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Election 1988 Results

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1988 North Carolina governor election

James G. Martin (Republican) beat Robert B. Jordan (Democrat) in North Carolina in 1988, 56.1% to 43.9%, a margin of 12.1 points and 264,471 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1984, when James G. Martin also won.

Republicans led in 60 of the 100 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 40. The largest, Mecklenburg, cast 179,018 votes and went to the Republican by 27.6 points. The closest was Madison, where 7 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 G. Martin won Republican 1,222,338 56.1%
Robert B. Jordan Democratic 957,867 43.9%
Total2,180,205

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Mecklenburg 64,781 36.2% 114,237 63.8% 179,018 R+27.6
Wake 62,530 40.3% 92,498 59.7% 155,028 R+19.3
Guilford 52,779 44.7% 65,331 55.3% 118,110 R+10.6
Forsyth 40,295 40.4% 59,337 59.6% 99,632 R+19.1
Buncombe 28,881 43.9% 36,968 56.1% 65,849 R+12.3
Durham 34,793 52.9% 31,010 47.1% 65,803 D+5.7
Cumberland 26,853 51.1% 25,670 48.9% 52,523 D+2.3
Gaston 17,733 35.2% 32,658 64.8% 50,391 R+29.6
Catawba 14,043 33.4% 28,042 66.6% 42,085 R+33.3
Davidson 15,208 36.3% 26,735 63.7% 41,943 R+27.5
New Hanover 17,021 42.6% 22,888 57.4% 39,909 R+14.7
Alamance 14,331 38.1% 23,262 61.9% 37,593 R+23.8
Orange 20,546 56.1% 16,083 43.9% 36,629 D+12.2
Rowan 13,785 38.5% 22,008 61.5% 35,793 R+23.0
Randolph 10,965 31.5% 23,840 68.5% 34,805 R+37.0
Cabarrus 12,161 36.1% 21,485 63.9% 33,646 R+27.7
Pitt 15,873 48.2% 17,036 51.8% 32,909 R+3.5
Iredell 11,117 34.1% 21,481 65.9% 32,598 R+31.8
Henderson 9,432 32.5% 19,623 67.5% 29,055 R+35.1
Robeson 18,740 68.2% 8,722 31.8% 27,462 D+36.5
Burke 12,172 44.9% 14,925 55.1% 27,097 R+10.2
Rockingham 13,116 48.7% 13,842 51.3% 26,958 R+2.7
Union 10,104 39.1% 15,761 60.9% 25,865 R+21.9
Wayne 11,081 42.9% 14,778 57.1% 25,859 R+14.3
Cleveland 11,839 47.1% 13,305 52.9% 25,144 R+5.8
Nash 9,754 39.1% 15,179 60.9% 24,933 R+21.8
Johnston 9,345 37.9% 15,324 62.1% 24,669 R+24.2
Caldwell 8,995 39.0% 14,047 61.0% 23,042 R+21.9
Wilkes 8,058 35.2% 14,854 64.8% 22,912 R+29.7
Moore 8,193 36.5% 14,284 63.5% 22,477 R+27.1
Craven 9,200 43.6% 11,921 56.4% 21,121 R+12.9
Surry 8,940 43.7% 11,512 56.3% 20,452 R+12.6
Onslow 8,085 41.1% 11,605 58.9% 19,690 R+17.9
Wilson 8,683 44.8% 10,708 55.2% 19,391 R+10.4
Stanly 7,795 40.7% 11,370 59.3% 19,165 R+18.7
Carteret 8,078 43.0% 10,719 57.0% 18,797 R+14.1
Brunswick 8,735 47.5% 9,658 52.5% 18,393 R+5.0
Lincoln 7,066 38.4% 11,320 61.6% 18,386 R+23.1
Lenoir 8,523 46.4% 9,844 53.6% 18,367 R+7.2
Haywood 9,314 51.6% 8,727 48.4% 18,041 D+3.3
Rutherford 7,880 44.5% 9,813 55.5% 17,693 R+10.9
Sampson 8,860 50.1% 8,810 49.9% 17,670 D+0.3
Harnett 8,035 46.5% 9,245 53.5% 17,280 R+7.0
Columbus 10,655 64.6% 5,833 35.4% 16,488 D+29.2
Halifax 9,474 57.7% 6,947 42.3% 16,421 D+15.4
Edgecombe 9,568 59.5% 6,524 40.5% 16,092 D+18.9
Chatham 7,890 52.3% 7,201 47.7% 15,091 D+4.6
Watauga 6,274 41.8% 8,747 58.2% 15,021 R+16.5
Stokes 6,200 43.0% 8,212 57.0% 14,412 R+14.0
Beaufort 6,256 45.0% 7,633 55.0% 13,889 R+9.9
Richmond 7,957 63.4% 4,597 36.6% 12,554 D+26.8
Duplin 6,604 53.0% 5,847 47.0% 12,451 D+6.1
Lee 5,186 42.2% 7,107 57.8% 12,293 R+15.6
Alexander 4,713 38.9% 7,395 61.1% 12,108 R+22.2
Vance 6,489 54.9% 5,329 45.1% 11,818 D+9.8
Transylvania 4,578 40.0% 6,858 60.0% 11,436 R+19.9
McDowell 5,173 45.8% 6,128 54.2% 11,301 R+8.5
Davie 3,532 31.7% 7,606 68.3% 11,138 R+36.6
Yadkin 3,498 31.6% 7,589 68.4% 11,087 R+36.9
Franklin 5,795 52.3% 5,287 47.7% 11,082 D+4.6
Granville 6,003 55.4% 4,842 44.6% 10,845 D+10.7
Jackson 5,242 50.5% 5,138 49.5% 10,380 D+1.0
Ashe 4,401 43.1% 5,805 56.9% 10,206 R+13.8
Macon 4,249 42.2% 5,824 57.8% 10,073 R+15.6
Pender 4,778 50.5% 4,677 49.5% 9,455 D+1.1
Bladen 5,405 60.4% 3,544 39.6% 8,949 D+20.8
Person 4,149 47.5% 4,582 52.5% 8,731 R+5.0
Montgomery 4,791 56.3% 3,714 43.7% 8,505 D+12.7
Pasquotank 4,913 57.9% 3,569 42.1% 8,482 D+15.8
Dare 3,441 41.8% 4,792 58.2% 8,233 R+16.4
Yancey 4,072 49.8% 4,109 50.2% 8,181 R+0.5
Hertford 5,322 65.3% 2,829 34.7% 8,151 D+30.6
Cherokee 3,104 40.7% 4,516 59.3% 7,620 R+18.5
Anson 5,249 69.3% 2,320 30.7% 7,569 D+38.7
Martin 4,425 58.8% 3,101 41.2% 7,526 D+17.6
Northampton 5,113 68.6% 2,341 31.4% 7,454 D+37.2
Caswell 4,542 62.8% 2,689 37.2% 7,231 D+25.6
Scotland 4,497 62.9% 2,652 37.1% 7,149 D+25.8
Polk 2,761 40.9% 3,984 59.1% 6,745 R+18.1
Madison 3,187 49.9% 3,194 50.1% 6,381 R+0.1
Bertie 4,167 66.4% 2,106 33.6% 6,273 D+32.9
Warren 4,142 66.7% 2,069 33.3% 6,211 D+33.4
Mitchell 1,494 24.6% 4,568 75.4% 6,062 R+50.7
Avery 1,645 28.8% 4,064 71.2% 5,709 R+42.4
Hoke 3,676 69.7% 1,600 30.3% 5,276 D+39.3
Greene 3,060 59.4% 2,090 40.6% 5,150 D+18.8
Washington 2,924 59.1% 2,021 40.9% 4,945 D+18.3
Pamlico 2,389 53.4% 2,086 46.6% 4,475 D+6.8
Alleghany 2,300 53.1% 2,031 46.9% 4,331 D+6.2
Chowan 2,454 58.2% 1,762 41.8% 4,216 D+16.4
Currituck 1,898 46.8% 2,159 53.2% 4,057 R+6.4
Swain 1,856 48.5% 1,970 51.5% 3,826 R+3.0
Jones 2,111 59.4% 1,445 40.6% 3,556 D+18.7
Clay 1,452 41.7% 2,026 58.3% 3,478 R+16.5
Gates 2,242 65.9% 1,158 34.1% 3,400 D+31.9
Graham 1,512 44.9% 1,854 55.1% 3,366 R+10.2
Perquimans 1,801 54.8% 1,484 45.2% 3,285 D+9.6
Camden 1,302 57.9% 948 42.1% 2,250 D+15.7
Hyde 1,358 61.5% 850 38.5% 2,208 D+23.0
Tyrrell 880 62.9% 520 37.1% 1,400 D+25.7

Counties as they stood in 1988; 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)