, headquartered in downtown Greensboro. It provides primary law enforcement services for the unincorporated areas of Guilford County and to municipalities that have not established their own police departments. Three district offices provide patrol, investigative and administrative services to county residents.

The Sheriff's Office supplements the Greensboro and High Point city police departments, having full jurisdiction and ability to provide law enforcement services within both municipalities. The Sheriff's Office maintains detention centers in both Greensboro and High Point, and provides security to the state courthouses in both cities. The Sheriff's Office has approximately 750 employees and is the second largest full service sheriff's office in North Carolina.

The Guilford County Sheriff is elected every four years by county wide ballot. Funded by the Guilford County Board of Commissioners, county government provides some administrative support.