Editing Surry County, North Carolina (section)

==Government and politics==
Surry is at present a strongly Republican county. The last Democratic presidential nominee to carry Surry County has been [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1976, and no Democrat since 1996 has reached forty percent of the county's vote. [[Hillary Clinton]] received only twenty-three percent in 2016, a proportion smaller than [[Hubert Humphrey]] obtained in the three-way 1968 race.

In the early 20th century, Surry swung from Democratic-leaning during the [[Third Party System]], to Republican enough to be alongside [[Yadkin County, North Carolina|Yadkin]] and [[Stokes County, North Carolina|Stokes County]] as the only North Carolina counties to vote with [[William Howard Taft]] during his disastrous 1912 campaign,<ref>Menendez, Albert J.; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004'', pp. 265-271 {{ISBN|0786422173}}</ref> back to Democratic enough to support [[Adlai Stevenson II]] in 1952.

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{{PresRow|2020|Republican|27,538|8,721|379|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|23,671|7,488|1,037|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|19,923|9,112|435|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|18,730|10,475|320|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|17,587|8,304|101|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|15,401|7,757|200|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|11,117|7,303|1,601|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|10,866|9,392|3,195|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|11,393|7,245|22|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|13,340|7,188|34|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|10,065|8,987|356|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|7,403|10,024|63|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|10,497|4,706|284|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|9,638|5,088|4,103|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|7,970|9,810|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|10,035|8,185|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|9,001|7,020|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|7,591|8,206|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|4,643|6,956|654|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|5,116|7,679|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|4,178|8,871|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|4,766|8,833|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|4,511|7,490|69|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|7,015|3,647|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|4,990|4,418|66|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|5,170|3,547|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|2,977|2,029|12|North Carolina}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Republican|2,277|1,919|609|North Carolina}}

Surry County is a member of the [[Councils of governments in North Carolina|Northwest Piedmont Council of Governments]]. The five-member Board of County Commissioners are elected from single-member districts for four-year staggered terms, with elections in even-numbered years. The board elects a chair and vice-chair, who serve twelve-month terms.

The board appoints a county manager, who oversees county administration and implements the board's policies.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.co.surry.nc.us/departments/(a_through_j)/county_manager/index.php| title = Administration| publisher = Surry County, North Carolina| access-date = October 28, 2023}}</ref>