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Election 2004 Results

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2004 North Carolina governor election

Mike Easley (Democrat) beat Patrick J. Ballantine (Republican) in North Carolina in 2004, 55.6% to 42.9%, a margin of 12.7 points and 444,133 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2000, when Mike Easley also won.

Democrats led in 70 of the 100 counties and Republicans in 30. The largest, Wake, cast 349,542 votes and went to the Democrat by 19.1 points. The closest was Transylvania, 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
Mike Easley won Democratic 1,939,154 55.6%
Patrick J. Ballantine Republican 1,495,021 42.9%
All other candidates 52,513 1.5%
Total3,486,688

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wake 205,535 58.8% 138,650 39.7% 5,357 349,542 D+19.1
Mecklenburg 186,801 58.5% 127,521 40.0% 4,844 319,166 D+18.6
Guilford 119,965 60.5% 75,203 37.9% 3,093 198,261 D+22.6
Forsyth 77,829 56.1% 58,965 42.5% 2,021 138,815 D+13.6
Durham 79,929 73.0% 27,773 25.4% 1,754 109,456 D+47.7
Buncombe 58,863 57.7% 40,551 39.8% 2,554 101,968 D+18.0
Cumberland 59,168 61.7% 35,229 36.7% 1,467 95,864 D+25.0
New Hanover 43,421 53.5% 36,502 45.0% 1,275 81,198 D+8.5
Gaston 28,960 45.4% 33,882 53.1% 976 63,818 R+7.7
Orange 45,681 71.7% 16,782 26.3% 1,243 63,706 D+45.4
Cabarrus 29,276 48.2% 30,518 50.2% 962 60,756 R+2.0
Union 24,355 40.9% 34,444 57.8% 742 59,541 R+16.9
Davidson 27,050 45.6% 31,301 52.8% 983 59,334 R+7.2
Catawba 25,656 44.9% 30,643 53.6% 862 57,161 R+8.7
Iredell 26,449 46.6% 29,406 51.8% 940 56,795 R+5.2
Johnston 26,275 48.2% 27,668 50.7% 582 54,525 R+2.6
Alamance 27,435 50.8% 25,774 47.7% 769 53,978 D+3.1
Pitt 30,722 57.9% 21,809 41.1% 541 53,072 D+16.8
Rowan 24,508 47.4% 26,195 50.7% 995 51,698 R+3.3
Randolph 20,634 39.9% 30,240 58.5% 814 51,688 R+18.6
Henderson 19,361 45.2% 22,923 53.5% 560 42,844 R+8.3
Wayne 20,652 51.0% 19,440 48.0% 427 40,519 D+3.0
Nash 23,385 61.3% 14,452 37.9% 321 38,158 D+23.4
Moore 18,210 48.1% 19,311 51.0% 316 37,837 R+2.9
Brunswick 21,156 56.2% 16,020 42.5% 478 37,654 D+13.6
Onslow 17,499 46.9% 18,957 50.8% 868 37,324 R+3.9
Craven 18,938 50.8% 17,877 47.9% 494 37,309 D+2.8
Rockingham 21,199 56.9% 15,411 41.3% 674 37,284 D+15.5
Cleveland 20,204 54.2% 16,614 44.6% 457 37,275 D+9.6
Robeson 24,462 70.3% 10,000 28.7% 338 34,800 D+41.6
Harnett 16,510 50.9% 15,475 47.7% 456 32,441 D+3.2
Burke 15,112 47.1% 16,470 51.3% 522 32,104 R+4.2
Caldwell 14,061 44.9% 16,724 53.4% 529 31,314 R+8.5
Wilson 18,267 60.2% 11,874 39.1% 209 30,350 D+21.1
Lincoln 13,654 46.0% 15,584 52.5% 447 29,685 R+6.5
Wilkes 12,377 44.6% 15,008 54.0% 386 27,771 R+9.5
Haywood 15,434 58.8% 10,362 39.5% 459 26,255 D+19.3
Surry 12,655 50.0% 12,302 48.6% 364 25,321 D+1.4
Stanly 11,454 45.6% 13,306 52.9% 372 25,132 R+7.4
Chatham 14,917 59.4% 9,813 39.1% 393 25,123 D+20.3
Carteret 11,606 46.5% 12,927 51.8% 420 24,953 R+5.3
Rutherford 12,062 50.0% 11,725 48.6% 331 24,118 D+1.4
Watauga 12,392 52.3% 10,645 44.9% 648 23,685 D+7.4
Lenoir 12,898 56.1% 9,964 43.3% 124 22,986 D+12.8
Sampson 12,830 57.0% 9,483 42.1% 195 22,508 D+14.9
Columbus 13,454 63.9% 7,348 34.9% 244 21,046 D+29.0
Edgecombe 15,960 76.1% 4,853 23.1% 163 20,976 D+53.0
Franklin 12,577 60.0% 8,070 38.5% 307 20,954 D+21.5
Stokes 9,323 47.2% 10,125 51.2% 324 19,772 R+4.1
Halifax 14,604 74.0% 4,968 25.2% 151 19,723 D+48.9
Beaufort 11,285 57.2% 8,140 41.3% 297 19,722 D+15.9
Lee 11,044 56.9% 8,146 41.9% 235 19,425 D+14.9
Granville 11,699 62.7% 6,723 36.0% 236 18,658 D+26.7
Pender 9,040 53.0% 7,797 45.7% 206 17,043 D+7.3
Duplin 9,502 57.3% 6,913 41.7% 161 16,576 D+15.6
Davie 6,541 39.5% 9,680 58.5% 337 16,558 R+19.0
Richmond 10,697 66.1% 5,188 32.0% 308 16,193 D+34.0
McDowell 7,740 48.5% 7,969 49.9% 247 15,956 R+1.4
Vance 11,177 70.2% 4,614 29.0% 142 15,933 D+41.2
Alexander 7,061 44.8% 8,460 53.7% 233 15,754 R+8.9
Yadkin 6,434 41.0% 9,023 57.4% 252 15,709 R+16.5
Dare 8,746 56.1% 6,441 41.3% 413 15,600 D+14.8
Transylvania 7,538 49.1% 7,506 48.9% 301 15,345 D+0.2
Person 9,204 60.6% 5,795 38.1% 193 15,192 D+22.4
Macon 7,156 48.4% 7,457 50.5% 162 14,775 R+2.0
Jackson 8,057 56.6% 5,873 41.2% 317 14,247 D+15.3
Pasquotank 8,146 61.4% 4,894 36.9% 231 13,271 D+24.5
Bladen 8,086 66.8% 3,897 32.2% 116 12,099 D+34.6
Ashe 6,132 51.8% 5,512 46.6% 192 11,836 D+5.2
Hoke 7,347 66.5% 3,525 31.9% 169 11,041 D+34.6
Cherokee 4,807 44.0% 5,952 54.5% 171 10,930 R+10.5
Scotland 6,595 62.0% 3,897 36.6% 145 10,637 D+25.4
Martin 7,174 68.1% 3,246 30.8% 107 10,527 D+37.3
Montgomery 5,640 55.8% 4,335 42.9% 136 10,111 D+12.9
Yancey 5,275 55.7% 4,060 42.9% 135 9,470 D+12.8
Caswell 5,747 61.3% 3,521 37.5% 114 9,382 D+23.7
Madison 5,135 55.0% 4,047 43.3% 160 9,342 D+11.6
Anson 6,591 71.5% 2,523 27.4% 99 9,213 D+44.2
Polk 4,746 51.7% 4,264 46.5% 162 9,172 D+5.3
Currituck 4,167 47.2% 4,367 49.5% 287 8,821 R+2.3
Northampton 6,604 75.3% 2,087 23.8% 76 8,767 D+51.5
Hertford 5,982 73.9% 2,015 24.9% 97 8,094 D+49.0
Warren 5,992 74.5% 1,994 24.8% 55 8,041 D+49.7
Bertie 5,737 73.0% 2,056 26.2% 67 7,860 D+46.8
Mitchell 2,691 34.7% 4,946 63.7% 127 7,764 R+29.0
Avery 2,516 33.3% 4,877 64.6% 160 7,553 R+31.3
Greene 3,684 57.0% 2,728 42.2% 51 6,463 D+14.8
Pamlico 3,361 56.1% 2,552 42.6% 74 5,987 D+13.5
Washington 3,668 67.0% 1,702 31.1% 108 5,478 D+35.9
Chowan 2,961 57.8% 2,070 40.4% 93 5,124 D+17.4
Swain 2,939 58.3% 2,026 40.2% 79 5,044 D+18.1
Perquimans 2,594 53.1% 2,221 45.4% 72 4,887 D+7.6
Clay 2,015 42.2% 2,653 55.6% 105 4,773 R+13.4
Alleghany 2,699 58.0% 1,886 40.5% 70 4,655 D+17.5
Jones 2,670 58.6% 1,847 40.5% 38 4,555 D+18.1
Gates 2,668 65.2% 1,368 33.4% 54 4,090 D+31.8
Graham 1,813 46.7% 2,002 51.6% 68 3,883 R+4.9
Camden 1,929 51.5% 1,748 46.7% 66 3,743 D+4.8
Hyde 1,391 61.8% 841 37.3% 20 2,252 D+24.4
Tyrrell 1,006 63.9% 550 34.9% 18 1,574 D+29.0

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)