Editing Yadkin County, North Carolina (section)

==Law and government==
=== Government ===
Yadkin County is governed by a five-member board of commissioners who are elected at-large to serve staggered two- and four-year terms. Elections are held in November of even-numbered years.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.yadkincountync.gov/92/County-Commissioners| title = County Commissioners| website = Yadkin County| publisher = Yadkin County Government| access-date = May 16, 2023}}</ref> The commissioners appoint a county manager, who serves as the head administrator of the county government.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.yadkincountync.gov/137/County-Manager| title = County Manager| website = Yadkin County| publisher = Yadkin County Government| access-date = May 16, 2023}}</ref>

Yadkin County is a member of the [[Councils of governments in North Carolina|Northwest Piedmont Council of Governments]], a regional planning association.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.ptrc.org/about/who-we-are-and-what-we-do| title = Who We Are and What We Do| publisher = Piedmont Triad Regional Council| access-date = May 17, 2023}}</ref> It is located entirely in the [[North Carolina Senate]]'s [[North Carolina's 36th Senate district|36th district]], the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]]' [[North Carolina's 77th House district|77th district]],<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/CountyRepresentation/yadkin| title = Yadkin County Representation : 2023-2024 Session| publisher = North Carolina General Assembly| access-date = May 16, 2023}}</ref> and [[North Carolina's 5th congressional district]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://myfox8.com/news/politics/your-local-election-hq/heres-the-rundown-of-north-carolinas-and-the-triads-most-important-races-for-election-day-2022/| title = Here's the rundown of North Carolina's and the Triad's most important races for Election Day 2022| last = Doyle| first = Steve| date = November 7, 2022| website = FOX8 WGHP| publisher = Nexstar Media Group| access-date = May 21, 2023}}</ref>

Yadkin County lies within the bounds of North Carolina's 34th Prosecutorial District, the 23rd [[North Carolina Superior Court|Superior Court]] District, and the 23rd [[North Carolina District Courts|District Court]] District.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nccourts.gov/locations/yadkin-county| title = Yadkin County| publisher = North Carolina Judicial Branch| access-date = May 16, 2023}}</ref>

=== Politics ===
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{{PresRow|1988|Republican|7,918|3,195|24|North Carolina}}
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{{PresRow|1976|Republican|5,916|4,497|55|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|6,824|1,592|205|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|5,885|1,443|2,397|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|5,860|3,638|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|7,268|2,785|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|5,469|2,361|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|5,540|2,786|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|3,631|2,083|220|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|4,392|2,470|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|4,077|3,660|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|4,200|3,209|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|3,422|2,789|31|North Carolina}}
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Yadkin County began supporting the Republican Party in the aftermath of the American Civil War.{{sfn|Casstevens|2015|pp=8, 81}} Like some its neighboring counties, Yadkin's support for Republicans continued while the state was politically dominated by Democrats from the 1870s into the latter part of the 20th century.{{sfn|Auman|2014|p=213}} Republicans won every county election in the 20th century except in 1958, when Democrats won the sheriff's office and all seats on the county commission in response to the incumbent commissioners' decision to demolish the county's antebellum courthouse and replace it with one the public viewed as unsightly.{{sfn|Hobson|2006|p=45}} Yadkin's support for the Republican Party carried into the 21st century with the party's rebound across the state.{{sfn|Auman|2014|p=213}} As of March 2022, the county was home to approximately 25,000 registered voters, of whom 56.9 percent were registered Republicans and 13.4 percent were registered Democrats.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://myfox8.com/news/politics/your-local-election-hq/nc-election-season-begins-with-more-voters-unaffiliated/| title = NC election season begins with more voters unaffiliated| last = Doyle| first = Steve| date = March 28, 2022| website = FOX8 WGHP| publisher = Nexstar Media Group| access-date = May 16, 2023}}</ref>