Editing Fayette County, Georgia (section)

===Politics===
Fayette County has been a Republican stronghold since [[1980 United States presidential election in Georgia|1980]]. In 1980 and [[1984 United States presidential election in Georgia|1984]], it was the most Republican county in the entire state. However, as the county's population has grown, the proportion of Republican voters has decreased significantly in recent elections. Republican presidential candidates' margins of victory have decreased from 31.2 percentage points for [[Mitt Romney]] in [[2012 United States presidential election in Georgia|2012]], to 19.1 points for [[Donald Trump]] in [[2016 United States presidential election in Georgia|2016]], to 6.8 points for Trump in [[2020 United States presidential election in Georgia|2020]], to 3.1 points for Trump in [[2024 United States presidential election in Georgia|2024]].

In the runoff for the [[2022 United States Senate election in Georgia]], [[Raphael Warnock]] narrowly lost the county in his re-election bid by a margin of 491 votes or 1%.
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