Editing Haywood County, North Carolina (section)

===Politics===
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|23,393|13,913|545|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|22,834|13,144|564|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|18,929|10,473|1,325|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|15,633|11,833|508|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|14,910|12,730|427|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|14,545|11,237|150|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|12,118|9,793|362|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|7,995|9,350|2,724|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|7,292|10,385|3,332|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|8,957|9,010|61|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|10,146|7,958|27|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|7,217|9,814|431|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|5,885|10,692|71|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|8,903|4,515|313|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|6,205|5,703|3,898|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|5,575|10,664|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|8,583|8,044|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|6,955|7,598|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|6,124|8,761|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|2,684|7,373|209|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|2,919|7,755|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|2,357|8,631|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|3,331|8,175|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|3,082|6,790|34|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|4,472|4,173|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|2,440|4,582|8|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|3,000|4,229|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,523|2,403|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|354|2,068|867|North Carolina}}
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Voter Registration Statistics: 
Republicans=16,956 
Democrats=11,338 

Prior to the Civil War, Haywood County elected several [[Whig Party (United States)|Whigs]] to office. After the war ended in 1865, [[Southern Unionists|Unionists]] established a local branch of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. Republicans dominated local offices until 1870, when the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]—often as a member of [[Electoral fusion in the United States|fusionist]] anti-[[Reconstruction era|Reconstruction]] "Conservative" coalitions alongside former Whigs as well as [[Moderate Republicans (Reconstruction era)|Moderate Republicans]] and [[Independent politician|independents]] opposed to Reconstruction—experienced a resurgence across the state. By 1876, the county was firmly dominated by Democrats.<ref name= hyattpolitics/> Democrats remained dominant in the county into the early 21st century. Over the subsequent 20 years, the Republican Party's presence rapidly increased due to the increase of new residents and the defection of local [[Southern Democrat]]s.<ref>{{cite news| last = Johnson| first = Becky| title = GOP election sweep ousts long-time Haywood County commissioner| newspaper = The Mountaineer| date = November 9, 2022| url = https://www.themountaineer.com/news/gop-election-sweep-ousts-long-time-haywood-county-commissioner/article_c33a8ccc-5fe6-11ed-8d6c-cf796897c3fc.html| access-date = May 27, 2023}}</ref> In November 2022, Republicans won all contested local races in Haywood, making the county commission entirely occupied by Republicans for the first time in its history.<ref name= hyattpolitics>{{cite news| last = Hyatt| first = Vicki| title = Republican dominance in election marks historic time for Haywood politics| newspaper = The Mountaineer| date = December 7, 2022| url = https://www.themountaineer.com/news/republican-dominance-in-election-marks-historic-time-for-haywood-politics/article_f86640ca-74c3-11ed-a929-a7cb0eba2dcf.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221207154059/https://www.themountaineer.com/news/republican-dominance-in-election-marks-historic-time-for-haywood-politics/article_f86640ca-74c3-11ed-a929-a7cb0eba2dcf.html| archive-date =December 7, 2022| access-date = May 26, 2023}}</ref>