| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 5,841 | 12,067 | 18,129 | |
| 2020 | R | 6,958 | 11,443 | 18,631 | |
| 2016 | R | 6,217 | 10,017 | 16,807 | |
| 2012 | R | 6,913 | 9,260 | 16,351 | |
| 2008 | R | 6,708 | 9,616 | 16,524 | |
| 2004 | R | 4,483 | 7,654 | 12,409 | |
| 2000 | R | 4,428 | 7,492 | 12,372 | |
| 1996 | R | 4,804 | 5,670 | 11,232 | |
| 1992 | R | 4,896 | 5,980 | 12,329 | |
| 1988 | R | 3,825 | 6,427 | 10,305 | |
| 1984 | R | 3,790 | 7,176 | 11,008 | |
| 1980 | R | 4,825 | 5,568 | 10,513 | |
| 1976 | D | 5,034 | 4,931 | 10,016 | |
| 1972 | R | 2,035 | 7,325 | 9,521 | |
| 1968 | R | 2,444 | 4,538 | 10,716 | |
| 1964 | R | 3,222 | 5,571 | 8,794 | |
| 1960 | D | 3,143 | 2,841 | 5,984 | |
| 1956 | D | 2,671 | 1,061 | 5,130 | |
| 1952 | R | 3,418 | 4,126 | 7,544 | |
| 1948 | D | 349 | 47 | 3,161 | |
| 1944 | D | 1,940 | 70 | 2,343 | |
| 1940 | D | 1,739 | 35 | 1,774 | |
| 1936 | D | 2,615 | 0 | 2,624 | |
| 1932 | D | 3,139 | 0 | 3,151 | |
| 1928 | D | 2,077 | 12 | 2,094 | |
| 1924 | D | 1,802 | 13 | 1,817 | |
| 1920 | D | 2,015 | 33 | 2,058 | |
| 1916 | D | 1,719 | 19 | 1,769 | |
| 1912 | D | 1,206 | 0 | 1,230 | |
| 1908 | D | 1,681 | 44 | 1,726 | |
| 1904 | D | 1,364 | 33 | 1,397 | |
| 1900 | D | 1,367 | 40 | 1,407 | |
| 1896 | D | 1,525 | 64 | 1,598 | |
| 1892 | D | 1,534 | 293 | 1,889 | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Newberry County sits in South Carolina's Piedmont region with a population just over 36,000, and its 34-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 reflects a rural interior pattern of consolidating party preference that has intensified over the past decade.
The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Newberry County, by a seven points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-six points in 1972. The 2024 margin was thirty-four points.
The political shift has tracked, in Newberry County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 62% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $61,780, and a 17% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Covington County and Greenwood County.