Editing Craven County, North Carolina (section)

===Politics===
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|33,477|22,011|685|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|31,032|21,148|885|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|27,731|17,630|1,640|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|26,928|18,763|479|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|24,901|19,352|345|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|23,575|14,019|162|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|19,494|12,213|278|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|13,264|10,317|1,610|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|11,575|9,998|3,714|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|12,057|7,313|47|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|12,893|7,186|55|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|8,554|7,781|448|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|5,881|7,553|109|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|9,372|2,384|147|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|2,991|4,240|6,509|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|4,691|7,422|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|3,680|7,158|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|2,956|6,317|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|2,822|6,092|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|745|5,039|494|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|826|4,872|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|626|4,916|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|453|5,543|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|466|4,375|19|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|2,237|2,494|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|325|2,942|44|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|731|3,413|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|542|1,780|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|79|1,819|190|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|449|1,399|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|268|1,555|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|1,502|2,028|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|2,921|1,810|97|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|1,648|1,305|311|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|2,618|1,359|6|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|2,539|1,330|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Republican|2,809|1,180|82|North Carolina}}

Craven is a typical “[[Solid South]]” county in its presidential voting patterns. It was solidly Democratic until the 1960s: in five elections from 1932 to 1948 the Republican Party did not reach fifteen percent of the vote, and only in 1928 when a large anti-Catholic vote was cast against [[Al Smith]] did the GOP reach twenty percent between at least 1900 and 1948. The national Democratic party's support for the [[Civil Rights Movement]] caused its white electorate to defect to [[George Wallace]]’s American Independent campaign in 1968. Since that time, Craven has become a strongly Republican county. The last Democrat to carry Craven County was [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019 |title=1976 Presidential General Election Results - North Carolina |url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1976&fips=37&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 |access-date=April 1, 2023 |website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref> As of March 2022, there were 70,286 registered voters in the county. Of those, 26,225 were registered Republican, 20,135 were registered Democrats, and 23,393 registered unaffiliated.<ref>{{cite news| last = Dunnell| first = Trevor| title = Could early voting play a role in who becomes Craven County's next elected officials?| newspaper = Sun Journal| date = April 25, 2022| url = https://www.newbernsj.com/story/news/2022/04/25/craven-county-early-voting-begins-thursday-what-know/7394063001/| access-date = January 17, 2023}}</ref>