1796
What happened in North Carolina, 1796
In 1796, North Carolina awarded its 11 electoral votes to Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican party. Nationally the result broke the other way — John Adams (Federalist) won the presidency, leaving North Carolina among the states he did not carry.
The result flipped North Carolina away from the Independent it had supported in 1792. North Carolina did not move alone — neighboring Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, and South Carolina broke the same way in 1796. Across the 58 presidential elections North Carolina has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (32 times). The vote fell within the First Party System — Federalists vs Democratic-Republicans.
In the national count, John Adams took 71 of the 138 electoral votes, against Thomas Jefferson's 68.
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