sentences:  From its first election in 1908 it voted Democratic by large margins until 1968, except in the 1928 election when anti-Prohibition Catholic Al Smith held the county by single digits.In 1968, Lee's Democratic streak was broken when its electorate chose the American Independent candidate George Wallace.From 1972 onwards, Lee has voted Republican in every election except for Jimmy Carter's two elections in 1976 and 1980.