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Election 1868 Results

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1868 presidential election in North Carolina

Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) beat Horatio Seymour (Democrat) in North Carolina in 1868, 53.4% to 46.6%, a margin of 6.8 points and 12,380 votes.

North Carolina voted 1.5 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+5.3.

Republicans led in 46 of the 89 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 43. The largest, Wake, cast 6,386 votes and went to the Republican by 7.5 points. The closest was Camden, where 2 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.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ulysses S. Grant won Republican 96,939 53.4%
Horatio Seymour Democratic 84,559 46.6%
Total181,498

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wake 2,953 46.2% 3,433 53.8% 6,386 R+7.5
New Hanover 2,290 36.6% 3,968 63.4% 6,258 R+26.8
Craven 1,493 29.7% 3,535 70.3% 5,028 R+40.6
Granville 2,148 43.8% 2,754 56.2% 4,902 R+12.4
Halifax 1,593 33.2% 3,206 66.8% 4,799 R+33.6
Edgecombe 1,473 35.5% 2,676 64.5% 4,149 R+29.0
Mecklenburg 2,149 52.3% 1,962 47.7% 4,111 D+4.5
Guilford 1,496 40.8% 2,169 59.2% 3,665 R+18.4
Caswell 1,409 41.9% 1,957 58.1% 3,366 R+16.3
Warren 1,053 31.3% 2,308 68.7% 3,361 R+37.3
Orange 1,907 56.8% 1,453 43.2% 3,360 D+13.5
Pitt 1,559 47.1% 1,752 52.9% 3,311 R+5.8
Chatham 1,539 46.6% 1,765 53.4% 3,304 R+6.8
Cumberland 1,680 51.3% 1,592 48.7% 3,272 D+2.7
Northampton 1,045 35.1% 1,931 64.9% 2,976 R+29.8
Rockingham 1,513 50.8% 1,463 49.2% 2,976 D+1.7
Wayne 1,487 51.1% 1,421 48.9% 2,908 D+2.3
Rowan 1,530 53.5% 1,332 46.5% 2,862 D+6.9
Franklin 1,376 49.0% 1,431 51.0% 2,807 R+2.0
Davidson 835 31.2% 1,843 68.8% 2,678 R+37.6
Robeson 1,337 50.4% 1,318 49.6% 2,655 D+0.7
Randolph 877 33.4% 1,752 66.6% 2,629 R+33.3
Duplin 1,580 60.7% 1,025 39.3% 2,605 D+21.3
Johnston 1,348 52.8% 1,204 47.2% 2,552 D+5.6
Beaufort 1,227 48.2% 1,318 51.8% 2,545 R+3.6
Sampson 1,447 58.5% 1,026 41.5% 2,473 D+17.0
Bladen 1,079 44.0% 1,372 56.0% 2,451 R+12.0
Iredell 1,412 62.2% 859 37.8% 2,271 D+24.4
Bertie 753 33.2% 1,517 66.8% 2,270 R+33.7
Alamance 1,055 48.9% 1,102 51.1% 2,157 R+2.2
Buncombe 1,090 51.3% 1,035 48.7% 2,125 D+2.6
Lenoir 861 41.5% 1,215 58.5% 2,076 R+17.1
Richmond 808 39.2% 1,254 60.8% 2,062 R+21.6
Anson 1,050 51.2% 1,002 48.8% 2,052 D+2.3
Cabarrus 1,112 54.2% 940 45.8% 2,052 D+8.4
Martin 1,027 50.1% 1,021 49.9% 2,048 D+0.3
Forsyth 786 38.4% 1,261 61.6% 2,047 R+23.2
Wilkes 820 40.5% 1,205 59.5% 2,025 R+19.0
Person 1,054 52.5% 953 47.5% 2,007 D+5.0
Wilson 1,103 55.2% 897 44.9% 2,000 D+10.3
Rutherford 685 34.9% 1,279 65.1% 1,964 R+30.2
Nash 1,096 56.7% 837 43.3% 1,933 D+13.4
Moore 884 46.5% 1,019 53.5% 1,903 R+7.1
Union 930 53.4% 811 46.6% 1,741 D+6.8
Carteret 899 52.2% 823 47.8% 1,722 D+4.4
Cleveland 1,037 61.3% 656 38.7% 1,693 D+22.5
Burke 741 44.4% 927 55.6% 1,668 R+11.2
Pasquotank 590 36.0% 1,047 64.0% 1,637 R+27.9
Catawba 1,131 69.9% 488 30.1% 1,619 D+39.7
Brunswick 698 44.3% 879 55.7% 1,577 R+11.5
Gaston 678 43.6% 878 56.4% 1,556 R+12.9
Surry 737 47.4% 818 52.6% 1,555 R+5.2
Stokes 744 48.7% 783 51.3% 1,527 R+2.6
Perquimans 580 38.8% 913 61.2% 1,493 R+22.3
Yadkin 622 42.5% 840 57.5% 1,462 R+14.9
Columbus 957 65.5% 503 34.5% 1,460 D+31.1
Hertford 714 49.0% 744 51.0% 1,458 R+2.1
Harnett 789 55.0% 645 45.0% 1,434 D+10.0
Hyde 791 58.0% 572 42.0% 1,363 D+16.1
Lincoln 738 54.1% 625 45.9% 1,363 D+8.3
McDowell 607 45.1% 740 54.9% 1,347 R+9.9
Davie 690 51.4% 652 48.6% 1,342 D+2.8
Currituck 907 68.6% 416 31.4% 1,323 D+37.1
Greene 557 42.4% 756 57.6% 1,313 R+15.2
Washington 348 26.7% 955 73.3% 1,303 R+46.6
Onslow 879 67.8% 417 32.2% 1,296 D+35.6
Ashe 644 50.4% 634 49.6% 1,278 D+0.8
Chowan 520 43.0% 690 57.0% 1,210 R+14.0
Gates 672 59.8% 452 40.2% 1,124 D+19.6
Stanly 651 58.3% 466 41.7% 1,117 D+16.6
Haywood 660 61.6% 412 38.4% 1,072 D+23.1
Montgomery 341 31.9% 727 68.1% 1,068 R+36.1
Camden 528 49.9% 530 50.1% 1,058 R+0.2
Jones 422 41.6% 592 58.4% 1,014 R+16.8
Caldwell 617 60.9% 396 39.1% 1,013 D+21.8
Henderson 361 36.1% 640 63.9% 1,001 R+27.9
Madison 458 46.4% 529 53.6% 987 R+7.2
Macon 572 63.9% 323 36.1% 895 D+27.8
Alexander 516 59.5% 351 40.5% 867 D+19.0
Cherokee 423 48.8% 443 51.2% 866 R+2.3
Jackson 607 73.4% 220 26.6% 827 D+46.8
Yancey 435 62.1% 266 37.9% 701 D+24.1
Watauga 348 53.5% 303 46.5% 651 D+6.9
Mitchell 117 18.1% 529 81.9% 646 R+63.8
Polk 195 32.5% 405 67.5% 600 R+35.0
Tyrrell 339 63.5% 195 36.5% 534 D+27.0
Alleghany 284 53.7% 245 46.3% 529 D+7.4
Transylvania 232 55.5% 186 44.5% 418 D+11.0
Clay 234 60.2% 155 39.8% 389 D+20.3

Counties as they stood in 1868; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

North Carolina in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+3.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+1.3
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+3.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+2.0
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+0.3
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+12.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+12.8
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+4.7
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+0.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+16.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+2.1
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+11.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+40.6
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+12.3
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+4.2
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+1.3
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+7.8
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+25.3
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+48.1
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+46.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+40.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+9.9
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+19.2
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+13.5
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+16.4
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+47.3
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+8.7
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+20.0
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+8.5
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+5.8
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+11.6
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+4.6
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+3.6
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+7.2
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.5
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+6.8