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Election 1960 Results

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1960 North Carolina governor election

Terry Sanford (Democrat) beat Robert L. Gavin (Republican) in North Carolina in 1960, 54.5% to 45.5%, a margin of 9.0 points and 121,273 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1956, when Luther H. Hodges won.

Democrats led in 72 of the 100 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 28. The largest, Mecklenburg, cast 85,937 votes and went to the Democrat by 1.4 points. The closest was Stokes, where 54 votes separated the two parties.

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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
Terry Sanford won Democratic 735,248 54.5%
Robert L. Gavin Republican 613,975 45.5%
Total1,349,223

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Mecklenburg 43,572 50.7% 42,365 49.3% 85,937 D+1.4
Guilford 29,500 42.0% 40,752 58.0% 70,252 R+16.0
Forsyth 24,635 44.4% 30,849 55.6% 55,484 R+11.2
Buncombe 23,875 49.2% 24,636 50.8% 48,511 R+1.6
Wake 25,457 58.8% 17,856 41.2% 43,313 D+17.5
Gaston 21,478 52.5% 19,469 47.5% 40,947 D+4.9
Catawba 14,462 44.3% 18,149 55.7% 32,611 R+11.3
Davidson 13,746 43.0% 18,193 57.0% 31,939 R+13.9
Durham 17,219 54.5% 14,359 45.5% 31,578 D+9.1
Rowan 13,826 45.2% 16,739 54.8% 30,565 R+9.5
Alamance 12,488 44.2% 15,763 55.8% 28,251 R+11.6
Randolph 9,639 37.6% 16,021 62.4% 25,660 R+24.9
Cabarrus 9,560 39.4% 14,678 60.6% 24,238 R+21.1
Burke 10,831 47.0% 12,193 53.0% 23,024 R+5.9
New Hanover 13,205 57.8% 9,657 42.2% 22,862 D+15.5
Iredell 9,641 45.5% 11,557 54.5% 21,198 R+9.0
Wilkes 8,151 38.7% 12,884 61.3% 21,035 R+22.5
Rockingham 11,023 53.8% 9,473 46.2% 20,496 D+7.6
Caldwell 9,569 47.0% 10,788 53.0% 20,357 R+6.0
Cumberland 13,451 68.6% 6,159 31.4% 19,610 D+37.2
Stanly 8,712 44.9% 10,681 55.1% 19,393 R+10.2
Cleveland 11,526 61.6% 7,188 38.4% 18,714 D+23.2
Surry 8,598 47.2% 9,603 52.8% 18,201 R+5.5
Rutherford 9,333 53.2% 8,202 46.8% 17,535 D+6.4
Haywood 8,706 52.8% 7,775 47.2% 16,481 D+5.6
Johnston 9,889 61.5% 6,198 38.5% 16,087 D+22.9
Pitt 12,585 79.9% 3,162 20.1% 15,747 D+59.8
Henderson 5,544 36.0% 9,868 64.0% 15,412 R+28.1
Robeson 12,242 81.1% 2,846 18.9% 15,088 D+62.3
Sampson 7,835 52.3% 7,143 47.7% 14,978 D+4.6
Nash 10,246 73.9% 3,619 26.1% 13,865 D+47.8
Columbus 10,492 76.2% 3,279 23.8% 13,771 D+52.4
Lincoln 7,019 51.8% 6,534 48.2% 13,553 D+3.6
Harnett 7,915 60.5% 5,166 39.5% 13,081 D+21.0
Wayne 8,058 62.8% 4,775 37.2% 12,833 D+25.6
Orange 7,459 60.6% 4,840 39.4% 12,299 D+21.3
Lenoir 8,106 69.4% 3,578 30.6% 11,684 D+38.8
Richmond 8,503 74.1% 2,965 25.9% 11,468 D+48.3
Union 7,688 68.0% 3,610 32.0% 11,298 D+36.1
Moore 5,817 51.6% 5,462 48.4% 11,279 D+3.1
Halifax 9,075 81.4% 2,072 18.6% 11,147 D+62.8
McDowell 5,494 49.7% 5,571 50.3% 11,065 R+0.7
Craven 7,135 65.0% 3,834 35.0% 10,969 D+30.1
Wilson 8,116 74.2% 2,829 25.8% 10,945 D+48.3
Duplin 7,384 72.4% 2,816 27.6% 10,200 D+44.8
Yadkin 3,082 30.7% 6,973 69.3% 10,055 R+38.7
Carteret 5,250 53.8% 4,515 46.2% 9,765 D+7.5
Edgecombe 7,709 79.4% 2,005 20.6% 9,714 D+58.7
Stokes 4,702 49.7% 4,756 50.3% 9,458 R+0.6
Ashe 4,731 50.4% 4,663 49.6% 9,394 D+0.7
Madison 4,848 53.6% 4,193 46.4% 9,041 D+7.2
Chatham 4,732 52.8% 4,233 47.2% 8,965 D+5.6
Watauga 4,127 47.3% 4,607 52.7% 8,734 R+5.5
Beaufort 6,016 69.8% 2,605 30.2% 8,621 D+39.6
Onslow 5,740 69.4% 2,534 30.6% 8,274 D+38.7
Jackson 4,354 54.6% 3,622 45.4% 7,976 D+9.2
Vance 5,772 75.3% 1,892 24.7% 7,664 D+50.6
Transylvania 3,871 50.9% 3,732 49.1% 7,603 D+1.8
Cherokee 3,513 46.5% 4,038 53.5% 7,551 R+7.0
Alexander 3,291 45.6% 3,933 54.4% 7,224 R+8.9
Davie 2,646 36.7% 4,555 63.3% 7,201 R+26.5
Brunswick 4,260 59.2% 2,931 40.8% 7,191 D+18.5
Lee 3,997 56.6% 3,070 43.4% 7,067 D+13.1
Montgomery 3,462 49.6% 3,516 50.4% 6,978 R+0.8
Macon 3,497 50.5% 3,422 49.5% 6,919 D+1.1
Yancey 3,629 54.1% 3,084 45.9% 6,713 D+8.1
Martin 5,855 90.7% 600 9.3% 6,455 D+81.4
Granville 4,637 73.7% 1,654 26.3% 6,291 D+47.4
Pasquotank 4,848 77.9% 1,375 22.1% 6,223 D+55.8
Bladen 4,479 72.4% 1,709 27.6% 6,188 D+44.8
Franklin 5,068 83.0% 1,039 17.0% 6,107 D+66.0
Person 4,332 71.3% 1,744 28.7% 6,076 D+42.6
Mitchell 1,422 24.0% 4,506 76.0% 5,928 R+52.0
Anson 4,307 76.3% 1,337 23.7% 5,644 D+52.6
Polk 2,954 53.4% 2,578 46.6% 5,532 D+6.8
Northampton 4,888 91.7% 443 8.3% 5,331 D+83.4
Avery 1,311 25.4% 3,860 74.6% 5,171 R+49.3
Scotland 3,911 80.6% 940 19.4% 4,851 D+61.2
Bertie 3,747 89.9% 422 10.1% 4,169 D+79.8
Alleghany 2,279 55.3% 1,839 44.7% 4,118 D+10.7
Swain 2,300 56.1% 1,800 43.9% 4,100 D+12.2
Pender 2,827 70.8% 1,164 29.2% 3,991 D+41.7
Caswell 2,701 67.8% 1,283 32.2% 3,984 D+35.6
Hertford 3,281 85.6% 554 14.4% 3,835 D+71.1
Warren 3,148 85.1% 552 14.9% 3,700 D+70.2
Greene 3,115 88.6% 400 11.4% 3,515 D+77.2
Washington 2,492 73.3% 910 26.7% 3,402 D+46.5
Graham 1,555 49.0% 1,617 51.0% 3,172 R+2.0
Clay 1,416 47.8% 1,547 52.2% 2,963 R+4.4
Pamlico 1,724 63.0% 1,012 37.0% 2,736 D+26.0
Hoke 2,237 82.6% 472 17.4% 2,709 D+65.2
Jones 1,971 79.7% 502 20.3% 2,473 D+59.4
Chowan 1,954 82.5% 415 17.5% 2,369 D+65.0
Dare 1,551 68.9% 701 31.1% 2,252 D+37.7
Currituck 1,732 84.7% 314 15.3% 2,046 D+69.3
Perquimans 1,516 77.9% 429 22.1% 1,945 D+55.9
Gates 1,577 86.8% 240 13.2% 1,817 D+73.6
Hyde 1,133 70.2% 482 29.8% 1,615 D+40.3
Camden 1,057 79.2% 278 20.8% 1,335 D+58.4
Tyrrell 1,026 82.2% 222 17.8% 1,248 D+64.4

Counties as they stood in 1960; 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)