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Part of the Solid South, the county used to vote overwhelmingly Democratic, giving 100 % of its vote to the party in 1924.

It has mostly remained solidly Democratic in the last 48 years, except for the 1972 election where Richard Nixon won every county in the state including Marlboro.

More recently the county went strongly for Barack Obama who received 62. 4 % of the vote in the 2008 U. S. presidential election.

Further the Democratic candidate has received over 58 % in all elections from 1992 to 2004.