United States Presidential election7 Nov 2028in 729 days Senate D 97% House D 58% Calendar Track record Research
PollingForecast.com United States
Closest results
United States · Election results history · 2020 governors · North Carolina
Election 2020 Results

Each election opens in its own mode: the forecast before the votes are counted, the live count while races are still too close to call, and the results once every race is decided.

2020 North Carolina governor election

Roy Cooper (Democrat) beat Dan Forest (Republican) in North Carolina in 2020, 51.5% to 47.0%, a margin of 4.5 points and 248,186 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2016, when Roy Cooper also won.

Republicans led in 71 of the 100 counties and Democrats in 29. The largest, Wake, cast 629,673 votes and went to the Democrat by 32.0 points. The closest was Jackson, where 113 votes separated the two parties.

United States
Results
2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 1901 1900 1899 1898 1897 1896 1895 1894 1893 1892 1891 1890 1889 1888 1887 1886 1885 1884 1883 1882 1881 1880 1879 1878 1877 1876 1875 1874 1873 1872 1871 1870 1869 1868 1867 1866 1865
If only voted How this works
If the polls miss like

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 2,834,790 51.5%
Dan Forest Republican 2,586,604 47.0%
All other candidates 81,383 1.5%
Total5,502,777

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wake 410,386 65.2% 209,183 33.2% 10,104 629,673 D+32.0
Mecklenburg 382,726 67.8% 171,123 30.3% 10,584 564,433 D+37.5
Guilford 180,160 63.8% 97,973 34.7% 4,459 282,592 D+29.1
Forsyth 118,663 59.2% 78,475 39.2% 3,186 200,324 D+20.1
Durham 147,110 81.9% 29,989 16.7% 2,496 179,595 D+65.2
Buncombe 99,395 62.0% 58,153 36.2% 2,894 160,442 D+25.7
Cumberland 88,278 60.3% 55,197 37.7% 3,018 146,493 D+22.6
New Hanover 69,554 53.0% 59,305 45.2% 2,417 131,276 D+7.8
Union 51,306 39.3% 77,305 59.3% 1,860 130,471 R+19.9
Cabarrus 54,665 47.0% 59,682 51.3% 1,990 116,337 R+4.3
Gaston 44,074 38.4% 69,158 60.2% 1,687 114,919 R+21.8
Johnston 45,165 40.7% 64,310 57.9% 1,599 111,074 R+17.2
Iredell 36,375 35.7% 63,962 62.7% 1,660 101,997 R+27.0
Brunswick 36,818 41.0% 51,703 57.6% 1,260 89,781 R+16.6
Davidson 26,598 30.1% 60,771 68.7% 1,061 88,430 R+38.6
Pitt 48,995 56.1% 37,210 42.6% 1,183 87,388 D+13.5
Alamance 41,979 48.8% 42,918 49.9% 1,038 85,935 R+1.1
Orange 65,042 76.7% 18,810 22.2% 963 84,815 D+54.5
Catawba 28,267 34.0% 53,802 64.6% 1,179 83,248 R+30.7
Rowan 25,473 34.8% 46,676 63.7% 1,070 73,219 R+29.0
Randolph 18,929 26.0% 53,176 72.9% 808 72,913 R+47.0
Onslow 25,653 35.9% 43,838 61.3% 1,987 71,478 R+25.4
Henderson 29,144 42.7% 38,028 55.8% 1,018 68,190 R+13.0
Moore 22,974 39.5% 34,311 59.0% 842 58,127 R+19.5
Harnett 23,987 41.3% 33,049 56.9% 1,046 58,082 R+15.6
Wayne 25,589 46.3% 29,056 52.5% 671 55,316 R+6.3
Craven 22,436 42.4% 29,614 56.0% 806 52,856 R+13.6
Nash 27,692 53.1% 24,062 46.1% 440 52,194 D+7.0
Cleveland 18,549 36.3% 32,031 62.7% 544 51,124 R+26.4
Lincoln 14,730 29.4% 34,711 69.3% 667 50,108 R+39.9
Chatham 28,128 57.9% 19,937 41.1% 479 48,544 D+16.9
Rockingham 18,197 38.2% 28,891 60.6% 564 47,652 R+22.4
Robeson 22,281 47.8% 23,888 51.3% 421 46,590 R+3.4
Burke 15,028 33.8% 28,898 65.0% 533 44,459 R+31.2
Caldwell 11,926 27.9% 30,234 70.9% 513 42,673 R+42.9
Carteret 13,293 31.3% 28,689 67.5% 542 42,524 R+36.2
Wilson 22,014 54.1% 18,305 45.0% 366 40,685 D+9.1
Franklin 17,427 46.7% 19,400 51.9% 518 37,345 R+5.3
Surry 10,872 29.7% 25,366 69.3% 361 36,599 R+39.6
Haywood 14,779 40.5% 21,185 58.1% 495 36,459 R+17.6
Wilkes 9,537 27.0% 25,469 72.0% 344 35,350 R+45.1
Rutherford 10,469 30.5% 23,437 68.4% 370 34,276 R+37.8
Pender 12,599 37.1% 20,854 61.3% 552 34,005 R+24.3
Stanly 9,413 27.8% 24,022 71.0% 381 33,816 R+43.2
Watauga 17,642 55.1% 13,790 43.0% 608 32,040 D+12.0
Granville 15,756 49.9% 15,411 48.8% 381 31,548 D+1.1
Lee 13,522 46.9% 14,937 51.8% 402 28,861 R+4.9
Sampson 11,890 41.7% 16,404 57.5% 244 28,538 R+15.8
Lenoir 14,208 50.1% 13,906 49.1% 234 28,348 D+1.1
Columbus 10,309 39.3% 15,713 59.9% 223 26,245 R+20.6
Beaufort 10,291 39.2% 15,710 59.9% 231 26,232 R+20.7
Halifax 16,098 62.6% 9,403 36.6% 197 25,698 D+26.1
Stokes 6,567 25.6% 18,849 73.4% 265 25,681 R+47.8
Edgecombe 16,786 66.0% 8,487 33.3% 176 25,449 D+32.6
Davie 7,904 31.3% 17,104 67.7% 270 25,278 R+36.4
Dare 10,485 43.7% 13,151 54.8% 384 24,020 R+11.1
McDowell 6,851 29.9% 15,761 68.8% 288 22,900 R+38.9
Duplin 9,164 40.5% 13,295 58.7% 181 22,640 R+18.2
Person 9,301 42.6% 12,296 56.4% 212 21,809 R+13.7
Hoke 12,597 58.5% 8,475 39.4% 456 21,528 D+19.1
Jackson 10,406 48.7% 10,519 49.3% 421 21,346 R+0.5
Vance 13,160 62.8% 7,608 36.3% 182 20,950 D+26.5
Macon 7,062 34.1% 13,333 64.5% 289 20,684 R+30.3
Richmond 9,622 46.6% 10,740 52.1% 269 20,631 R+5.4
Transylvania 9,226 45.4% 10,800 53.1% 299 20,325 R+7.7
Alexander 4,980 24.7% 14,980 74.2% 227 20,187 R+49.5
Yadkin 4,777 24.0% 14,910 74.9% 213 19,900 R+50.9
Pasquotank 10,061 50.8% 9,449 47.7% 301 19,811 D+3.1
Bladen 7,784 45.7% 9,096 53.4% 153 17,033 R+7.7
Cherokee 3,772 23.1% 12,349 75.5% 230 16,351 R+52.5
Currituck 4,382 27.3% 11,293 70.5% 350 16,025 R+43.1
Ashe 4,967 31.5% 10,622 67.3% 188 15,777 R+35.8
Scotland 7,671 52.4% 6,821 46.6% 155 14,647 D+5.8
Madison 5,489 42.1% 7,352 56.3% 210 13,051 R+14.3
Montgomery 5,069 39.5% 7,622 59.4% 135 12,826 R+19.9
Martin 6,277 50.2% 6,154 49.2% 82 12,513 D+1.0
Polk 4,863 39.5% 7,280 59.2% 156 12,299 R+19.7
Caswell 5,285 44.0% 6,634 55.2% 101 12,020 R+11.2
Yancey 4,147 36.5% 7,105 62.5% 122 11,374 R+26.0
Anson 6,116 54.6% 4,977 44.4% 113 11,206 D+10.2
Hertford 7,212 68.2% 3,282 31.1% 74 10,568 D+37.2
Warren 6,716 65.2% 3,497 34.0% 82 10,295 D+31.3
Northampton 6,313 62.6% 3,689 36.6% 82 10,084 D+26.0
Bertie 6,080 62.1% 3,654 37.3% 54 9,788 D+24.8
Avery 2,407 25.6% 6,894 73.2% 116 9,417 R+47.6
Mitchell 2,090 23.2% 6,827 75.8% 84 9,001 R+52.6
Greene 3,991 45.7% 4,678 53.6% 66 8,735 R+7.9
Chowan 3,399 43.8% 4,308 55.5% 58 7,765 R+11.7
Pamlico 2,881 37.8% 4,672 61.3% 73 7,626 R+23.5
Perquimans 2,637 35.3% 4,756 63.7% 78 7,471 R+28.4
Swain 3,043 43.3% 3,847 54.7% 139 7,029 R+11.4
Clay 1,761 25.7% 4,994 72.8% 103 6,858 R+47.1
Washington 3,531 57.0% 2,623 42.4% 37 6,191 D+14.7
Alleghany 1,929 31.7% 4,085 67.1% 70 6,084 R+35.4
Gates 2,679 45.2% 3,163 53.3% 91 5,933 R+8.2
Camden 1,600 27.1% 4,200 71.0% 113 5,913 R+44.0
Jones 2,333 42.3% 3,128 56.7% 51 5,512 R+14.4
Graham 1,104 23.8% 3,489 75.1% 51 4,644 R+51.4
Hyde 1,111 44.7% 1,351 54.4% 21 2,483 R+9.7
Tyrrell 811 45.0% 975 54.1% 16 1,802 R+9.1

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)