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2012 North Carolina governor election

Pat McCrory (Republican) beat Walter H. Dalton (Democrat) in North Carolina in 2012, 54.6% to 43.2%, a margin of 11.4 points and 509,127 votes.

North Carolina changed party: in 2008 it went Democratic, for Bev Perdue.

Republicans led in 77 of the 100 counties and Democrats in 23. The largest, Wake, cast 482,102 votes and went to the Republican by 0.2 points. The closest was Tyrrell, where 108 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
Pat McCrory won Republican 2,440,707 54.6%
Walter H. Dalton Democratic 1,931,580 43.2%
All other candidates 96,008 2.1%
Total4,468,295

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wake 233,822 48.5% 234,584 48.7% 13,696 482,102 R+0.2
Mecklenburg 216,826 48.8% 219,927 49.5% 7,879 444,632 R+0.7
Guilford 130,798 52.1% 114,906 45.7% 5,560 251,264 D+6.3
Forsyth 81,872 47.3% 87,499 50.6% 3,671 173,042 R+3.3
Durham 102,533 70.8% 38,467 26.6% 3,821 144,821 D+44.2
Buncombe 64,389 51.0% 57,541 45.6% 4,257 126,187 D+5.4
Cumberland 70,680 56.2% 52,310 41.6% 2,751 125,741 D+14.6
New Hanover 41,633 40.9% 57,108 56.0% 3,170 101,911 R+15.2
Union 24,407 25.9% 68,095 72.4% 1,573 94,075 R+46.4
Gaston 26,877 29.8% 61,844 68.6% 1,412 90,133 R+38.8
Cabarrus 24,827 29.8% 56,888 68.3% 1,563 83,278 R+38.5
Pitt 38,877 49.7% 37,999 48.5% 1,401 78,277 D+1.1
Johnston 24,691 32.3% 50,225 65.7% 1,504 76,420 R+33.4
Iredell 20,043 26.4% 54,587 71.9% 1,327 75,957 R+45.5
Orange 48,684 64.4% 24,492 32.4% 2,379 75,555 D+32.0
Davidson 17,758 25.1% 51,500 72.8% 1,483 70,741 R+47.7
Catawba 18,352 26.5% 49,725 71.8% 1,178 69,255 R+45.3
Alamance 25,624 38.2% 40,044 59.7% 1,445 67,113 R+21.5
Rowan 18,066 29.1% 42,947 69.2% 1,023 62,036 R+40.1
Randolph 12,939 21.3% 46,583 76.8% 1,162 60,684 R+55.4
Brunswick 18,652 32.8% 36,907 65.0% 1,223 56,782 R+32.1
Henderson 16,590 32.1% 33,807 65.3% 1,365 51,762 R+33.3
Wayne 22,106 43.3% 28,259 55.3% 699 51,064 R+12.0
Onslow 16,520 32.6% 32,732 64.6% 1,408 50,660 R+32.0
Nash 23,449 48.4% 24,471 50.6% 481 48,401 R+2.1
Moore 14,792 32.2% 30,460 66.2% 756 46,008 R+34.1
Craven 17,118 37.4% 27,842 60.8% 853 45,813 R+23.4
Harnett 16,033 37.1% 26,289 60.8% 913 43,235 R+23.7
Cleveland 16,193 37.6% 26,368 61.1% 560 43,121 R+23.6
Robeson 25,474 60.1% 16,113 38.0% 778 42,365 D+22.1
Rockingham 15,062 36.1% 25,890 62.0% 787 41,739 R+25.9
Wilson 20,058 51.7% 18,288 47.1% 444 38,790 D+4.6
Lincoln 8,227 22.4% 27,845 76.0% 587 36,659 R+53.5
Burke 10,866 29.8% 24,972 68.4% 684 36,522 R+38.6
Carteret 9,141 25.8% 25,584 72.3% 663 35,388 R+46.5
Chatham 16,920 48.0% 17,517 49.7% 787 35,224 R+1.7
Caldwell 8,402 24.1% 25,771 73.8% 739 34,912 R+49.8
Surry 7,982 27.2% 20,757 70.7% 612 29,351 R+43.5
Wilkes 7,047 24.2% 21,455 73.7% 590 29,092 R+49.5
Rutherford 12,203 42.5% 16,005 55.8% 489 28,697 R+13.2
Stanly 6,725 23.5% 21,523 75.1% 401 28,649 R+51.7
Franklin 12,282 43.4% 15,370 54.4% 625 28,277 R+10.9
Lenoir 13,498 48.5% 14,020 50.4% 313 27,831 R+1.9
Haywood 10,907 39.4% 16,016 57.9% 742 27,665 R+18.5
Watauga 10,930 40.4% 14,887 55.0% 1,258 27,075 R+14.6
Edgecombe 17,948 66.8% 8,695 32.4% 217 26,860 D+34.4
Granville 12,605 48.2% 13,052 49.9% 506 26,163 R+1.7
Halifax 16,973 64.9% 8,951 34.2% 220 26,144 D+30.7
Sampson 11,327 43.4% 14,506 55.5% 287 26,120 R+12.2
Pender 8,726 35.8% 15,113 62.0% 521 24,360 R+26.2
Lee 10,083 41.9% 13,528 56.2% 481 24,092 R+14.3
Columbus 11,737 49.0% 11,857 49.5% 375 23,969 R+0.5
Beaufort 8,992 38.3% 14,124 60.1% 391 23,507 R+21.8
Stokes 5,518 25.5% 15,580 72.1% 519 21,617 R+46.5
Vance 12,880 62.1% 7,647 36.9% 202 20,729 D+25.2
Davie 4,792 23.2% 15,466 74.9% 390 20,648 R+51.7
Duplin 8,843 43.3% 11,333 55.5% 255 20,431 R+12.2
Richmond 9,119 47.4% 9,795 50.9% 342 19,256 R+3.5
Person 7,784 41.4% 10,672 56.7% 361 18,817 R+15.3
McDowell 5,624 31.3% 11,905 66.2% 467 17,996 R+34.9
Pasquotank 10,082 56.9% 7,139 40.3% 483 17,704 D+16.6
Dare 6,941 39.6% 9,905 56.5% 697 17,543 R+16.9
Alexander 3,768 21.9% 13,216 76.7% 243 17,227 R+54.8
Hoke 9,513 56.4% 6,956 41.2% 395 16,864 D+15.2
Yadkin 3,339 19.9% 13,070 78.0% 355 16,764 R+58.0
Macon 5,565 33.3% 10,669 63.8% 490 16,724 R+30.5
Jackson 7,554 45.4% 8,517 51.1% 584 16,655 R+5.8
Transylvania 6,205 37.5% 9,879 59.7% 470 16,554 R+22.2
Bladen 8,118 51.2% 7,545 47.6% 189 15,852 D+3.6
Scotland 7,993 57.7% 5,556 40.1% 299 13,848 D+17.6
Ashe 3,659 28.9% 8,729 68.9% 288 12,676 R+40.0
Martin 6,611 52.5% 5,851 46.5% 134 12,596 D+6.0
Cherokee 3,683 29.6% 8,193 65.8% 584 12,460 R+36.2
Anson 6,591 58.6% 4,561 40.5% 105 11,257 D+18.0
Montgomery 4,320 38.5% 6,730 59.9% 179 11,229 R+21.5
Currituck 3,329 30.3% 7,073 64.4% 581 10,983 R+34.1
Caswell 5,168 47.4% 5,536 50.8% 194 10,898 R+3.4
Hertford 7,793 72.5% 2,840 26.4% 119 10,752 D+46.1
Northampton 7,115 66.4% 3,477 32.5% 117 10,709 D+34.0
Polk 3,954 38.5% 6,065 59.1% 248 10,267 R+20.6
Madison 4,272 42.0% 5,586 55.0% 303 10,161 R+12.9
Bertie 6,587 65.6% 3,365 33.5% 85 10,037 D+32.1
Warren 6,603 66.0% 3,300 33.0% 105 10,008 D+33.0
Yancey 4,122 43.2% 5,245 54.9% 181 9,548 R+11.8
Greene 3,745 45.6% 4,388 53.4% 80 8,213 R+7.8
Mitchell 1,646 21.5% 5,841 76.1% 185 7,672 R+54.7
Avery 1,456 19.0% 6,010 78.5% 187 7,653 R+59.5
Chowan 3,538 48.3% 3,658 49.9% 134 7,330 R+1.6
Pamlico 2,450 36.6% 4,122 61.5% 131 6,703 R+24.9
Washington 3,824 59.0% 2,591 40.0% 66 6,481 D+19.0
Perquimans 2,757 42.7% 3,544 54.9% 160 6,461 R+12.2
Swain 2,532 44.5% 2,952 51.9% 206 5,690 R+7.4
Clay 1,641 29.7% 3,680 66.6% 203 5,524 R+36.9
Gates 2,862 53.8% 2,334 43.9% 126 5,322 D+9.9
Jones 2,224 42.6% 2,927 56.1% 64 5,215 R+13.5
Alleghany 1,506 29.8% 3,419 67.7% 126 5,051 R+37.9
Camden 1,587 34.5% 2,831 61.5% 186 4,604 R+27.0
Graham 1,210 30.9% 2,605 66.6% 99 3,914 R+35.6
Hyde 1,080 45.6% 1,240 52.3% 51 2,371 R+6.7
Tyrrell 811 46.1% 919 52.2% 30 1,760 R+6.1

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)