Editing Richmond County, Georgia (section)

==Politics==
Similar to most urban counties in the state with majority African American populations, Richmond County has backed the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] candidate by increasing margins since 1992. However, in every presidential election from 1952 to 1988 which did not have Georgian Jimmy Carter on the ballot, the county backed the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidate for president. In [[1968 United States presidential election|1968]] it was one of only eight counties in Georgia where [[George Wallace]] came in third.  Prior to 1952, the county voted like a typical [[Solid South]] county, voting for Democratic presidential candidates by landslide margins until backing [[Dixiecrat]] [[Strom Thurmond]] in 1948. 1928 was an exception to this rule with [[Herbert Hoover]] beating [[Al Smith]] handily due to anti-Catholic sentiment.
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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|26,472|56,657|449|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|26,780|59,119|1,178|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|24,461|48,814|2,750|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|25,845|52,560|769|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|26,842|52,100|480|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|29,764|39,262|350|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|25,485|31,413|640|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|23,670|30,738|2,461|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|24,227|28,910|6,386|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|27,566|20,489|203|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|29,869|21,208|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|19,619|24,104|1,148|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|17,893|24,042|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|24,362|9,219|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|14,993|11,777|9,532|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|21,481|13,545|3|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|11,978|9,868|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|10,251|6,819|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|9,347|8,584|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Dixiecrat|1,528|2,450|8,868|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,152|6,918|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|641|5,855|12|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|551|7,239|20|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|738|4,873|83|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|5,104|2,086|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|1,296|2,169|379|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|511|2,656|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|238|2,708|524|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|177|1,871|234|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|267|1,727|454|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|174|1,816|769|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|215|2,045|42|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|1,698|3,716|235|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|3,224|8,301|1,073|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|113|808|28|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1884|Democratic|1,945|3,293|0|Georgia}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Democratic|1,497|2,430|0|Georgia}}