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Election 1872 Results

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1872 presidential election in North Carolina

Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) beat Horace Greeley (Democrat) in North Carolina in 1872, 57.2% to 42.7%, a margin of 14.5 points and 23,879 votes.

North Carolina voted 2.9 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+11.6.

The Republican hold continued from 1868, when Ulysses S. Grant also won.

Republicans led in 61 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 31. The largest, Wake, cast 6,112 votes and went to the Republican by 21.2 points. The closest was McDowell, where 7 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 94,266 57.2%
Horace Greeley Democratic 70,387 42.7%
All other candidates 18 0.0%
Total164,671

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wake 2,407 39.4% 3,705 60.6% 6,112 R+21.2
New Hanover 1,877 35.3% 3,445 64.7% 5,322 R+29.5
Halifax 1,485 28.1% 3,794 71.9% 5,279 R+43.7
Edgecombe 1,221 26.2% 3,436 73.8% 4,657 R+47.6
Mecklenburg 2,202 50.2% 2,181 49.8% 4,383 D+0.5
Granville 1,690 38.9% 2,653 61.1% 4,343 R+22.2
Craven 954 25.7% 2,759 74.3% 3,713 R+48.6
Warren 1,008 29.1% 2,455 70.9% 3,463 R+41.8
Cumberland 1,442 43.9% 1,846 56.1% 3,288 R+12.3
Wayne 1,311 40.4% 1,934 59.6% 3,245 R+19.2
Pitt 1,429 45.2% 1,734 54.8% 3,163 R+9.6
Guilford 1,380 44.1% 1,736 55.5% 11 3,127 R+11.4
Chatham 1,300 45.0% 1,586 55.0% 2,886 R+9.9
Caswell 1,554 55.2% 1,261 44.8% 1 2,816 D+10.4
Rockingham 1,416 50.7% 1,370 49.1% 6 2,792 D+1.6
Northampton 752 27.3% 1,998 72.7% 2,750 R+45.3
Orange 1,483 53.9% 1,267 46.1% 2,750 D+7.9
Franklin 1,197 43.7% 1,543 56.3% 2,740 R+12.6
Robeson 1,051 41.2% 1,503 58.8% 2,554 R+17.7
Beaufort 1,019 41.1% 1,459 58.9% 2,478 R+17.8
Sampson 889 37.7% 1,470 62.3% 2,359 R+24.6
Randolph 983 43.2% 1,291 56.8% 2,274 R+13.5
Duplin 1,211 53.8% 1,039 46.2% 2,250 D+7.6
Nash 1,003 45.2% 1,215 54.8% 2,218 R+9.6
Bertie 690 31.3% 1,517 68.7% 2,207 R+37.5
Johnston 809 37.2% 1,368 62.8% 2,177 R+25.7
Wilson 1,053 48.4% 1,124 51.6% 2,177 R+3.3
Davidson 714 32.9% 1,454 67.1% 2,168 R+34.1
Bladen 758 35.0% 1,409 65.0% 2,167 R+30.0
Martin 959 44.4% 1,201 55.6% 2,160 R+11.2
Iredell 1,159 54.2% 980 45.8% 2,139 D+8.4
Buncombe 1,109 53.3% 970 46.7% 2,079 D+6.7
Lenoir 701 35.0% 1,304 65.0% 2,005 R+30.1
Anson 976 49.0% 1,017 51.0% 1,993 R+2.1
Rowan 962 49.6% 976 50.4% 1,938 R+0.7
Richmond 730 38.1% 1,186 61.9% 1,916 R+23.8
Forsyth 758 40.8% 1,100 59.2% 1,858 R+18.4
Wilkes 639 35.2% 1,178 64.8% 1,817 R+29.7
Alamance 850 47.9% 925 52.1% 1,775 R+4.2
Cabarrus 945 54.3% 796 45.7% 1,741 D+8.6
Person 934 53.9% 800 46.1% 1,734 D+7.7
Catawba 1,252 74.0% 441 26.0% 1,693 D+47.9
Stokes 839 50.4% 825 49.6% 1,664 D+0.8
Surry 681 43.4% 887 56.6% 1,568 R+13.1
Columbus 730 48.4% 777 51.6% 1,507 R+3.1
Hertford 558 38.1% 905 61.9% 1,463 R+23.7
Gaston 808 55.8% 640 44.2% 1,448 D+11.6
Moore 714 49.4% 731 50.6% 1,445 R+1.2
Pasquotank 351 25.1% 1,049 74.9% 1,400 R+49.9
Carteret 744 53.3% 652 46.7% 1,396 D+6.6
Greene 475 34.1% 920 65.9% 1,395 R+31.9
Lincoln 737 54.2% 624 45.8% 1,361 D+8.3
Brunswick 490 36.4% 857 63.6% 1,347 R+27.2
Yadkin 518 38.8% 817 61.2% 1,335 R+22.4
Rutherford 399 30.1% 928 69.9% 1,327 R+39.9
Harnett 657 49.5% 669 50.5% 1,326 R+0.9
Washington 390 29.4% 935 70.6% 1,325 R+41.1
Perquimans 397 30.8% 892 69.2% 1,289 R+38.4
Onslow 720 57.6% 529 42.4% 1,249 D+15.3
Chowan 430 35.9% 767 64.1% 1,197 R+28.2
Davie 510 44.5% 637 55.5% 1,147 R+11.1
Union 689 60.4% 451 39.6% 1,140 D+20.9
Burke 544 49.1% 565 50.9% 1,109 R+1.9
Gates 600 56.3% 465 43.7% 1,065 D+12.7
Jones 375 36.4% 654 63.6% 1,029 R+27.1
Haywood 668 66.2% 341 33.8% 1,009 D+32.4
Cleveland 451 44.9% 553 55.1% 1,004 R+10.2
Camden 434 44.3% 545 55.7% 979 R+11.3
Hyde 528 55.7% 420 44.3% 948 D+11.4
Henderson 369 40.8% 536 59.2% 905 R+18.5
McDowell 448 49.6% 455 50.4% 903 R+0.8
Montgomery 241 28.0% 620 72.0% 861 R+44.0
Stanly 478 55.5% 383 44.5% 861 D+11.0
Ashe 312 36.5% 542 63.5% 854 R+26.9
Caldwell 521 62.0% 319 38.0% 840 D+24.0
Madison 380 47.7% 417 52.3% 797 R+4.6
Alexander 367 54.0% 313 46.0% 680 D+7.9
Cherokee 284 43.3% 372 56.7% 656 R+13.4
Macon 493 75.6% 159 24.4% 652 D+51.2
Yancey 344 52.8% 307 47.2% 651 D+5.7
Pamlico 290 44.8% 358 55.2% 648 R+10.5
Jackson 425 75.5% 138 24.5% 563 D+51.0
Tyrrell 235 42.3% 321 57.7% 556 R+15.5
Mitchell 64 12.0% 468 88.0% 532 R+75.9
Watauga 197 51.3% 187 48.7% 384 D+2.6
Transylvania 230 60.5% 150 39.5% 380 D+21.1
Alleghany 220 60.8% 142 39.2% 362 D+21.5
Dare 144 39.9% 217 60.1% 361 R+20.2
Clay 204 62.0% 125 38.0% 329 D+24.0
Polk 99 32.7% 204 67.3% 303 R+34.7
Swain 263 88.3% 35 11.7% 298 D+76.5
Graham 80 68.4% 37 31.6% 117 D+36.8

Counties as they stood in 1872; 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