Editing Sumter County, Georgia (section)

==Politics==
Sumter County was a swing county in presidential elections. Since 1960, it has voted Democratic eight times, including in 1976, when Sumter County native [[Jimmy Carter]] was elected, Republican six times, and for a third-party candidate ([[George Wallace]]) once. The last candidate to carry the county by more than 10 points was [[Bill Clinton]] in 1996.

The county voted for the winner of the presidential election each year from 1984 to 2012, sticking with the Democrats (Carter's party) in 2016 when [[Hillary Clinton]] won a plurality of the vote. In 2024, [[Kamala Harris]] won the county with a majority, despite losing Georgia and the presidential election.

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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|5,869|6,136|112|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|5,733|6,314|103|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|5,276|5,520|251|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|5,378|6,375|103|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|5,717|6,454|84|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|5,688|5,562|48|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|4,847|4,748|102|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|3,358|4,239|467|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|3,616|4,489|1,063|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|4,289|3,332|47|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|4,607|3,725|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|2,957|4,956|147|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,053|5,328|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|4,533|1,268|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|1,383|1,701|3,489|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|3,774|1,727|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|962|2,274|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|730|2,149|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|1,068|2,455|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|256|1,018|870|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|194|1,550|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|118|1,561|13|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|58|1,870|6|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|57|1,619|16|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|294|1,237|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|124|1,225|113|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|296|1,076|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|40|1,065|38|Georgia}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|19|1,004|24|Georgia}}