Editing Putnam County, Florida (section)

==Politics==
Up until the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964|Civil Rights Act]], Putnam County typically followed the [[Solid South]] pattern of voting Democratic, making exceptions for [[Herbert Hoover]] in [[1928 United States presidential election in Florida|1928]] (though a lot of [[White Southerners]] were against Democrat [[Al Smith]] due to his [[Northern United States|Northern]] [[Catholic]] background) and [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in the [[1950s]]. The county also backed Independent [[segregationist]] [[George Wallace]] in [[1968 United States presidential election in Florida|1968]] and Democrat [[Jimmy Carter]] in both of his bids. Today a staunchly Republican county, the last Democratic presidential candidate to win Putnam was [[Bill Clinton]], the last to come within single digits of doing so was [[Al Gore]] in [[2000 United States presidential election in Florida|2000]], and the last to garner 40% of the county vote was [[John Kerry]] in [[2004 United States presidential election in Florida|2004]].
{{PresHead|place=Putnam County, Florida|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=June 15, 2018}}</ref>}}
<!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP/Whig vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} -->
{{PresRow|2024|Republican|26,700|9,354|316|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|25,514|10,527|381|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|22,138|10,094|1,069|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|19,326|11,667|431|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|19,637|13,236|406|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|18,311|12,412|250|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|13,457|12,107|675|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|9,786|12,010|3,356|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|8,910|10,709|6,042|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|11,624|8,575|108|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|11,435|7,823|4|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|8,273|8,906|548|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|5,040|9,597|172|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|8,741|2,901|74|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|2,955|2,920|5,150|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|5,072|4,995|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|4,236|4,459|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|4,212|3,232|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|3,766|3,525|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,435|1,947|1,453|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,163|2,926|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,008|3,477|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|975|2,709|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|911|2,309|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|2,105|1,156|80|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|574|889|171|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|1,181|1,557|177|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|418|879|161|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|229|774|171|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|454|797|219|Florida}}
{{PresFoot|1904|Democratic|210|562|41|Florida}}

===Voter registration===
According to the Secretary of State's office, Republicans are a plurality of registered voters in Putnam County.
{| class=wikitable
! colspan = 6 | Putnam County Voter Registration & Party Enrollment as of July 31, 2022<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dos.myflorida.com/elections/data-statistics/voter-registration-statistics/voter-registration-reports/voter-registration-by-county-and-party/|title=Voter Registration - By County and Party |website=www.dos.myflorida.com|language=en-US|access-date=August 22, 2022}}</ref>
|-
! colspan = 2 | Political Party
! Total Voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| align = center | 24,092
| align = center | 47.92%
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| align = center | 15,516
| align = center | 30.86%
|-
| {{party color cell|No party (United States)}}
| No party affiliation 
| align = center | 9,990
| align = center | 19.87%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| Minor parties 
| align = center | 673
| align = center | 1.34%
|-
! colspan = 2 | Total
! align = center | 50,271
! align = center | 100.00%
|}

=== Sheriff's office ===
The Putnam County Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency of Putnam County. It was established in 1849.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About {{!}} Putnam County Sheriff's Office {{!}} Florida |url=https://www.putnamsherifffl.com/about |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=Putnam Co. Sheriff |language=en}}</ref> The incumbent sheriff is H.D. "Gator" DeLoach III.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Homer "Gator" DeLoach III {{!}} Putnam County Sheriff's Office |url=https://www.putnamsherifffl.com/homer-gator-deloach-iii |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=Putnam Co. Sheriff |language=en}}</ref>

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office contains a K9 unit (with 4 German Shepherds),<ref>{{Cite web |title=K-9 |url=https://www.putnamsherifffl.com/k-9 |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=Putnam Co. Sheriff |language=en}}</ref> the Putnam County Jail,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Law Enforcement {{!}} Putnam County Sheriff's Office |url=https://www.putnamsherifffl.com/copy-of-law-enforcement |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=Putnam Co. Sheriff |language=en}}</ref> a SWAT unit,<ref>{{Cite web |title=SWAT |url=https://www.putnamsherifffl.com/swat |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=Putnam Co. Sheriff |language=en}}</ref> a marine unit and Underwater Search and Retrieval team<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marine Unit and USRT |url=https://www.putnamsherifffl.com/marine-unit-and-usar |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=Putnam Co. Sheriff |language=en}}</ref> along with a Drug and Vice unit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Drug and Vice Unit |url=https://www.putnamsherifffl.com/drug-and-vice-unit |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=Putnam Co. Sheriff |language=en}}</ref>

According to [[ODMP]], 1 officer of the Putnam County Sheriff's Office has been killed in the line of duty.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Putnam County Sheriff's Office, FL |url=https://www.odmp.org/agency/5494-putnam-county-sheriffs-office-florida |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=The Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP)}}</ref>