Politics Bedford has voted Republican in every presidential election since 1980. Like much of the Solid South, it was a reliably Democratic county until 1948, when Strom Thurmond's candidacy reduced Harry S. Truman's victory, and it was a swing county for the next three decades. It voted for segregationist third-party candidate George Wallace for president in 1968.
Politics Bedford has voted Republican in every presidential election since 1980 Like much of the Solid South, it was a reliably Democratic county until 1948, when Strom Thurmond's candidacy reduced Harry S. Truman's victory, and it was a swing c.ounty for the next three decades. It voted for segregationist third-party candidate George Wallace for president in 1968.