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Election 1892 Results

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1892 North Carolina governor election

Elias Carr (Democrat) beat David M. Furches (Republican) in North Carolina in 1892, 48.3% to 33.8%, a margin of 14.5 points and 40,646 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1888, when Daniel G. Fowle won.

Democrats led in 69 of the 96 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 23 and other candidates in 3. The largest, Wake, cast 8,616 votes and went to the Democrat by 24.6 points. The closest was Dare, where 1 vote separated the top two.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Elias Carr won Democratic 135,327 48.3%
David M. Furches Republican 94,681 33.8%
Wyatt P. Exum Populist 47,747 17.0%
All other candidates 2,448 0.9%
Total280,203

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wake 3,792 44.0% 1,673 19.4% 3,151 8,616 D+24.6
Buncombe 3,584 50.6% 3,140 44.3% 357 7,081 D+6.3
Mecklenburg 3,887 59.7% 1,961 30.1% 663 6,511 D+29.6
Guilford 2,815 47.2% 2,500 41.9% 654 5,969 D+5.3
Forsyth 2,903 50.6% 2,377 41.4% 460 5,740 D+9.2
Halifax 3,328 65.9% 1,124 22.3% 596 5,048 D+43.7
Wayne 2,283 47.0% 1,580 32.5% 999 4,862 D+14.5
Cumberland 2,389 49.3% 1,001 20.7% 1,457 4,847 D+28.6
Randolph 2,113 43.8% 1,870 38.8% 840 4,823 D+5.0
Pitt 2,083 44.4% 1,133 24.2% 1,473 4,689 D+20.3
Rockingham 1,881 40.2% 1,881 40.2% 920 4,682 level
Johnston 3,145 68.1% 917 19.9% 557 4,619 D+48.2
Robeson 2,270 50.2% 1,121 24.8% 1,129 4,520 D+25.4
Iredell 2,274 51.0% 1,500 33.6% 685 4,459 D+17.4
Chatham 1,609 37.4% 372 8.7% 2,318 4,299 Others
Davidson 1,928 45.2% 1,830 42.9% 504 4,262 D+2.3
Sampson 1,370 32.3% 1,266 29.8% 1,607 4,243 Others
Beaufort 1,919 46.6% 1,510 36.6% 693 4,122 D+9.9
Franklin 1,786 43.8% 890 21.8% 1,402 4,078 D+22.0
Rowan 2,327 58.1% 848 21.2% 831 4,006 D+36.9
New Hanover 2,447 61.8% 1,326 33.5% 187 3,960 D+28.3
Moore 1,693 44.2% 1,373 35.8% 767 3,833 D+8.3
Wilkes 1,755 46.1% 1,921 50.5% 131 3,807 R+4.4
Surry 1,998 53.4% 1,683 45.0% 60 3,741 D+8.4
Wilson 2,032 54.7% 406 10.9% 1,278 3,716 D+43.8
Rutherford 1,799 49.9% 1,550 43.0% 259 3,608 D+6.9
Durham 1,500 42.7% 1,233 35.1% 780 3,513 D+7.6
Granville 1,406 40.1% 1,589 45.3% 510 3,505 R+5.2
Alamance 1,738 49.8% 1,199 34.4% 551 3,488 D+15.5
Craven 1,483 43.2% 1,657 48.2% 296 3,436 R+5.1
Edgecombe 1,760 51.6% 1,074 31.5% 580 3,414 D+20.1
Bertie 1,698 50.1% 1,322 39.0% 372 3,392 D+11.1
Cleveland 1,799 53.2% 600 17.7% 984 3,383 D+35.4
Catawba 1,743 51.8% 665 19.7% 960 3,368 D+32.0
Northampton 1,455 43.6% 1,027 30.8% 857 3,339 D+12.8
Duplin 1,502 45.7% 970 29.5% 818 3,290 D+16.2
Richmond 1,740 53.0% 1,074 32.7% 469 3,283 D+20.3
Gaston 1,634 51.3% 1,146 36.0% 403 3,183 D+15.3
Union 1,827 57.8% 475 15.0% 857 3,159 D+42.8
Vance 930 30.3% 1,301 42.3% 843 3,074 R+12.1
Madison 1,135 37.1% 1,805 59.0% 118 3,058 R+21.9
Warren 802 26.4% 1,295 42.6% 944 3,041 R+16.2
Columbus 1,618 53.6% 755 25.0% 648 3,021 D+28.6
Stokes 1,230 41.0% 1,570 52.4% 197 2,997 R+11.3
Person 1,259 42.2% 1,404 47.0% 322 2,985 R+4.9
Ashe 1,390 47.0% 1,461 49.4% 107 2,958 R+2.4
Cabarrus 1,442 49.3% 620 21.2% 862 2,924 D+28.1
Caswell 951 32.7% 1,498 51.6% 456 2,905 R+18.8
Lenoir 1,426 50.1% 943 33.1% 479 2,848 D+17.0
Martin 1,485 52.2% 1,009 35.5% 349 2,843 D+16.7
Orange 1,117 39.8% 875 31.2% 812 2,804 D+8.6
Nash 1,081 38.9% 347 12.5% 1,349 2,777 Others
Bladen 1,292 47.1% 904 33.0% 546 2,742 D+14.2
Burke 1,425 52.1% 1,075 39.3% 234 2,734 D+12.8
Haywood 1,507 58.7% 949 37.0% 111 2,567 D+21.7
Harnett 1,242 50.0% 567 22.8% 677 2,486 D+27.2
Yadkin 1,044 42.1% 1,234 49.7% 204 2,482 R+7.7
Pasquotank 869 38.1% 1,214 53.2% 197 2,280 R+15.1
Henderson 842 39.9% 1,172 55.5% 98 2,112 R+15.6
Caldwell 1,193 57.5% 582 28.1% 298 2,073 D+29.5
Davie 738 35.9% 1,073 52.2% 246 2,057 R+16.3
Mitchell 714 34.7% 1,311 63.7% 32 2,057 R+29.0
Montgomery 998 48.8% 834 40.8% 212 2,044 D+8.0
Carteret 1,244 61.2% 550 27.1% 238 2,032 D+34.2
Lincoln 992 49.1% 563 27.9% 466 2,021 D+21.2
Pender 901 45.3% 957 48.1% 132 1,990 R+2.8
Onslow 1,177 60.3% 298 15.3% 477 1,952 D+45.0
Anson 1,348 71.2% 263 13.9% 283 1,894 D+57.3
McDowell 1,062 56.9% 732 39.2% 74 1,868 D+17.7
Watauga 928 50.0% 829 44.6% 100 1,857 D+5.3
Greene 1,035 56.2% 567 30.8% 239 1,841 D+25.4
Gates 889 49.2% 545 30.2% 372 1,806 D+19.0
Jackson 966 56.5% 576 33.7% 168 1,710 D+22.8
Hertford 665 39.5% 867 51.5% 151 1,683 R+12.0
Yancey 917 55.1% 601 36.1% 146 1,664 D+19.0
Brunswick 767 46.4% 140 8.5% 745 1,652 D+38.0
Perquimans 521 32.2% 816 50.4% 283 1,620 R+18.2
Stanly 1,079 66.9% 290 18.0% 245 1,614 D+48.9
Hyde 864 54.2% 14 0.9% 717 1,595 D+53.3
Chowan 679 43.6% 793 50.9% 86 1,558 R+7.3
Cherokee 687 44.4% 804 52.0% 56 1,547 R+7.6
Macon 848 55.2% 519 33.8% 168 1,535 D+21.4
Washington 576 40.6% 423 29.9% 418 1,417 D+10.8
Alexander 586 41.7% 436 31.0% 384 1,406 D+10.7
Jones 659 49.3% 307 22.9% 372 1,338 D+26.3
Currituck 820 62.4% 386 29.4% 109 1,315 D+33.0
Pamlico 497 37.9% 413 31.5% 401 1,311 D+6.4
Swain 580 48.7% 395 33.2% 216 1,191 D+15.5
Alleghany 814 71.1% 328 28.6% 3 1,145 D+42.4
Camden 496 45.5% 499 45.7% 96 1,091 R+0.3
Polk 507 47.4% 563 52.6% 1,070 R+5.2
Transylvania 522 50.5% 506 48.9% 6 1,034 D+1.5
Tyrrell 248 32.5% 275 36.0% 241 764 R+3.5
Clay 373 52.6% 253 35.7% 83 709 D+16.9
Dare 332 50.0% 331 49.8% 1 664 D+0.2
Graham 323 54.8% 260 44.1% 6 589 D+10.7

Counties as they stood in 1892; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

North Carolina governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Josh Stein (D) D+14.8
2020 Roy Cooper (D) D+4.5
2016 Roy Cooper (D) D+0.2
2012 Pat McCrory (R) R+11.4
2008 Bev Perdue (D) D+3.4
2004 Mike Easley (D) D+12.7
2000 Mike Easley (D) D+5.8
1996 Jim Hunt (D) D+13.2
1992 Jim Hunt (D) D+9.5
1988 James G. Martin (R) R+12.1
1984 James G. Martin (R) R+8.8
1980 Jim Hunt (D) D+24.5
1976 Jim Hunt (D) D+31.1
1972 James Holshouser (R) R+2.5
1968 Robert W. Scott (D) D+5.4
1964 Dan K. Moore (D) D+13.2
1960 Terry Sanford (D) D+9.0
1956 Luther H. Hodges (D) D+33.9
1952 William B. Umstead (D) D+35.0
1948 W. Kerr Scott (D) D+47.0
1944 R. Gregg Cherry (D) D+39.2
1940 J. Melville Broughton (D) D+51.4
1936 Clyde R. Hoey (D) D+33.8
1932 J. C.B. Ehringhaus (D) D+40.1
1928 O. Max Gardner (D) D+11.1
1924 Angus Wilton McLean (D) D+22.7
1920 Cameron Morrison (D) D+14.5
1916 Thomas W. Bickett (D) D+16.6
1912 Locke Craig (D) D+43.5
1908 William W. Kitchin (D) D+14.7
1904 Robert B. Glenn (D) D+23.6
1900 Charles B. Aycock (D) D+19.3
1896 Daniel L. Russell (R) R+2.6
1892 Elias Carr (D) D+14.5
1888 Daniel G. Fowle (D) D+5.0
1884 Alfred M. Scales (D) D+7.7
1880 Thomas J. Jarvis (D) D+2.6
1876 Zebulon B. Vance (D) D+5.7
1872 Tod R. Caldwell (R) R+1.0
1868 William W. Holden (R) R+55.5
1866 Jonathan Worth (other)
1865 Jonathan Worth (other)