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Presidential election in North Carolina, 2020
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2020 presidential election  |
Democratic primary: March 3, 2020 |
Republican primary: March 3, 2020 |
Electoral College: 15 votes |
President Donald Trump (R) won the presidential election in North Carolina on November 3, 2020. North Carolina was one of 13 battleground states. Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) won the presidential election with 306 electoral votes to Trump's 232 electoral votes.
Biden won the Democratic primary on March 3, 2020. Trump won the Republican primary.[1][2]
North Carolina backed the winning presidential candidate in each election between 2000 and 2016 except for 2012, when Mitt Romney (R) carried the state. In the 2008 and 2012 elections, North Carolina was carried by the second-smallest margin nationwide.[3] Between 1900 and 2016, North Carolina backed the Democratic presidential candidate 60% of the time and the Republican candidate 40% of the time.
In the 2016 election, Trump carried North Carolina with 49.8% of the vote to Hillary Clinton's (D) 46.2%.
This page includes the following sections:
- Candidates and election results
- Polls in North Carolina
- Pivot Counties in North Carolina
- PredictIt markets in North Carolina
- Campaign events in North Carolina
- Government response to coronavirus pandemic in North Carolina
- Democratic primary
- Republican primary
- Candidate filing requirements
- Historical election trends
- Presidential election by state
Candidates and election results
General election
Presidential election in North Carolina, 2020
Candidate/Running mate |
% |
Popular votes |
Electoral votes |
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| ✔ |
 
| Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R) |
49.9
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2,758,775 | 15 |
 
| Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D) |
48.6
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2,684,292 | 0 | |
 
| Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L) |
0.9
|
48,678 | 0 | |
 
| Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G) |
0.2
|
12,195 | 0 | |
 
| Don Blankenship/William Mohr (Constitution Party) |
0.1
|
7,549 | 0 | |
 | Jade Simmons (no running mate) (Independent) (Write-in) |
0.0
|
119 | 0 | |
| Other write-in votes |
0.2
|
13,196 | 0 | ||
 |
Total votes: 5,524,804 |
Primary election
North Carolina Democratic presidential primary on March 3, 2020
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
Pledged delegates |
|
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| Joe Biden |
43.0
|
572,271 | 68 |
 | Bernie Sanders |
24.2
|
322,645 | 37 |
 | Michael Bloomberg |
13.0
|
172,558 | 3 |
 | Elizabeth Warren |
10.5
|
139,912 | 2 |
 | Pete Buttigieg |
3.3
|
43,632 | 0 |
 | Amy Klobuchar |
2.3
|
30,742 | 0 |
 | Thomas Steyer |
0.8
|
10,679 | 0 |
 | Tulsi Gabbard |
0.5
|
6,622 | 0 |
 | Andrew Yang |
0.2
|
2,973 | 0 |
 | Cory Booker |
0.2
|
2,181 | 0 |
 | Michael Bennet |
0.1
|
1,978 | 0 |
 | Deval Patrick |
0.1
|
1,341 | 0 |
 | Marianne Williamson |
0.1
|
1,243 | 0 |
 | John Delaney |
0.1
|
1,098 | 0 |
 | Julián Castro |
0.1
|
699 | 0 |
| Other |
1.6
|
21,808 | 0 | |
|
Total votes: 1,332,382 • Total pledged delegates: 110 |
North Carolina Republican presidential primary on March 3, 2020
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
Pledged delegates |
|
|
| Donald Trump |
93.5
|
750,600 | 71 |
 | Joe Walsh |
2.0
|
16,356 | 0 |
 | Bill Weld |
1.9
|
15,486 | 0 |
| Other |
2.5
|
20,085 | 0 | |
|
Total votes: 802,527 • Total pledged delegates: 71 |
North Carolina Constitution presidential primary on March 3, 2020
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
Pledged delegates |
|
|
| Don Blankenship |
36.3
|
102 | 0 |
 | Charles Kraut |
22.1
|
62 | 0 |
| Other |
41.6
|
117 | 0 | |
|
Total votes: 281 • Total pledged delegates: 0 |
North Carolina Green presidential primary on March 3, 2020
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
Pledged delegates |
|
|
| Howie Hawkins |
67.0
|
221 | 0 |
| Other |
33.0
|
109 | 0 | |
|
Total votes: 330 • Total pledged delegates: 0 |
North Carolina Libertarian presidential primary on March 3, 2020
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
Pledged delegates |
|
 | Jacob Hornberger |
9.6
|
584 | 0 |
 | John David McAfee |
9.0
|
550 | 0 |
 | Kimberly Margaret Ruff |
7.7
|
469 | 0 |
 | Vermin Supreme |
6.3
|
387 | 0 |
 | Kenneth Armstrong |
5.7
|
346 | 0 |
|
| Jo Jorgensen |
4.4
|
267 | 0 |
 | Steven Allen Richey |
3.7
|
227 | 0 |
 | James Orlando Ogle III |
3.4
|
207 | 0 |
 | Souraya Faas |
2.8
|
169 | 0 |
 | Adam Kokesh |
2.7
|
163 | 0 |
 | Max Abramson |
2.6
|
160 | 0 |
 | Daniel Behrman |
2.4
|
144 | 0 |
 | Kenneth Blevins |
2.0
|
122 | 0 |
 | Jedidiah Hill |
1.9
|
117 | 0 |
 | Erik Chase Gerhardt |
1.6
|
99 | 0 |
 | Arvin Vohra |
1.3
|
77 | 0 |
| Other |
33.1
|
2,022 | 0 | |
|
Total votes: 6,110 • Total pledged delegates: 0 |
Polls in North Carolina
Pivot Counties in North Carolina
Pivot Counties are the 206 counties nationwide Ballotpedia identified as having voted for Barack Obama (D) in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections and Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Media and political observers sometimes refer to these counties as swing counties.
Ballotpedia defines Pivot Counties Trump won in 2020 as Retained Pivot Counties and those Joe Biden (D) won as Boomerang Pivot Counties.
Trump won 181 Retained Pivot Counties across 32 states to Biden's 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties across 16 states. Trump's median margin of victory was 13.2 percentage points in those 181 counties, while Biden's median margin of victory was 3.4 percentage points among the 25 he won.[4][5]
In 2020, North Carolina had six Retained Pivot Counties, 23 solid Democratic counties, 68 solid Republican counties, and three counties with a different voting pattern.
Trump received 49.9% of the vote to Biden's 48.6%. Both candidates received a larger share of the vote compared to 2016 with a 0.1 percentage point increase for Trump and a 2.4 point increase for Biden, narrowing Trump's margin by 2.3 percentage points compared to 2016.
Trump expanded his margin in the six Retained Pivot Counties by 7.9 percentage points. Biden's vote share in those counties decreased by 3.1 percentage points.
Biden either increased his margins or narrowed Trump's in the remaining categories of counties. Biden's largest margin increase came in Solid Democratic counties where he received a 3.4 percentage point larger vote share in 2020 compared to 2016. Trump's vote share in those counties decreased by 0.5 points.
The table below compares margins in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. Percentages show the share of the vote received by a candidate. Margins and changes are shown as changes in percentage points. The overall winner of a given category can be found under the "2020" data. The "Percentage point change" section shows changes in vote share and in margins. Figures were calculated by combining the vote totals across all counties of a given category and may not equal 100% due to rounding. Click [show] beneath the table to view vote totals.
| North Carolina presidential election results by county category, 2016-2020 | |||||||||||||
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| Year | # | 2016 | 2020 | Percentage point change | |||||||||
| Clinton | Trump | Third party | Margin | Biden | Trump | Third party | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Third party | Margin | ||
| Retained | 6 | 46.1% | 51.4% | 2.5% | R+5.3 | 43.0% | 56.1% | 0.9% | R+13.1 | -3.1 | +4.7 | -1.6 | R+7.9 |
| Solid Dem. | 23 | 59.5% | 36.0% | 4.5% | D+23.5 | 62.9% | 35.5% | 1.6% | D+27.4 | +3.4 | -0.5 | -2.9 | D+3.9 |
| Solid Repub. | 68 | 32.0% | 64.5% | 3.5% | R+32.6 | 34.0% | 64.6% | 1.3% | R+30.6 | +2.1 | +0.1 | -2.2 | D+1.9 |
| Other | 3 | 47.0% | 48.9% | 4.1% | R+2.0 | 49.9% | 48.6% | 1.5% | D+1.3 | +2.9 | -0.4 | -2.6 | D+3.3 |
| All | 100 | 46.2% | 49.8% | 4.0% | R+3.7 | 48.6% | 49.9% | 1.5% | R+1.3 | +2.4 | +0.1 | -2.5 | D+2.3 |
| North Carolina presidential election vote totals by county category, 2016-2020 | |||||||||||||
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| Year | # | 2016 | 2020 | Change | |||||||||
| Clinton | Trump | Third party | Margin | Biden | Trump | Third party | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Third party | Margin | ||
| Retained | 6 | 55,715 | 62,057 | 3,020 | R+6,342 | 58,122 | 75,858 | 1,205 | R+17,736 | +2,407 | +13,801 | -1,815 | R+11,394 |
| Solid Dem. | 23 | 1,363,086 | 824,534 | 103,585 | D+538,552 | 1,659,134 | 937,084 | 43,200 | D+722,050 | +296,048 | +112,550 | -60,385 | D+183,498 |
| Solid Repub. | 68 | 688,982 | 1,391,121 | 75,966 | R+702,139 | 867,765 | 1,649,200 | 34,358 | R+781,435 | +178,783 | +258,079 | -41,608 | R+79,296 |
| Other | 3 | 81533 | 84919 | 7046 | R+3,386 | 99271 | 96631 | 2974 | D+2,640 | +17,738 | +11,712 | -4,072 | D+6,026 |
| All | 100 | 2,189,316 | 2,362,631 | 189,617 | R+173,315 | 2,684,292 | 2,758,773 | 81,737 | R+74,481 | +494,976 | +396,142 | -107,880 | D+98,834 |
Solid Republican counties made up 65.1% of Trump's new votes in 2020 and Solid Democratic counties made up 59.8% of Biden's. Retained Pivot Counties accounted for 2.7% of Trump's vote total compared to 2.2% for Biden.
The table below shows how much of a candidate's vote total came from a particular county category. Data under "New votes, 2020" shows the percentage of a candidate's new votes by county category compared to 2016 vote totals.
| Percentage of votes by county category in North Carolina's 2016 and 2020 presidential elections | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | # | 2016 | 2020 | New votes, 2020 | ||||||
| Clinton | Trump | Biden | Trump | Democratic votes |
Republican votes | |||||
| Total votes | 100 | 2,189,316 | 2,362,631 | 2,684,292 | 2,758,773 | +494,976 | +396,142 | |||
| Retained | 6 | 2.5% | 2.6% | 2.2% | 2.7% | 0.5% | 3.5% | |||
| Solid Dem. | 23 | 62.3% | 34.9% | 61.8% | 34.0% | 59.8% | 28.4% | |||
| Solid Repub. | 68 | 31.5% | 58.9% | 32.3% | 59.8% | 36.1% | 65.1% | |||
| Other | 3 | 3.7% | 3.6% | 3.7% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3.0% | |||
PredictIt market in North Carolina
What is a PredictIt market?
PredictIt is an online political futures market in which users purchase shares relating to the outcome of political events using real money. Each event, such as an election, has a number of contracts associated with it, each correlating to a different outcome. For instance, an election contested between four candidates would be represented by eight separate contracts, with each contract correlating to a particular candidate winning or losing the election.
The price of a share in each individual contract rises and falls based on market demand. Once the event's outcome is decided, holders of shares that correlate with the correct outcome receive a $1 payout for each share they held.
For example, a user buys 10 shares at 20 cents each in a presidential primary saying Candidate A will win. If Candidate A wins the election, the user earns $10. If the candidate loses, the user earns no money and loses his original $2 investment.
Why do PredictIt markets matter?
Services such as PredictIt are being used to gain insight into the likely outcome of elections. Microsoft Research economist David Rothschild argues that they are better suited to the task than polls: "I can create a poll that can mimic everything about a prediction market...except markets have a way of incentivizing you to come back at 2 a.m. and update your answer."[6][7][8]
Campaign events in North Carolina
This section features clips of Biden and Trump at presidential campaign events in North Carolina during the 2020 general election.
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Summary of changes to election dates and procedures
North Carolina modified its absentee/mail-in voting and early voting procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:
- Absentee/mail-in voting: The witness signature requirement on completed absentee ballots decreased from two to one. The receipt deadline was extended to 5 p.m. on November 12, 2020, for ballots postmarked on or before Election Day.
- Early voting: Early voting sites were required to be open for at least 10 hours on the weekends of October 17-18, 2020, and October 24-25, 2020. Counties had to open at least one early voting site per 20,000 registered voters.
For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.
Frequently asked questions
The 2020 election took place against a backdrop of uncertainty. Our readers had questions about what to expect in elections at all levels of government, from the casting of ballots to the certification of final results. Ballotpedia's 2020 Election Help Desk was designed to answer those questions. Ballotpedia is in the process of compiling and answering frequently asked questions related to the 2020 elections. Questions related to this election will be available soon.
Additional resources
- Documenting North Carolina's path to recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021
- Government responses to and political effects of the coronavirus pandemic, 2020 (North Carolina)
- School responses in North Carolina to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2020-2021 school year
- Debate in North Carolina over responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020
- Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020
Democratic primary
- See also: Democratic presidential nomination, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) was formally nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee at the 2020 Democratic National Convention on August 18, 2020.[9] The convention was originally scheduled to take place July 13-16, 2020.[10] Organizers postponed the event in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Prior to the national convention, individual state caucuses and primaries were held to allocate convention delegates. These delegates vote at the convention to select the nominee. In 2020, a Democratic presidential candidate needed support from 1,991 delegates to secure the nomination.
With the plurality of pledged delegates, Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee on April 8, 2020, after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) suspended his presidential campaign.[11] Biden crossed the delegate threshold necessary to win the nomination on June 5, 2020.[12]
Biden announced U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D) as his running mate on August 11, 2020. Harris is the first Black woman to appear on a major party's ticket in the United States.[13]
Republican primary
- See also: Republican presidential nomination, 2020
The Republican Party selected President Donald Trump as its presidential nominee at the 2020 Republican National Convention, which was held from August 24-27, 2020.[14]
Prior to the national convention, individual state caucuses and primaries were held to allocate convention delegates. These delegates vote at the convention to select the nominee. Trump crossed the delegate threshold necessary to win the nomination—1,276 delegates—on March 17, 2020.
George H.W. Bush (R) was the last incumbent to face a serious primary challenge, defeating political commentator Pat Buchanan in 1992. He was also the last president to lose his re-election campaign. Franklin Pierce (D) was the first and only elected president to lose his party's nomination in 1856.[15]
Sixteen U.S. presidents—approximately one-third—have won two consecutive elections.
Candidate filing requirements
The tables below detail filing requirements for presidential candidates in North Carolina in the 2020 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in North Carolina, click here.
Presidential primary candidates
| Filing requirements for presidential primary candidates in North Carolina, 2020 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Party | Signatures required | Signature formula | Filing fee | Filing fee formula | Filing deadline | Source |
| North Carolina | Qualified political parties | 10,000 | Fixed by statute | N/A | N/A | 12/27/2019 (deadline for county verification); 1/6/2020 (final filing deadline) | Source |
Independent presidential candidates
| Filing requirements for independent candidates in North Carolina, 2020 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Signatures required | Signature formula | Filing fee | Filing fee formula | Filing deadline | Source |
| North Carolina | 70,665 | 1.5% of the total number of votes cast for governor in the last general election | N/A | N/A | 3/3/2020 | Source |
Historical election results
2016
General election
| U.S. presidential election, North Carolina, 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine | 46.2% | 2,189,316 | 0 | |
| Republican |  Donald Trump/Mike Pence |
49.8% | 2,362,631 | 15 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson/Bill Weld | 2.7% | 130,126 | 0 | |
| - | Write-in votes | 1.3% | 59,491 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 4,741,564 | 15 | |||
| Election results via: North Carolina State Board of Elections | |||||
Primary election
| North Carolina Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
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Hillary Clinton |
54.5% | 622,915 | 60 | |
| Bernie Sanders | 40.9% | 467,018 | 47 | |
| Martin O'Malley | 1.1% | 12,122 | 0 | |
| Roque De La Fuente | 0.3% | 3,376 | 0 | |
| Other | 3.3% | 37,485 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,142,916 | 107 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and North Carolina State Board of Elections | ||||
| North Carolina Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Donald Trump |
40.2% | 462,413 | 29 | |
| Ted Cruz | 36.8% | 422,621 | 27 | |
| John Kasich | 12.7% | 145,659 | 9 | |
| Marco Rubio | 7.7% | 88,907 | 6 | |
| Ben Carson | 1% | 11,019 | 1 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.3% | 3,893 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.3% | 3,071 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 2,753 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 1,256 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 929 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 663 | 0 | |
| Jim Gilmore | 0% | 265 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.5% | 6,081 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,149,530 | 72 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and North Carolina Board of Elections | ||||
2012
| U.S. presidential election, North Carolina, 2012 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan |
50.4% | 2,270,395 | 15 | |
| Democratic | Barack Obama/Joe Biden Incumbent | 48.4% | 2,178,391 | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson/Jim Gray | 1% | 44,515 | 0 | |
| N/A | Write-ins | 0.3% | 11,537 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 4,504,838 | 15 | |||
| Election results via: U.S. Election Atlas | |||||
Other candidates that appeared on the ballot received less than 0.1% of the vote. Those candidates included: Virgil Goode.[16]
2008
| U.S. presidential election, North Carolina, 2008 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Barack Obama/Joe Biden |
49.7% | 2,142,651 | 15 | |
| Republican | John McCain/Sarah Palin | 49.4% | 2,128,474 | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Bob Barr/Wayne Allyn Root | 0.6% | 25,722 | 0 | |
| N/A | Write-ins | 0.3% | 12,292 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 4,309,139 | 15 | |||
| Election results via: U.S. Election Atlas | |||||
Other candidates that appeared on the ballot received less than 0.1% of the vote. Those candidates included: Ralph Nader, Cynthia McKinney, and Brian Moore.[17]
Presidential statewide margins of victory of 5 percentage points or fewer, 1948-2016
The following map shows the number of times, in presidential elections held between 1948 and 2016, that the margin of victory was 5 percentage points or fewer in each state.
- Wisconsin was the state with the most frequently narrow margins during this time period, appearing on the list in 10 presidential elections.
- Five states appeared eight times: Florida, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
- The state with the narrowest margin of victory was Florida in 2000 at 537 votes or one-hundredth of a percentage point.
Historical election trends
- See also: Presidential voting history by state
North Carolina presidential election results (1900-2024)
- 18 Democratic wins
- 14 Republican wins
| Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 |
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| Winning Party | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R |
- See also: Presidential election accuracy
Below is an analysis of North Carolina's voting record in presidential elections. The state's accuracy is based on the number of times a state has voted for a winning presidential candidate. The majority of statistical data is from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration and was compiled, here, by Ballotpedia, unless otherwise noted.
Presidential election voting record in North Carolina, 1900-2016
Between 1900 and 2016:
- North Carolina participated in 30 presidential elections.
- North Carolina voted for the winning presidential candidate 66.67 percent of the time. The average accuracy of voting for winning presidential candidates for all 50 states in this time frame was 72.31 percent.[18]
- North Carolina voted Democratic 60 percent of the time and Republican 40 percent of the time.
Presidential election voting record in North Carolina, 2000-2016
- Accuracy: 80 percent[19]
- 2000 state winner: George W. Bush (R)*
- 2004 state winner: George W. Bush (R)*
- 2008 state winner: Barack Obama (D)*
- 2012 state winner: Mitt Romney (R)
- 2016 state winner: Donald Trump (R)*
*An asterisk indicates that that candidate also won the national electoral vote in that election.
State profile
- See also: North Carolina and North Carolina elections, 2019
Partisan data
The information in this section was current as of May 7, 2019
Presidential voting pattern
- North Carolina voted Republican in six out of the seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
Congressional delegation
- Following the 2018 elections, both U.S. Senators from North Carolina were Republicans.
- North Carolina had three Democratic and eight Republican U.S. Representatives, and two seats were vacant.
State executives
- Democrats held four and Republicans held six of North Carolina's 20 state executive offices. Elections for the other offices are nonpartisan.
- North Carolina's governor was Democrat Roy Cooper.
State legislature
- Republicans controlled the North Carolina State Senate with a 29-21 majority.
- Republicans controlled the North Carolina House of Representatives with a 65-54 majority.
North Carolina Party Control: 1992-2025
Fourteen years of Democratic trifectas • Four years of Republican trifectas
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| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| Governor | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| Senate | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| House | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
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| Demographic data for North Carolina | ||
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| North Carolina | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 10,035,186 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 48,618 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 69.5% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 21.5% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 2.5% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 1.2% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 2.4% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 8.8% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 85.8% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 28.4% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $46,868 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 20.5% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in North Carolina. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Presidential election by state
- See also: Presidential election by state, 2020
Click on a state below to navigate to information about the presidential election in that jurisdiction.
See also
- Presidential candidates, 2020
- Democratic presidential nomination, 2020
- Republican presidential nomination, 2020
- Presidential election by state, 2020
Footnotes
- ↑ CNN, "Super Tuesday 2020," March 3, 2020
- ↑ USA Today, "North Carolina Republican Primary Results," accessed March 3, 2020
- ↑ The Hill, "North Carolina will be a big battleground state in 2020," October 19, 2017
- ↑ This analysis does not include counties in Alaska and certain independent cities due to variations in vote total reporting.
- ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
- ↑ Nature, "The power of prediction markets," October 18, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Meet the 'stock market' for politics," October 31, 2014
- ↑ U.S. Presidential General Election Results, "2008 Electoral Map Based on the Intrade Prediction Market," accessed January 25, 2018
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "2020 DNC in Milwaukee pushed back to week of August 17 in response to coronavirus pandemic," April 2, 2020
- ↑ The New York Times, "Milwaukee Picked as Site of 2020 Democratic National Convention," March 11, 2019
- ↑ Talking Points Memo, "Bernie Sanders Ends 2020 Bid, Making Biden Presumptive Dem Nominee," April 8, 2020
- ↑ AP, "Biden formally clinches Democratic presidential nomination," June 5, 2020
- ↑ CNBC, "Joe Biden picks Sen. Kamala Harris to be his vice presidential running mate, making her the first black woman on a major ticket," August 11, 2020
- ↑ Charlotte Observer, "Here’s when the 2020 Republican National Convention will be in Charlotte," October 1, 2018
- ↑ NPR, "When Has A President Been Denied His Party's Nomination?" July 22, 2009
- ↑ U.S. Election Atlas, "2012 Presidential Election Results," accessed December 29, 2014
- ↑ U.S. Election Atlas, "2008 Presidential Election Results," accessed December 29, 2014
- ↑ This average includes states like Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, which did not participate in all 30 presidential elections between 1900 and 2016. It does not include Washington, D.C., which cast votes for president for the first time in 1964, or Alaska and Hawaii, which cast votes for president for the first time in 1960.
- ↑ This number refers to the number of times that the state voted for the winning presidential candidate between 2000 and 2016.
