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Election 2008 Results

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2008 North Carolina governor election

Bev Perdue (Democrat) beat Pat McCrory (Republican) in North Carolina in 2008, 50.3% to 46.9%, a margin of 3.4 points and 145,021 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2004, when Mike Easley won.

Democrats led in 60 of the 100 counties and Republicans in 40. The largest, Wake, cast 437,762 votes and went to the Democrat by 6.1 points. The closest was Watauga, where 95 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
Bev Perdue won Democratic 2,146,189 50.3%
Pat McCrory Republican 2,001,168 46.9%
All other candidates 121,584 2.8%
Total4,268,941

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wake 224,032 51.2% 197,244 45.1% 16,486 437,762 D+6.1
Mecklenburg 199,677 49.0% 199,340 48.9% 8,234 407,251 D+0.1
Guilford 136,995 57.4% 94,409 39.5% 7,326 238,730 D+17.8
Forsyth 90,429 54.9% 69,408 42.2% 4,769 164,606 D+12.8
Durham 95,338 70.6% 34,311 25.4% 5,341 134,990 D+45.2
Cumberland 77,668 61.9% 45,065 35.9% 2,708 125,441 D+26.0
Buncombe 69,783 57.2% 47,283 38.8% 4,870 121,936 D+18.5
New Hanover 48,737 49.5% 45,625 46.3% 4,145 98,507 D+3.2
Union 25,145 29.5% 58,474 68.6% 1,658 85,277 R+39.1
Gaston 29,294 34.8% 53,439 63.4% 1,548 84,281 R+28.6
Cabarrus 27,098 34.8% 49,093 63.0% 1,700 77,891 R+28.2
Pitt 44,066 59.4% 28,611 38.6% 1,505 74,182 D+20.8
Orange 47,888 65.1% 22,288 30.3% 3,433 73,609 D+34.8
Iredell 23,863 32.8% 47,281 65.0% 1,591 72,735 R+32.2
Johnston 29,429 41.7% 39,479 55.9% 1,711 70,619 R+14.2
Catawba 22,987 33.1% 44,933 64.7% 1,489 69,409 R+31.6
Davidson 26,401 38.5% 39,622 57.8% 2,521 68,544 R+19.3
Alamance 30,456 47.8% 31,081 48.8% 2,205 63,742 R+1.0
Rowan 22,469 36.7% 37,309 60.9% 1,474 61,252 R+24.2
Randolph 19,328 33.3% 36,433 62.8% 2,241 58,002 R+29.5
Brunswick 23,394 45.0% 26,360 50.7% 2,212 51,966 R+5.7
Henderson 21,028 41.4% 28,006 55.1% 1,770 50,804 R+13.7
Wayne 25,704 52.2% 22,621 45.9% 909 49,234 D+6.3
Onslow 24,552 50.0% 22,608 46.0% 1,965 49,125 D+4.0
Nash 25,837 54.9% 20,531 43.7% 666 47,034 D+11.3
Moore 17,585 39.1% 26,168 58.2% 1,242 44,995 R+19.1
Craven 25,174 56.8% 18,131 40.9% 998 44,303 D+15.9
Cleveland 18,263 41.9% 24,570 56.4% 721 43,554 R+14.5
Rockingham 20,428 49.6% 19,245 46.7% 1,552 41,225 D+2.9
Harnett 18,970 46.8% 20,560 50.7% 1,037 40,567 R+3.9
Robeson 28,480 70.6% 11,269 27.9% 589 40,338 D+42.7
Burke 15,614 41.7% 20,969 56.0% 847 37,430 R+14.3
Wilson 21,087 57.5% 15,109 41.2% 504 36,700 D+16.3
Lincoln 10,691 30.0% 24,193 67.8% 773 35,657 R+37.9
Caldwell 12,187 34.6% 22,096 62.7% 971 35,254 R+28.1
Carteret 15,997 46.5% 17,534 50.9% 907 34,438 R+4.5
Chatham 17,325 53.0% 14,098 43.2% 1,236 32,659 D+9.9
Wilkes 11,685 39.5% 16,779 56.8% 1,081 29,545 R+17.2
Surry 13,148 44.7% 15,358 52.2% 916 29,422 R+7.5
Stanly 9,008 31.7% 18,872 66.3% 570 28,450 R+34.7
Rutherford 11,945 42.5% 15,259 54.2% 931 28,135 R+11.8
Haywood 15,081 54.1% 11,744 42.1% 1,049 27,874 D+12.0
Watauga 13,371 48.2% 13,276 47.8% 1,117 27,764 D+0.3
Franklin 13,897 52.4% 11,849 44.7% 788 26,534 D+7.7
Lenoir 17,039 64.5% 8,975 34.0% 406 26,420 D+30.5
Sampson 13,673 52.7% 11,906 45.9% 357 25,936 D+6.8
Edgecombe 18,858 72.8% 6,749 26.1% 280 25,887 D+46.8
Halifax 17,789 71.1% 6,902 27.6% 336 25,027 D+43.5
Granville 13,681 55.7% 10,210 41.6% 652 24,543 D+14.1
Columbus 15,572 64.9% 7,812 32.6% 599 23,983 D+32.4
Lee 11,745 49.8% 11,169 47.4% 666 23,580 D+2.4
Pender 11,009 46.9% 11,263 48.0% 1,181 23,453 R+1.1
Beaufort 12,458 54.5% 9,856 43.1% 554 22,868 D+11.4
Stokes 8,839 40.6% 12,014 55.2% 927 21,780 R+14.6
Vance 14,066 67.7% 6,400 30.8% 308 20,774 D+36.9
Davie 7,078 35.0% 12,422 61.5% 696 20,196 R+26.5
Duplin 11,695 59.3% 7,638 38.7% 378 19,711 D+20.6
Richmond 10,800 56.7% 7,862 41.3% 378 19,040 D+15.4
Person 9,589 52.3% 8,243 45.0% 495 18,327 D+7.3
McDowell 8,219 45.0% 9,289 50.8% 769 18,277 R+5.9
Pasquotank 11,443 64.4% 5,940 33.4% 376 17,759 D+31.0
Dare 9,222 52.3% 7,915 44.9% 490 17,627 D+7.4
Alexander 5,673 32.9% 11,274 65.3% 316 17,263 R+32.4
Yadkin 6,060 35.6% 10,361 60.9% 582 17,003 R+25.3
Macon 7,824 46.1% 8,444 49.8% 693 16,961 R+3.7
Transylvania 7,844 46.9% 8,230 49.2% 661 16,735 R+2.3
Jackson 9,459 56.7% 6,554 39.3% 659 16,672 D+17.4
Hoke 9,873 64.2% 5,184 33.7% 315 15,372 D+30.5
Bladen 9,804 64.8% 5,005 33.1% 324 15,133 D+31.7
Scotland 8,770 63.3% 4,842 35.0% 239 13,851 D+28.4
Ashe 5,633 43.0% 7,105 54.2% 373 13,111 R+11.2
Martin 8,644 69.5% 3,613 29.1% 180 12,437 D+40.5
Cherokee 5,092 41.5% 6,858 55.9% 327 12,277 R+14.4
Montgomery 5,647 50.2% 5,364 47.7% 242 11,253 D+2.5
Anson 6,792 63.2% 3,832 35.7% 118 10,742 D+27.6
Currituck 4,600 43.0% 5,748 53.7% 357 10,705 R+10.7
Caswell 6,310 59.4% 4,038 38.0% 278 10,626 D+21.4
Northampton 7,697 72.9% 2,727 25.8% 134 10,558 D+47.1
Hertford 8,108 77.2% 2,305 22.0% 85 10,498 D+55.3
Polk 4,917 47.3% 5,069 48.8% 407 10,393 R+1.5
Madison 5,652 54.6% 4,334 41.9% 369 10,355 D+12.7
Warren 7,112 71.4% 2,693 27.0% 152 9,957 D+44.4
Yancey 5,207 53.0% 4,379 44.6% 237 9,823 D+8.4
Bertie 7,411 76.4% 2,171 22.4% 120 9,702 D+54.0
Greene 4,993 61.8% 2,965 36.7% 116 8,074 D+25.1
Avery 2,179 27.7% 5,486 69.8% 193 7,858 R+42.1
Mitchell 2,450 31.8% 4,995 64.7% 271 7,716 R+33.0
Chowan 4,415 60.5% 2,714 37.2% 169 7,298 D+23.3
Pamlico 3,962 59.5% 2,538 38.1% 155 6,655 D+21.4
Washington 4,731 73.3% 1,641 25.4% 83 6,455 D+47.9
Perquimans 3,437 54.4% 2,761 43.7% 123 6,321 D+10.7
Swain 3,427 59.3% 2,147 37.2% 204 5,778 D+22.2
Clay 2,171 39.7% 3,124 57.2% 167 5,462 R+17.4
Gates 3,206 60.3% 2,035 38.3% 78 5,319 D+22.0
Alleghany 2,603 49.3% 2,461 46.6% 213 5,277 D+2.7
Jones 3,246 62.3% 1,851 35.5% 117 5,214 D+26.8
Camden 2,193 46.8% 2,354 50.2% 138 4,685 R+3.4
Graham 1,835 44.6% 2,145 52.2% 133 4,113 R+7.5
Hyde 1,620 66.1% 777 31.7% 52 2,449 D+34.4
Tyrrell 1,283 68.3% 546 29.1% 50 1,879 D+39.2

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)