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Election 1972 Results

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1972 North Carolina governor election

James Holshouser (Republican) beat Skipper Bowles (Democrat) in North Carolina in 1972, 51.0% to 48.5%, a margin of 2.5 points and 38,366 votes.

North Carolina changed party: in 1968 it went Democratic, for Robert W. Scott.

Democrats led in 57 of the 100 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 43. The largest, Mecklenburg, cast 105,805 votes and went to the Republican by 14.3 points. The closest was Cleveland, where 15 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
James Holshouser won Republican 767,470 51.0%
Skipper Bowles Democratic 729,104 48.5%
All other candidates 8,211 0.5%
Total1,504,785

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Mecklenburg 44,578 42.1% 59,661 56.4% 1,566 105,805 R+14.3
Guilford 44,288 50.4% 43,118 49.1% 480 87,886 D+1.3
Wake 37,453 46.8% 42,227 52.7% 379 80,059 R+6.0
Forsyth 29,158 42.4% 39,039 56.8% 536 68,733 R+14.4
Buncombe 22,113 48.6% 23,088 50.8% 275 45,476 R+2.1
Durham 22,046 53.7% 18,809 45.8% 199 41,054 D+7.9
Gaston 16,400 45.0% 19,878 54.6% 154 36,432 R+9.5
Cumberland 17,707 51.9% 16,313 47.8% 87 34,107 D+4.1
Davidson 12,877 38.5% 20,449 61.1% 141 33,467 R+22.6
Catawba 11,724 36.0% 20,766 63.7% 101 32,591 R+27.7
Alamance 11,712 39.7% 17,554 59.6% 211 29,477 R+19.8
Rowan 11,421 41.3% 16,062 58.1% 154 27,637 R+16.8
New Hanover 11,776 45.7% 13,670 53.0% 323 25,769 R+7.3
Randolph 9,370 37.4% 15,561 62.0% 153 25,084 R+24.7
Cabarrus 9,739 40.5% 14,246 59.2% 77 24,062 R+18.7
Orange 13,607 57.2% 10,117 42.5% 61 23,785 D+14.7
Iredell 10,055 43.8% 12,629 55.1% 255 22,939 R+11.2
Burke 8,614 40.9% 12,382 58.8% 47 21,043 R+17.9
Rockingham 9,758 47.8% 10,592 51.9% 78 20,428 R+4.1
Pitt 11,154 56.0% 8,674 43.6% 79 19,907 D+12.5
Cleveland 9,608 49.8% 9,593 49.7% 84 19,285 D+0.1
Robeson 13,002 68.9% 5,823 30.9% 40 18,865 D+38.1
Wayne 10,101 53.6% 8,613 45.7% 132 18,846 D+7.9
Caldwell 7,224 39.3% 11,049 60.2% 93 18,366 R+20.8
Wilkes 5,826 31.9% 12,364 67.7% 68 18,258 R+35.8
Stanly 7,399 40.6% 10,759 59.1% 47 18,205 R+18.5
Nash 10,348 59.3% 6,905 39.6% 198 17,451 D+19.7
Johnston 8,025 46.2% 9,285 53.4% 65 17,375 R+7.3
Wilson 9,416 58.4% 6,612 41.0% 86 16,114 D+17.4
Surry 7,024 44.0% 8,835 55.3% 113 15,972 R+11.3
Henderson 5,556 36.3% 9,681 63.2% 72 15,309 R+26.9
Lenoir 8,385 56.7% 6,310 42.7% 83 14,778 D+14.0
Sampson 7,259 49.6% 7,341 50.2% 33 14,633 R+0.6
Union 8,506 59.2% 5,823 40.5% 46 14,375 D+18.7
Rutherford 6,640 46.7% 7,554 53.1% 26 14,220 R+6.4
Haywood 7,475 53.8% 6,384 46.0% 32 13,891 D+7.9
Lincoln 6,635 47.8% 7,191 51.8% 43 13,869 R+4.0
Harnett 6,727 49.7% 6,775 50.1% 24 13,526 R+0.4
Moore 6,246 47.1% 6,938 52.3% 76 13,260 R+5.2
Halifax 8,399 65.0% 4,476 34.6% 50 12,925 D+30.4
Edgecombe 8,635 67.3% 4,103 32.0% 100 12,838 D+35.3
Onslow 6,879 53.8% 5,870 45.9% 41 12,790 D+7.9
Craven 6,846 55.0% 5,550 44.6% 54 12,450 D+10.4
Columbus 6,993 59.5% 4,697 40.0% 55 11,745 D+19.5
Carteret 6,035 51.7% 5,607 48.1% 26 11,668 D+3.7
Stokes 4,702 43.5% 6,058 56.0% 51 10,811 R+12.5
Duplin 5,975 59.2% 4,081 40.5% 32 10,088 D+18.8
Beaufort 5,750 58.4% 4,083 41.4% 19 9,852 D+16.9
Watauga 3,725 38.4% 5,950 61.4% 18 9,693 R+23.0
Vance 5,210 54.6% 4,312 45.2% 25 9,547 D+9.4
Ashe 3,927 42.0% 5,419 57.9% 11 9,357 R+15.9
Chatham 5,096 54.9% 4,152 44.7% 34 9,282 D+10.2
McDowell 3,992 43.1% 5,255 56.7% 24 9,271 R+13.6
Richmond 5,360 58.6% 3,727 40.8% 54 9,141 D+17.9
Brunswick 4,189 46.9% 4,710 52.7% 37 8,936 R+5.8
Alexander 3,454 39.8% 5,219 60.1% 12 8,685 R+20.3
Yadkin 2,404 27.8% 6,131 70.8% 120 8,655 R+43.1
Granville 4,851 57.4% 3,587 42.5% 10 8,448 D+15.0
Transylvania 3,826 45.6% 4,520 53.9% 37 8,383 R+8.3
Jackson 4,203 52.0% 3,868 47.9% 6 8,077 D+4.1
Person 4,533 56.5% 3,483 43.4% 11 8,027 D+13.1
Franklin 5,029 63.8% 2,812 35.7% 40 7,881 D+28.1
Lee 4,203 54.9% 3,422 44.7% 34 7,659 D+10.2
Davie 2,432 32.4% 5,034 67.0% 47 7,513 R+34.6
Montgomery 3,382 50.0% 3,353 49.6% 30 6,765 D+0.4
Cherokee 3,228 48.8% 3,372 51.0% 11 6,611 R+2.2
Bladen 4,228 66.0% 2,159 33.7% 23 6,410 D+32.3
Northampton 5,024 79.4% 1,274 20.1% 27 6,325 D+59.3
Martin 4,116 68.1% 1,891 31.3% 41 6,048 D+36.8
Macon 2,887 47.8% 3,143 52.0% 10 6,040 R+4.2
Pasquotank 4,192 70.8% 1,667 28.2% 60 5,919 D+42.7
Anson 2,916 50.1% 2,882 49.5% 20 5,818 D+0.6
Madison 3,004 52.5% 2,704 47.3% 11 5,719 D+5.2
Yancey 2,832 50.7% 2,727 48.9% 22 5,581 D+1.9
Scotland 3,122 57.8% 2,252 41.7% 32 5,406 D+16.1
Mitchell 1,092 21.5% 3,982 78.4% 8 5,082 R+56.9
Polk 2,337 47.0% 2,607 52.5% 25 4,969 R+5.4
Caswell 2,711 56.0% 2,102 43.4% 28 4,841 D+12.6
Pender 2,496 53.3% 2,168 46.3% 16 4,680 D+7.0
Bertie 3,134 68.5% 1,422 31.1% 16 4,572 D+37.4
Hertford 3,135 69.8% 1,331 29.6% 26 4,492 D+40.2
Warren 2,788 64.8% 1,503 34.9% 13 4,304 D+29.9
Avery 835 19.4% 3,449 80.3% 12 4,296 R+60.8
Washington 2,578 62.9% 1,513 36.9% 7 4,098 D+26.0
Greene 2,311 62.8% 1,357 36.9% 10 3,678 D+25.9
Alleghany 1,749 48.7% 1,841 51.2% 4 3,594 R+2.6
Hoke 2,378 70.4% 989 29.3% 12 3,379 D+41.1
Swain 1,704 52.0% 1,569 47.9% 4 3,277 D+4.1
Graham 1,334 46.7% 1,523 53.3% 2,857 R+6.6
Chowan 2,054 73.2% 751 26.8% 2 2,807 D+46.4
Pamlico 1,728 62.3% 1,041 37.6% 3 2,772 D+24.8
Jones 1,910 69.2% 833 30.2% 17 2,760 D+39.0
Dare 1,583 60.7% 1,018 39.0% 6 2,607 D+21.7
Clay 1,014 42.1% 1,392 57.7% 5 2,411 R+15.7
Gates 1,937 82.7% 398 17.0% 8 2,343 D+65.7
Currituck 1,628 73.3% 580 26.1% 12 2,220 D+47.2
Perquimans 1,456 74.2% 500 25.5% 5 1,961 D+48.8
Hyde 907 60.2% 590 39.2% 10 1,507 D+21.0
Camden 1,060 71.6% 411 27.8% 9 1,480 D+43.9
Tyrrell 714 65.2% 380 34.7% 1 1,095 D+30.5

Counties as they stood in 1972; 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)