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Election 1996 Results

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1996 North Carolina governor election

Jim Hunt (Democrat) beat Robin Hayes (Republican) in North Carolina in 1996, 56.0% to 42.8%, a margin of 13.2 points and 339,585 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1992, when Jim Hunt also won.

Democrats led in 73 of the 100 counties and Republicans in 27. The largest, Wake, cast 227,748 votes and went to the Democrat by 26.5 points. The closest was Clay, where 3 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 1,436,638 56.0%
Robin Hayes Republican 1,097,053 42.8%
All other candidates 32,351 1.3%
Total2,566,042

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wake 142,568 62.6% 82,200 36.1% 2,980 227,748 D+26.5
Mecklenburg 117,574 54.8% 94,363 44.0% 2,701 214,638 D+10.8
Guilford 84,761 56.4% 63,389 42.2% 2,200 150,350 D+14.2
Forsyth 61,101 54.1% 50,191 44.5% 1,548 112,840 D+9.7
Durham 58,079 71.2% 22,191 27.2% 1,277 81,547 D+44.0
Buncombe 36,973 51.7% 33,086 46.3% 1,399 71,458 D+5.4
Cumberland 40,809 59.4% 27,026 39.4% 840 68,675 D+20.1
Gaston 27,512 47.7% 29,590 51.3% 580 57,682 R+3.6
New Hanover 30,199 54.5% 24,213 43.7% 977 55,389 D+10.8
Orange 34,542 71.8% 12,371 25.7% 1,184 48,097 D+46.1
Catawba 20,517 42.9% 26,775 55.9% 578 47,870 R+13.1
Cabarrus 17,992 42.3% 23,913 56.3% 580 42,485 R+13.9
Alamance 21,607 51.2% 20,069 47.6% 528 42,204 D+3.6
Davidson 18,677 45.1% 22,174 53.6% 557 41,408 R+8.4
Rowan 18,027 45.1% 21,254 53.1% 708 39,989 R+8.1
Pitt 24,846 63.8% 13,768 35.4% 317 38,931 D+28.5
Randolph 15,559 40.8% 22,105 58.0% 456 38,120 R+17.2
Iredell 17,322 46.0% 19,831 52.7% 468 37,621 R+6.7
Henderson 13,869 41.0% 19,586 57.9% 381 33,836 R+16.9
Union 15,230 45.1% 18,179 53.8% 376 33,785 R+8.7
Johnston 17,822 53.5% 15,213 45.6% 301 33,336 D+7.8
Wayne 16,449 54.7% 13,459 44.7% 178 30,086 D+9.9
Rockingham 16,536 55.5% 12,885 43.3% 357 29,778 D+12.3
Nash 15,985 54.8% 12,950 44.4% 212 29,147 D+10.4
Burke 14,261 49.0% 14,389 49.5% 434 29,084 R+0.4
Robeson 21,719 74.9% 6,957 24.0% 303 28,979 D+50.9
Cleveland 16,257 56.1% 12,420 42.9% 284 28,961 D+13.2
Moore 12,950 47.9% 13,847 51.2% 228 27,025 R+3.3
Craven 15,099 57.1% 11,126 42.0% 235 26,460 D+15.0
Onslow 13,554 54.8% 10,758 43.5% 419 24,731 D+11.3
Caldwell 11,140 46.7% 12,469 52.2% 266 23,875 R+5.6
Wilkes 10,221 44.9% 12,316 54.1% 248 22,785 R+9.2
Brunswick 12,752 57.0% 9,275 41.5% 327 22,354 D+15.6
Harnett 12,378 55.4% 9,721 43.5% 235 22,334 D+11.9
Wilson 14,868 67.2% 7,138 32.3% 104 22,110 D+35.0
Lincoln 10,023 46.4% 11,341 52.5% 246 21,610 R+6.1
Carteret 11,094 52.8% 9,629 45.8% 287 21,010 D+7.0
Surry 10,547 50.2% 10,238 48.8% 214 20,999 D+1.5
Haywood 11,429 54.6% 9,180 43.9% 319 20,928 D+10.7
Stanly 9,100 44.5% 11,125 54.4% 241 20,466 R+9.9
Rutherford 9,475 49.8% 9,325 49.0% 236 19,036 D+0.8
Chatham 11,766 62.1% 6,821 36.0% 366 18,953 D+26.1
Lenoir 11,965 63.8% 6,702 35.7% 85 18,752 D+28.1
Edgecombe 13,310 72.8% 4,865 26.6% 112 18,287 D+46.2
Watauga 9,382 51.9% 8,060 44.6% 622 18,064 D+7.3
Sampson 10,683 60.3% 6,926 39.1% 117 17,726 D+21.2
Columbus 12,176 71.3% 4,729 27.7% 161 17,066 D+43.6
Halifax 11,275 69.2% 4,922 30.2% 106 16,303 D+39.0
Stokes 7,404 46.1% 8,481 52.9% 160 16,045 R+6.7
Beaufort 8,873 57.3% 6,486 41.9% 121 15,480 D+15.4
Lee 8,749 58.5% 6,022 40.2% 192 14,963 D+18.2
Franklin 8,881 64.6% 4,707 34.2% 165 13,753 D+30.3
Richmond 9,061 67.1% 4,219 31.2% 228 13,508 D+35.8
Granville 8,964 66.9% 4,302 32.1% 127 13,393 D+34.8
Transylvania 5,931 46.0% 6,709 52.0% 253 12,893 R+6.0
Duplin 8,271 64.8% 4,423 34.6% 71 12,765 D+30.1
Davie 5,059 40.1% 7,452 59.1% 103 12,614 R+19.0
McDowell 6,246 49.5% 6,201 49.2% 163 12,610 D+0.4
Alexander 5,527 43.9% 6,941 55.2% 117 12,585 R+11.2
Yadkin 4,848 38.9% 7,522 60.4% 93 12,463 R+21.5
Pender 7,197 58.1% 4,996 40.4% 186 12,379 D+17.8
Vance 8,351 70.1% 3,487 29.3% 82 11,920 D+40.8
Macon 5,437 48.5% 5,576 49.8% 191 11,204 R+1.2
Dare 7,061 64.4% 3,706 33.8% 194 10,961 D+30.6
Jackson 6,030 56.7% 4,431 41.7% 166 10,627 D+15.0
Person 6,507 64.3% 3,550 35.1% 67 10,124 D+29.2
Ashe 4,832 48.6% 5,009 50.4% 107 9,948 R+1.8
Bladen 6,226 70.4% 2,555 28.9% 61 8,842 D+41.5
Yancey 4,847 55.3% 3,856 44.0% 60 8,763 D+11.3
Martin 6,257 71.9% 2,403 27.6% 39 8,699 D+44.3
Montgomery 5,000 59.5% 3,308 39.4% 95 8,403 D+20.1
Scotland 5,556 68.0% 2,539 31.1% 73 8,168 D+36.9
Pasquotank 5,561 69.0% 2,388 29.6% 106 8,055 D+39.4
Cherokee 3,922 49.3% 3,946 49.6% 92 7,960 R+0.3
Caswell 5,514 69.7% 2,352 29.7% 48 7,914 D+40.0
Anson 5,694 73.4% 1,957 25.2% 102 7,753 D+48.2
Northampton 5,933 78.2% 1,607 21.2% 44 7,584 D+57.0
Madison 3,966 55.1% 3,158 43.8% 79 7,203 D+11.2
Polk 3,426 49.3% 3,418 49.2% 109 6,953 D+0.1
Hertford 5,468 79.3% 1,374 19.9% 51 6,893 D+59.4
Warren 4,526 71.1% 1,789 28.1% 53 6,368 D+43.0
Mitchell 2,123 34.1% 4,046 65.0% 59 6,228 R+30.9
Avery 2,135 34.8% 3,916 63.9% 79 6,130 R+29.1
Bertie 4,589 78.4% 1,234 21.1% 31 5,854 D+57.3
Hoke 4,096 70.5% 1,637 28.2% 80 5,813 D+42.3
Currituck 3,584 63.3% 1,972 34.9% 102 5,658 D+28.5
Greene 3,440 65.3% 1,808 34.3% 21 5,269 D+31.0
Washington 3,567 72.0% 1,345 27.2% 40 4,952 D+44.9
Pamlico 2,968 61.1% 1,844 37.9% 48 4,860 D+23.1
Chowan 2,961 67.5% 1,374 31.3% 50 4,385 D+36.2
Alleghany 2,449 57.2% 1,788 41.7% 46 4,283 D+15.4
Perquimans 2,795 69.1% 1,210 29.9% 41 4,046 D+39.2
Swain 2,161 55.7% 1,673 43.1% 49 3,883 D+12.6
Jones 2,443 65.4% 1,266 33.9% 29 3,738 D+31.5
Clay 1,775 49.2% 1,778 49.3% 52 3,605 R+0.1
Gates 2,697 78.0% 749 21.7% 10 3,456 D+56.4
Graham 1,529 46.6% 1,738 53.0% 15 3,282 R+6.4
Camden 1,721 67.3% 793 31.0% 42 2,556 D+36.3
Hyde 1,387 69.5% 590 29.6% 19 1,996 D+39.9
Tyrrell 1,113 75.2% 362 24.5% 5 1,480 D+50.7

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)