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==Government== Henry County is a predominately Republican county. The last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the county was favorite son [[Jimmy Carter]] of Georgia in [[1980 United States presidential election in Alabama|1980]]. [[Bill Clinton]] came within 63 votes of carrying the county in [[1996 United States presidential election in Alabama|1996]]. The electorate has become more polarized in recent times, with [[Joe Biden]] winning less than thirty percent in [[2020 United States presidential election in Alabama|2020]]. Rural conservative whites had left the Democratic Party following its support of civil rights laws and the movement in the 1960s; many disagreed with its socially liberal positions. Through the late 20th century, conservative whites shifted to the Republican Party. The political affiliations are strongly associated with ethnicity, as African Americans favor the Democratic Party but are a minority in the county.<ref>Cohn, Nate; [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/upshot/southern-whites-loyalty-to-gop-nearing-that-of-blacks-to-democrats.html 'Demographic Shift: Southern Whites' Loyalty to G.O.P. Nearing That of Blacks to Democrats'], ''[[New York Times]]'', April 24, 2014</ref> During the long period of African-American disenfranchisement in the 20th century, the conservative whites of Henry continued their well-established tradition of voting for Democratic candidates, and kept it as part of the "[[Solid South]]". They did vote for Republicans [[Warren G. Harding]] and [[Herbert Hoover]] in [[1920 United States presidential election in Alabama|1920]] and [[1928 United States presidential election in Alabama|1928]], respectively, giving them more than forty percent of the vote. In [[1964 United States presidential election in Alabama|1964]], [[Barry Goldwater]] was the first Republican candidate to carry the county as whites began to shift their alliances. In [[1968 United States presidential election in Alabama|1968]], Henry County voted for the independent candidate, Alabama governor [[George Wallace]], giving Republican [[Richard Nixon]] only 1.59 percent of the county's vote.<ref>Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1968&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1968 Presidential Election Statistics]</ref> Henry County elected Democrat [[Dexter Grimsley]] to represent it in the [[Alabama House of Representatives]]. {{PresHead|place=Henry County, Alabama|source=<ref name="DL">{{cite web|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|access-date=November 16, 2016}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Republican|6,989|2,263|68|Alabama}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|6,607|2,606|85|Alabama}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|5,632|2,292|148|Alabama}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|5,628|3,083|55|Alabama}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|5,585|3,018|45|Alabama}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|4,881|2,452|28|Alabama}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|4,054|2,782|96|Alabama}} {{PresRow|1996|Republican|3,082|3,019|536|Alabama}} {{PresRow|1992|Republican|2,970|2,804|725|Alabama}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,613|2,206|25|Alabama}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,952|2,231|56|Alabama}} {{PresRow|1980|Democratic|2,813|2,973|93|Alabama}} {{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,052|3,144|38|Alabama}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,414|853|24|Alabama}} {{PresRow|1968|American Independent|84|955|4,253|Alabama}} {{PresRow|1964|Republican|2,896|0|589|Alabama}} {{PresRow|1960|Democratic|588|2,115|11|Alabama}} {{PresRow|1956|Democratic|429|2,127|157|Alabama}} {{PresRow|1952|Democratic|421|1,966|5|Alabama}} {{PresRow|1948|Dixiecrat|47|0|1,041|Alabama}} {{PresRow|1944|Democratic|46|1,635|2|Alabama}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|69|1,960|2|Alabama}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|35|1,925|3|Alabama}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|42|1,741|4|Alabama}} {{PresRow|1928|Democratic|796|815|2|Alabama}} {{PresRow|1924|Democratic|179|816|40|Alabama}} {{PresRow|1920|Democratic|489|715|1|Alabama}} {{PresRow|1916|Democratic|141|860|32|Alabama}} {{PresRow|1912|Democratic|47|711|179|Alabama}} {{PresRow|1908|Democratic|79|723|88|Alabama}} {{PresFoot|1904|Democratic|104|701|106|Alabama}}
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