Editing McDowell County, North Carolina (section)

===2016 presidential primaries and election===
In the [[Republican Party presidential primary, 2016|2016 Republican Primary]] in McDowell County, [[Donald Trump]] received 2,552 votes (or 41.2% of the total votes) followed by [[Ted Cruz]], who came in second with 2,422 votes (or 39.1% of the total votes). In the [[2016 Democratic Primary]], [[Bernie Sanders]] received 1,622 votes (49.0%) and [[Hillary Clinton]] received 1,353 votes (40.9%).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/primaries/north-carolina|title=North Carolina Primary Election Results 2016|newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 29, 2016}}</ref>

In the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]] in McDowell County, [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Donald Trump received 14,517 votes (74.2%), [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] Hillary Clinton 4,645 votes (23.8%), and [[Libertarian]] [[Gary Johnson]] 395 votes (2.0%).<ref>{{cite web |title=North Carolina Election Results 2016: President Live Map by County, Real-Time Voting Updates |website=[[Politico]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406024435/https://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/north-carolina/ |archive-date=April 6, 2023 |url-status=live |url=https://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/north-carolina/}}</ref>