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Election 1980 Results

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1980 North Carolina governor election

Jim Hunt (Democrat) beat I. Beverly Lake (Republican) in North Carolina in 1980, 61.9% to 37.4%, a margin of 24.5 points and 451,696 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1976, when Jim Hunt also won.

Democrats led in 91 of the 100 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 9. The largest, Mecklenburg, cast 140,431 votes and went to the Democrat by 38.2 points. The closest was Ashe, where 32 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
Jim Hunt won Democratic 1,143,145 61.9%
I. Beverly Lake Republican 691,449 37.4%
All other candidates 12,492 0.7%
Total1,847,086

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Mecklenburg 96,365 68.6% 42,662 30.4% 1,404 140,431 D+38.2
Wake 71,896 67.3% 33,629 31.5% 1,270 106,795 D+35.8
Guilford 63,138 61.1% 39,257 38.0% 915 103,310 D+23.1
Forsyth 52,684 61.9% 31,781 37.3% 672 85,137 D+24.6
Buncombe 32,035 59.1% 21,707 40.1% 439 54,181 D+19.1
Durham 34,284 72.6% 12,409 26.3% 558 47,251 D+46.3
Gaston 26,775 58.8% 18,494 40.6% 243 45,512 D+18.2
Cumberland 29,107 64.8% 15,378 34.3% 412 44,897 D+30.6
Davidson 19,414 48.9% 20,069 50.6% 194 39,677 R+1.7
Catawba 18,628 50.6% 18,056 49.0% 142 36,826 D+1.6
Alamance 18,612 54.7% 15,116 44.5% 277 34,005 D+10.3
New Hanover 20,099 63.3% 11,391 35.8% 286 31,776 D+27.4
Rowan 16,495 52.0% 15,052 47.4% 180 31,727 D+4.5
Randolph 14,668 47.2% 16,283 52.4% 147 31,098 R+5.2
Orange 20,925 75.4% 6,216 22.4% 615 27,756 D+53.0
Iredell 16,032 58.5% 11,235 41.0% 135 27,402 D+17.5
Cabarrus 14,135 54.6% 11,620 44.9% 146 25,901 D+9.7
Robeson 19,169 74.6% 6,270 24.4% 252 25,691 D+50.2
Burke 12,978 51.9% 11,900 47.6% 127 25,005 D+4.3
Pitt 17,442 70.1% 7,312 29.4% 123 24,877 D+40.7
Wilkes 10,219 43.3% 13,267 56.2% 107 23,593 R+12.9
Cleveland 15,091 65.2% 7,958 34.4% 101 23,150 D+30.8
Wayne 14,193 62.4% 8,393 36.9% 143 22,729 D+25.5
Henderson 11,051 50.6% 10,645 48.8% 128 21,824 D+1.9
Rockingham 13,250 60.8% 8,376 38.5% 151 21,777 D+22.4
Caldwell 10,283 47.6% 11,238 52.0% 81 21,602 R+4.4
Johnston 12,709 62.3% 7,598 37.2% 99 20,406 D+25.0
Surry 11,608 57.8% 8,385 41.8% 85 20,078 D+16.1
Nash 11,838 60.0% 7,791 39.5% 102 19,731 D+20.5
Union 12,619 66.1% 6,390 33.5% 84 19,093 D+32.6
Moore 10,405 55.9% 8,150 43.8% 69 18,624 D+12.1
Stanly 9,634 52.5% 8,656 47.2% 58 18,348 D+5.3
Sampson 10,618 61.4% 6,609 38.2% 56 17,283 D+23.2
Lenoir 10,320 60.2% 6,779 39.5% 44 17,143 D+20.7
Rutherford 10,326 60.4% 6,662 39.0% 98 17,086 D+21.4
Haywood 10,456 61.2% 6,562 38.4% 58 17,076 D+22.8
Wilson 12,243 72.1% 4,611 27.2% 117 16,971 D+45.0
Lincoln 9,491 56.0% 7,400 43.7% 57 16,948 D+12.3
Onslow 10,173 60.2% 6,564 38.9% 148 16,885 D+21.4
Craven 10,658 63.3% 6,115 36.3% 75 16,848 D+27.0
Harnett 10,819 64.8% 5,796 34.7% 75 16,690 D+30.1
Columbus 11,523 71.8% 4,429 27.6% 105 16,057 D+44.2
Carteret 8,177 55.4% 6,518 44.1% 75 14,770 D+11.2
Halifax 9,802 70.0% 4,181 29.8% 29 14,012 D+40.1
Edgecombe 9,635 70.0% 4,076 29.6% 56 13,767 D+40.4
Stokes 6,833 52.2% 6,209 47.4% 47 13,089 D+4.8
Brunswick 7,758 59.6% 5,159 39.6% 99 13,016 D+20.0
Chatham 8,687 67.3% 4,097 31.7% 121 12,905 D+35.6
Duplin 8,743 68.7% 3,960 31.1% 31 12,734 D+37.6
Beaufort 7,532 59.9% 5,028 40.0% 21 12,581 D+19.9
Watauga 6,565 53.7% 5,470 44.7% 198 12,233 D+9.0
Richmond 8,427 73.1% 3,034 26.3% 72 11,533 D+46.8
Yadkin 4,803 42.0% 6,612 57.8% 25 11,440 R+15.8
McDowell 6,048 54.9% 4,917 44.6% 52 11,017 D+10.3
Alexander 5,456 50.1% 5,407 49.7% 17 10,880 D+0.5
Lee 7,256 67.9% 3,365 31.5% 60 10,681 D+36.4
Ashe 5,115 50.0% 5,083 49.7% 29 10,227 D+0.3
Vance 7,156 70.4% 2,944 29.0% 60 10,160 D+41.5
Davie 4,455 45.9% 5,220 53.8% 32 9,707 R+7.9
Jackson 5,892 61.4% 3,661 38.1% 47 9,600 D+23.2
Transylvania 5,205 56.6% 3,876 42.1% 120 9,201 D+14.4
Granville 6,558 73.4% 2,336 26.2% 38 8,932 D+47.3
Macon 4,800 54.3% 3,996 45.2% 38 8,834 D+9.1
Franklin 6,052 68.8% 2,711 30.8% 30 8,793 D+38.0
Bladen 6,349 74.7% 2,066 24.3% 85 8,500 D+50.4
Montgomery 4,916 62.6% 2,926 37.3% 13 7,855 D+25.3
Pasquotank 5,819 76.6% 1,748 23.0% 27 7,594 D+53.6
Person 5,165 68.6% 2,305 30.6% 61 7,531 D+38.0
Cherokee 3,844 51.5% 3,553 47.6% 69 7,466 D+3.9
Martin 5,561 74.6% 1,855 24.9% 39 7,455 D+49.7
Yancey 4,157 55.8% 3,260 43.8% 29 7,446 D+12.0
Pender 4,877 67.1% 2,361 32.5% 32 7,270 D+34.6
Anson 5,534 79.3% 1,419 20.3% 22 6,975 D+59.0
Northampton 5,722 82.7% 1,158 16.7% 40 6,920 D+66.0
Scotland 5,178 77.6% 1,445 21.7% 46 6,669 D+56.0
Polk 3,400 54.8% 2,755 44.4% 46 6,201 D+10.4
Mitchell 2,130 35.3% 3,866 64.1% 33 6,029 R+28.8
Madison 3,692 61.7% 2,261 37.8% 30 5,983 D+23.9
Hertford 4,920 82.6% 1,011 17.0% 23 5,954 D+65.7
Caswell 3,985 70.9% 1,615 28.7% 18 5,618 D+42.2
Bertie 4,356 79.3% 1,108 20.2% 27 5,491 D+59.2
Dare 3,822 70.9% 1,521 28.2% 47 5,390 D+42.7
Warren 3,751 71.9% 1,440 27.6% 28 5,219 D+44.3
Greene 3,584 69.9% 1,537 30.0% 8 5,129 D+39.9
Avery 1,917 38.8% 3,011 60.9% 19 4,947 R+22.1
Washington 3,536 72.1% 1,356 27.6% 14 4,906 D+44.4
Hoke 3,559 80.4% 840 19.0% 26 4,425 D+61.4
Alleghany 2,553 60.0% 1,696 39.9% 6 4,255 D+20.1
Swain 2,430 62.4% 1,449 37.2% 16 3,895 D+25.2
Chowan 2,900 77.5% 789 21.1% 54 3,743 D+56.4
Pamlico 2,464 66.8% 1,204 32.6% 22 3,690 D+34.1
Currituck 2,667 73.9% 928 25.7% 12 3,607 D+48.2
Graham 1,820 51.0% 1,743 48.8% 6 3,569 D+2.2
Clay 1,567 44.0% 1,975 55.4% 22 3,564 R+11.4
Jones 2,470 69.9% 1,057 29.9% 7 3,534 D+40.0
Gates 2,940 89.2% 346 10.5% 11 3,297 D+78.7
Perquimans 2,106 80.5% 503 19.2% 8 2,617 D+61.3
Camden 1,584 77.8% 445 21.9% 6 2,035 D+56.0
Hyde 1,459 71.9% 562 27.7% 8 2,029 D+44.2
Tyrrell 1,048 79.7% 264 20.1% 3 1,315 D+59.6

Counties as they stood in 1980; 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)