Results archive / North Carolina
North Carolina election results
President since 1976, counties since 2000, US Senate since 1976.
President
Electoral votes
1976 D 131980 R 131984 R 131988 R 131992 R 141996 R 142000 R 142004 R 152008 D 152012 R 152016 R 152020 R 152024 R 16
2024 Trump+3.2
Counties
Democratic lead<55-1010-2020+
Republican lead<55-1010-2020+
No dataSwing
Towards the Democrat<22-55-1010+
Towards the Republican<22-55-1010+
No dataUS Senate
2026uncertified count
Roy Cooper (D)58.7%
Michael Whatley (R)39.1%
2022
Ted Budd (R)50.5%
Cheri Beasley (D)47.3%
2020
Thom Tillis (R)48.7%
Cal Cunningham (D)46.9%
2016
Richard Burr (R)51.1%
Deborah K. Ross (D)45.4%
2014
Thom Tillis (R)48.8%
Kay R. Hagan (D)47.3%
2010
Richard Burr (R)54.8%
Elaine Marshall (D)43.0%
2008
Kay Hagan (D)52.7%
Elizabeth Dole (R)44.2%
2004
Richard Burr (R)51.6%
Erskine Bowles (D)47.0%
2002
Elizabeth H. Dole (R)53.6%
Erskine B. Bowles (D)45.0%
1998
John Edwards (D)51.2%
Lauch Faircloth (R)47.0%
1996
Jesse Helms (R)52.6%
Harvey B. Gantt (D)45.9%
1992
Lauch Faircloth (R)50.3%
Terry Sanford (D)46.3%
1990
Jesse Helms (R)52.5%
Harvey B. Gantt (D)47.4%
1986special
Terry Sanford (D)50.9%
James T. (jim) Broyhill (R)49.1%
1984
Jesse Helms (R)51.7%
James B. (jim) Hunt Jr. (D)47.8%
1980
John P. East (R)50.0%
Robert Morgan (D)49.4%
1978
Jesse Helms (R)54.5%
John Randolph Ingram (D)45.5%
MEDSL and VEST results files: fixed historic releases. 2026 Senate counts: uncertified.
Sources
- National Archives, Office of the Federal Register: Electoral College results 1976-2024 (Public domain (US government work))
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976-2024, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0)
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (GitHub copy, commit f44e3fc; the dataset is CC0 1.0 on Harvard Dataverse, doi:10.7910/DVN/VOQCHQ) (CC0 1.0)
- Connecticut Secretary of the State, 2012 presidential election results by town (CT Election History), summed to the eight legacy counties by PollCheck (Official public records)
- Voting and Election Science Team, 2020 Precinct-Level Election Results, Harvard Dataverse (precincts summed to counties by PollCheck) (CC BY 4.0)
- PollCheck 2024 county totals (us_site/house_pres.py): MEDSL 2024 precinct returns (CC0 1.0) plus the state sources named in county_pres_2024.json (CC0 1.0 (MEDSL rows))
- US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files: counties 2020 (1:500,000) and 2024 (1:5,000,000) (Public domain)
- US Census Bureau state legislative districts (lower chamber), Alaska: TIGER/Line 2010 (2000 and 2010 districts) and cartographic boundary files 2013, 2018 and 2023 (Public domain)
- Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, 2024 General Election, President and Vice President (certified, corrected 5 Dec 2024) (Maine government record)
- New York State Board of Elections, 2004 General Election, President and Vice President, results by county (New York government record)
- New York State Board of Elections, President and Vice-President Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012 (dated 20 Mar 2013, Kings update 9 Jun 2013), copy hosted by the American Presidency Project (New York government record)
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0)
- State election office counts as read by the PollCheck midterms results feed (us_midterms_2026/data/results.json); uncertified (Official public records)
- us-atlas 3.0.1 counties-albers-10m (Census 2017 county boundaries) (ISC)
- us-atlas 3.0.1 states-albers-10m.json (US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files 2017; ISC licence)
Final results.