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North Carolina
Party timeline · 1792–2024
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Swing timeline · North Carolina
One column per cycle. Height is the state’s electoral votes, colour is the party that carried it, and a diamond marks a flip. 14 flips across 58 cycles.
Electoral votes over time
By party · all cycles
Dem 29
Rep 16
D-R 8
3
1
1
Popular vote · newest first
Swing is how far the gap between the Democratic and Republican shares moved since the state’s previous election with sourced votes: “R +1.6” means 1.6 points toward the Republican.
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| Year | Carried by | Dem | Rep | Others named | Margin | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rep Trump | Harris 2,715,375 47.6% | Trump 2,898,423 50.9% | None | 183,048 3.2 pts | R +1.9 since 2020 |
| 20201 | Rep Trump | Biden 2,684,292 48.6% | Trump 2,758,773 49.9% | None | 74,481 1.3 pts | D +2.3 since 2016 |
| 2016 | Rep Trump | Clinton 2,189,316 46.2% | Trump 2,362,631 49.8% | Gary Johnson 130,126 · 2.7% | 173,315 3.7 pts | R +1.6 since 2012 |
| 2012 | Rep Romney | Obama 2,178,391 48.4% | Romney 2,270,395 50.4% | None | 92,004 2.0 pts | R +2.4 since 2008 |
| 2008 | Dem Obama | Obama 2,142,651 49.7% | McCain 2,128,474 49.4% | None | 14,177 0.3 pts | D +12.8 since 2004 |
| 2004 | Rep Bush | Kerry 1,525,849 43.6% | Bush 1,961,166 56.0% | None | 435,317 12.4 pts | D +0.4 since 2000 |
| 20002 | Rep Bush | Gore 1,257,692 43.1% | Bush 1,631,163 56.0% | None | 373,471 12.8 pts | R +8.1 since 1996 |
| 1996 | Rep Dole | Clinton 1,107,849 44.0% | Dole 1,225,938 48.7% | Ross Perot 168,059 · 6.7% | 118,089 4.7 pts | R +3.9 since 1992 |
| 1992 | Rep Bush | Clinton 1,114,042 42.7% | Bush 1,134,661 43.4% | Ross Perot 357,864 · 13.7% | 20,619 0.8 pts | D +15.5 since 1988 |
| 1988 | Rep Bush | Dukakis 890,167 41.7% | Bush 1,237,258 58.0% | None | 347,091 16.3 pts | D +7.7 since 1984 |
| 1984 | Rep Reagan | Mondale 824,287 37.9% | Reagan 1,346,481 61.9% | None | 522,194 24.0 pts | R +21.9 since 1980 |
| 1980 | Rep Reagan | Carter 875,635 47.2% | Reagan 915,018 49.3% | John B. Anderson 52,800 · 2.8% | 39,383 2.1 pts | R +13.2 since 1976 |
| 1976 | Dem Carter | Carter 927,365 55.3% | Ford 741,960 44.2% | None | 185,405 11.0 pts | D +51.6 since 1972 |
| 1972 | Rep Nixon | McGovern 438,705 28.9% | Nixon 1,054,889 69.5% | John G. Schmitz 25,018 · 1.6% | 616,184 40.6 pts | R +30.3 since 1968 |
| 1968 | Rep Nixon Nixon 12, Wallace 1 (faithless elector) | Humphrey 464,113 29.2% | Nixon 627,192 39.5% | George Wallace 496,188 · 31.3% | 131,004 8.3 pts | R +22.6 since 1964 |
| 1964 | Dem Johnson | Johnson 800,139 56.2% | Goldwater 624,844 43.8% | None | 175,295 12.3 pts | D +8.1 since 1960 |
| 1960 | Dem Kennedy | Kennedy 713,136 52.1% | Nixon 655,420 47.9% | None | 57,716 4.2 pts | D +2.9 since 1956 |
| 1956 | Dem Stevenson | Stevenson 590,530 50.7% | Eisenhower 575,062 49.3% | None | 15,468 1.3 pts | R +6.5 since 1952 |
| 1952 | Dem Stevenson | Stevenson 652,803 53.9% | Eisenhower 558,107 46.1% | None | 94,696 7.8 pts | R +17.5 since 1948 |
| 1948 | Dem Truman | Truman 459,070 58.0% | Dewey 258,572 32.7% | Strom Thurmond 69,652 · 8.8% | 200,498 25.3 pts | R +8.1 since 1944 |
| 1944 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 527,399 66.7% | Dewey 263,155 33.3% | None | 264,244 33.4 pts | R +14.6 since 1940 |
| 1940 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 609,015 74.0% | Willkie 213,633 26.0% | None | 395,382 48.1 pts | D +1.3 since 1936 |
| 1936 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 616,141 73.4% | Landon 223,283 26.6% | None | 392,858 46.8 pts | D +6.1 since 1932 |
| 1932 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 497,566 69.9% | Hoover 208,344 29.3% | None | 289,222 40.6 pts | D +50.4 since 1928 |
| 1928 | Rep Hoover | Smith 287,078 45.1% | Hoover 348,992 54.9% | None | 61,914 9.7 pts | R +28.9 since 1924 |
| 1924 | Dem Davis | Davis 284,270 58.9% | Coolidge 191,753 39.7% | Robert M. La Follette 6,651 · 1.4% | 92,517 19.2 pts | D +5.7 since 1920 |
| 19203 | Dem Cox | Cox 305,4473 56.7% | Harding 232,8483 43.2% | None | 72,599 13.5 pts | R +2.9 since 1916 |
| 1916 | Dem Wilson | Wilson 168,383 58.1% | Hughes 120,890 41.7% | None | 47,493 16.4 pts | R +30.9 since 1912 |
| 1912 | Dem Wilson | Wilson 144,507 59.2% | Taft 29,139 11.9% | Theodore Roosevelt 69,130 · 28.3% | 75,377 30.9 pts | D +38.6 since 1908 |
| 19084 | Dem Bryan | Bryan 136,9954 54.2% | Taft 114,9374 45.5% | None | 22,058 8.7 pts | R +11.3 since 1904 |
| 1904 | Dem Parker | Parker 124,121 59.7% | Roosevelt 82,442 39.7% | None | 41,679 20.1 pts | D +11.6 since 1900 |
| 1900 | Dem Bryan | Bryan 157,752 53.9% | McKinley 133,081 45.5% | None | 24,671 8.4 pts | D +2.6 since 1896 |
| 18965 | Dem Bryan | Bryan 174,4885 52.7% | McKinley 155,2225 46.9% | None | 19,266 5.8 pts | R +5.8 since 1892 |
| 18926 | Dem Cleveland | Cleveland 132,9516 47.4% | Harrison 100,3426 35.8% | James B. Weaver 44,736 · 15.9%6 | 32,609 11.6 pts | D +7.0 since 1888 |
| 18887 | Dem Cleveland | Cleveland 147,9027 51.8% | Harrison 134,7847 47.2% | None | 13,118 4.6 pts | R +2.1 since 1884 |
| 18848 | Dem Cleveland | Cleveland 142,9528 53.2% | Blaine 125,0688 46.6% | None | 17,884 6.7 pts | D +3.2 since 1880 |
| 18809 | Dem Hancock | Hancock 124,2049 51.5% | Garfield 115,8789 48.0% | None | 8,326 3.5 pts | R +3.8 since 1876 |
| 187610 | Dem Tilden | Tilden 125,42710 53.6% | Hayes 108,41710 46.4% | None | 17,010 7.3 pts | D +22.4 since 1872 |
| 187211,12 | Rep Grant | Greeley 69,47411 42.4% | Grant 94,30411 57.6% | None | 24,830 15.2 pts | R +8.4 since 1868 |
| 186813 | Rep Grant | Seymour 84,09013 46.6% | Grant 96,22613 53.4% | None | 12,136 6.7 pts | First sourced year |
| 186014 | S-Dem Breckinridge | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 185615 | Dem Buchanan | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 185216 | Dem Pierce | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184817 | Whig Taylor | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184418 | Whig Clay | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184019 | Whig Harrison | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 183620 | Dem Van Buren | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 183221 | Dem Jackson | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182822 | Dem Jackson | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182423 | D-R Jackson | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182024 | D-R Monroe | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 181625 | D-R Monroe | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 181226 | D-R Madison | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 180827 | D-R Madison Madison 11, Pinckney 3 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 180428 | D-R Jefferson | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 180029 | D-R Jefferson Aaron Burr 8, Thomas Jefferson 8, Charles C. Pinckney 4, John Adams 4 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 179630 | D-R Jefferson Thomas Jefferson 11, Aaron Burr 6, James Iredell 3, Charles C. Pinckney 1, George Washington 1, John Adams 1, Thomas Pinckney 1 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 179231 | Ind Washington George Clinton 12, George Washington 12 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
Shares are of the state’s total vote for president. Margin is the leader’s lead over the second-placed candidate. “Others named” lists every other candidate the figures give a line of their own.
Notes on the figures
- 2020 'Other candidates' includes 7,549 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
- 2000 'Other candidates' includes 3,370 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
- 1920 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1908 The official table prints a state total of 252,610, which does not agree with its own figures (they add up to 252,670); their sum is used.
- 1896 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1892 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1888 The official table prints a state total of 285,512, which does not agree with its own figures (they add up to 285,522); their sum is used.
- 1884 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1880 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1876 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1872 Horace Greeley was the Liberal Republican nominee and was also endorsed by the Democratic Party; he is listed under the Democratic column, where the county file records his votes.
- 1872 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1868 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1860 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1856 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1852 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1848 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1844 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1840 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1836 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1832 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1828 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1824 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1820 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1816 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1812 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1808 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1804 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1800 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1796 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1792 State popular vote not yet sourced.
SourcesMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1940 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1936 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1924 ; Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 2, 1920 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1917 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1914 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1910 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1905 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1901 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1897 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1894 ; The World Almanac 1891 ; The World Almanac 1886 ; The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1878 ; The World Almanac for 1873 . How these figures were compiled
Results · oldest → newest
First Party System
1792
Washington
National: George Washington · Ind
First Party System1796
Jefferson
National: John Adams · Fed
First Party System1800
Jefferson
National: Thomas Jefferson · D-R
First Party System1804
Jefferson
National: Thomas Jefferson · D-R
First Party System1808
Madison
National: James Madison · D-R
First Party System1812
Madison
National: James Madison · D-R
First Party System1816
Monroe
National: James Monroe · D-R
Era of Good Feelings1820
Monroe
National: James Monroe · D-R
Era of Good Feelings1824
Jackson
National: John Quincy Adams · D-R
Second Party System1828
Jackson
National: Andrew Jackson · Dem
Second Party System1832
Jackson
National: Andrew Jackson · Dem
Second Party System1836
Van Buren
National: Martin Van Buren · Dem
Second Party System1840
Harrison
National: William Henry Harrison · Whig
Second Party System1844
Clay
National: James K. Polk · Dem
Second Party System1848
Taylor
National: Zachary Taylor · Whig
Second Party System1852
Pierce
National: Franklin Pierce · Dem
Antebellum Crisis1856
Buchanan
National: James Buchanan · Dem
Civil War1860
Breckinridge
National: Abraham Lincoln · Rep
Reconstruction1868
Grant
National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Reconstruction1872
Grant
National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Gilded Age1876
Tilden
National: Rutherford B. Hayes · Rep
Gilded Age1880
Hancock
National: James A. Garfield · Rep
Gilded Age1884
Cleveland
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Gilded Age1888
Cleveland
National: Benjamin Harrison · Rep
Gilded Age1892
Cleveland
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Progressive Era1896
Bryan
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era1900
Bryan
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era1904
Parker
National: Theodore Roosevelt · Rep
Progressive Era1908
Bryan
National: William Howard Taft · Rep
Progressive Era1912
Wilson
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Progressive Era1916
Wilson
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Roaring Twenties1920
Cox
National: Warren G. Harding · Rep
Roaring Twenties1924
Davis
National: Calvin Coolidge · Rep
Roaring Twenties1928
Hoover
National: Herbert Hoover · Rep
New Deal Coalition1932
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1936
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1940
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1944
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1948
Truman
National: Harry S. Truman · Dem
New Deal Coalition1952
Stevenson
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition1956
Stevenson
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition1960
Kennedy
National: John F. Kennedy · Dem
New Deal Coalition1964
Johnson
National: Lyndon B. Johnson · Dem
Cold War Realignment1968
Nixon
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment1972
Nixon
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment1976
Carter
National: Jimmy Carter · Dem
Cold War Realignment1980
Reagan
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment1984
Reagan
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment1988
Bush
National: George H. W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization1992
Bush
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization1996
Dole
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization2000
Bush
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization2004
Bush
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization2008
Obama
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization2012
Romney
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization2016
Trump
National: Donald Trump · Rep
Modern Polarization2020
Trump
National: Joe Biden · Dem
Modern Polarization2024
Trump
National: Donald Trump · Rep
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