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Election 2016 Results

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2016 North Carolina governor election

Roy Cooper (Democrat) beat Pat McCrory (Republican) in North Carolina in 2016, 49.0% to 48.8%, a margin of 0.2 points and 10,277 votes.

North Carolina changed party: in 2012 it went Republican, for Pat McCrory.

Republicans led in 72 of the 100 counties and Democrats in 28. The largest, Wake, cast 526,575 votes and went to the Democrat by 22.1 points. The closest was Granville, where 220 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
Roy Cooper won Democratic 2,309,157 49.0%
Pat McCrory Republican 2,298,880 48.8%
All other candidates 102,977 2.2%
Total4,711,014

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wake 315,555 59.9% 199,356 37.9% 11,664 526,575 D+22.1
Mecklenburg 297,129 63.3% 160,501 34.2% 11,975 469,605 D+29.1
Guilford 155,692 60.9% 94,467 37.0% 5,409 255,568 D+24.0
Forsyth 99,689 56.2% 73,589 41.5% 3,991 177,269 D+14.7
Durham 122,137 78.6% 30,720 19.8% 2,622 155,479 D+58.8
Buncombe 81,877 59.3% 51,874 37.6% 4,294 138,045 D+21.7
Cumberland 70,449 55.9% 52,762 41.8% 2,909 126,120 D+14.0
New Hanover 56,370 50.9% 51,105 46.2% 3,234 110,709 D+4.8
Union 35,921 34.2% 66,739 63.5% 2,388 105,048 R+29.3
Gaston 33,708 35.2% 60,006 62.6% 2,146 95,860 R+27.4
Cabarrus 37,918 40.8% 52,530 56.6% 2,441 92,889 R+15.7
Johnston 31,182 36.4% 52,921 61.8% 1,567 85,670 R+25.4
Orange 61,344 74.8% 19,153 23.4% 1,492 81,989 D+51.5
Iredell 28,585 34.9% 50,923 62.2% 2,419 81,927 R+27.3
Pitt 41,916 52.4% 36,705 45.9% 1,323 79,944 D+6.5
Davidson 21,945 29.5% 50,860 68.3% 1,676 74,481 R+38.8
Catawba 23,766 33.1% 46,269 64.4% 1,815 71,850 R+31.3
Alamance 32,032 45.2% 37,501 53.0% 1,283 70,816 R+7.7
Brunswick 25,285 37.4% 40,726 60.3% 1,574 67,585 R+22.8
Randolph 16,374 25.5% 46,370 72.2% 1,460 64,204 R+46.7
Rowan 21,631 33.8% 40,812 63.7% 1,630 64,073 R+29.9
Henderson 22,459 39.0% 33,599 58.3% 1,597 57,655 R+19.3
Onslow 17,994 31.9% 36,688 65.1% 1,658 56,340 R+33.2
Wayne 21,859 43.4% 27,821 55.2% 680 50,360 R+11.8
Moore 17,794 36.7% 29,688 61.2% 991 48,473 R+24.5
Nash 24,646 51.7% 22,486 47.2% 506 47,638 D+4.5
Craven 17,814 38.2% 27,926 59.9% 896 46,636 R+21.7
Harnett 17,666 38.5% 27,122 59.2% 1,041 45,829 R+20.6
Cleveland 16,114 36.3% 27,548 62.0% 740 44,402 R+25.8
Rockingham 16,334 38.9% 24,831 59.1% 850 42,015 R+20.2
Robeson 18,536 46.1% 21,305 53.0% 382 40,223 R+6.9
Chatham 22,097 55.4% 17,052 42.8% 719 39,868 D+12.7
Lincoln 11,331 28.4% 27,558 69.2% 959 39,848 R+40.7
Burke 13,372 34.5% 24,466 63.2% 876 38,714 R+28.7
Wilson 20,471 53.8% 17,161 45.1% 391 38,023 D+8.7
Carteret 10,687 28.4% 26,095 69.5% 790 37,572 R+41.0
Caldwell 10,055 27.8% 25,173 69.6% 927 36,155 R+41.8
Surry 9,624 30.1% 21,714 68.0% 613 31,951 R+37.8
Wilkes 8,280 26.6% 22,246 71.4% 622 31,148 R+44.8
Haywood 12,864 42.2% 16,625 54.6% 961 30,450 R+12.4
Franklin 13,849 45.6% 15,900 52.4% 590 30,339 R+6.8
Rutherford 9,512 31.8% 19,672 65.8% 728 29,912 R+34.0
Stanly 8,163 27.4% 21,054 70.6% 601 29,818 R+43.2
Watauga 15,650 52.6% 13,073 43.9% 1,029 29,752 D+8.7
Pender 10,187 37.1% 16,622 60.5% 684 27,493 R+23.4
Granville 13,528 49.6% 13,308 48.8% 450 27,286 D+0.8
Lenoir 12,458 46.8% 13,882 52.1% 280 26,620 R+5.3
Sampson 10,566 41.0% 14,935 58.0% 265 25,766 R+17.0
Halifax 16,021 64.0% 8,830 35.3% 191 25,042 D+28.7
Lee 11,369 45.6% 13,017 52.2% 544 24,930 R+6.6
Edgecombe 16,162 65.3% 8,389 33.9% 215 24,766 D+31.4
Beaufort 8,855 37.2% 14,610 61.4% 322 23,787 R+24.2
Columbus 9,316 39.9% 13,740 58.8% 311 23,367 R+18.9
Stokes 6,177 27.5% 15,726 70.0% 564 22,467 R+42.5
Davie 6,438 29.7% 14,721 67.9% 508 21,667 R+38.2
Duplin 8,180 39.6% 12,269 59.3% 224 20,673 R+19.8
Vance 12,267 61.8% 7,381 37.2% 201 19,849 D+24.6
McDowell 6,022 30.7% 13,049 66.4% 572 19,643 R+35.8
Person 8,400 43.1% 10,770 55.3% 303 19,473 R+12.2
Dare 8,086 41.9% 10,702 55.4% 517 19,305 R+13.6
Richmond 8,948 46.8% 9,844 51.5% 311 19,103 R+4.7
Jackson 9,205 49.5% 8,782 47.3% 597 18,584 D+2.3
Alexander 4,648 25.4% 13,248 72.5% 387 18,283 R+47.0
Hoke 9,688 53.9% 7,799 43.4% 490 17,977 D+10.5
Transylvania 7,598 43.0% 9,549 54.0% 529 17,676 R+11.0
Yadkin 4,033 22.9% 13,192 75.0% 356 17,581 R+52.1
Macon 6,279 35.8% 10,715 61.2% 525 17,519 R+25.3
Pasquotank 8,774 51.1% 8,071 47.0% 335 17,180 D+4.1
Bladen 7,263 46.1% 8,312 52.7% 189 15,764 R+6.7
Cherokee 3,712 26.8% 9,717 70.1% 438 13,867 R+43.3
Scotland 7,351 53.9% 6,091 44.7% 189 13,631 D+9.2
Ashe 4,304 32.1% 8,834 65.8% 288 13,426 R+33.7
Currituck 3,156 25.5% 8,851 71.5% 365 12,372 R+46.0
Martin 5,783 48.7% 6,015 50.6% 88 11,886 R+2.0
Montgomery 4,658 40.5% 6,656 57.9% 175 11,489 R+17.4
Madison 4,796 43.0% 6,049 54.2% 318 11,163 R+11.2
Caswell 5,035 46.0% 5,762 52.6% 156 10,953 R+6.6
Polk 4,302 39.9% 6,225 57.8% 251 10,778 R+17.8
Anson 5,851 55.9% 4,511 43.1% 112 10,474 D+12.8
Yancey 3,931 39.3% 5,845 58.4% 230 10,006 R+19.1
Hertford 6,681 66.8% 3,243 32.4% 75 9,999 D+34.4
Warren 6,469 66.1% 3,218 32.9% 102 9,789 D+33.2
Northampton 6,101 62.3% 3,617 37.0% 69 9,787 D+25.4
Bertie 5,504 59.4% 3,700 39.9% 60 9,264 D+19.5
Avery 1,978 24.2% 6,023 73.5% 188 8,189 R+49.4
Greene 3,602 44.7% 4,383 54.4% 67 8,052 R+9.7
Mitchell 1,998 24.9% 5,822 72.6% 199 8,019 R+47.7
Chowan 2,990 41.9% 4,079 57.1% 72 7,141 R+15.2
Pamlico 2,466 36.1% 4,261 62.4% 103 6,830 R+26.3
Perquimans 2,356 35.7% 4,160 63.1% 76 6,592 R+27.4
Washington 3,386 55.5% 2,665 43.7% 53 6,104 D+11.8
Swain 2,662 44.2% 3,096 51.4% 268 6,026 R+7.2
Clay 1,690 28.8% 4,029 68.6% 156 5,875 R+39.8
Alleghany 1,643 30.9% 3,583 67.3% 97 5,323 R+36.4
Gates 2,338 44.2% 2,875 54.3% 78 5,291 R+10.1
Jones 2,050 40.1% 2,998 58.7% 60 5,108 R+18.6
Camden 1,361 27.8% 3,410 69.5% 132 4,903 R+41.8
Graham 1,144 28.4% 2,760 68.4% 130 4,034 R+40.1
Hyde 1,011 44.1% 1,257 54.8% 25 2,293 R+10.7
Tyrrell 704 40.9% 990 57.5% 28 1,722 R+16.6

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)