Editing Clay County, North Carolina (section)

===Politics===
In the [[North Carolina Senate]], Clay County is part of the [[North Carolina's 50th Senate district|50th Senate district]] and is represented by Republican [[Jim Davis (North Carolina politician)|Jim Davis]]. In the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]], Clay County is part of the [[North Carolina's 120th House district|120th district]], represented by Republican [[Kevin Corbin]].

No Democratic presidential candidate has won Clay County since [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1976. [[Bill Clinton]] in 1996 was the last Democratic candidate to reach forty percent of the county's vote. Before the [[Progressive Era]], Clay County was uniformly Democratic, but since [[Charles Evans Hughes]] became the first Republican to carry the county in 1916, it has voted for the GOP in all but five elections.

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|5,761|1,899|68|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|5,112|1,699|82|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|4,437|1,367|206|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|3,973|1,579|90|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|3,707|1,734|102|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|3,209|1,628|29|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|2,416|1,361|75|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|1,769|1,462|424|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|1,890|1,600|470|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|2,174|1,289|17|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,259|1,340|20|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|2,136|1,324|87|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,428|1,569|15|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,545|797|28|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|1,390|847|293|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,286|1,457|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|1,657|1,264|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|1,442|1,287|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|1,443|1,439|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,213|1,307|55|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|1,263|1,245|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,176|1,349|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|1,525|1,340|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,265|1,341|8|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,106|903|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|1,090|953|18|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|911|755|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|453|400|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Progressive|17|372|387|North Carolina}}