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Election 1880 Results

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1880 presidential election in North Carolina

Winfield Scott Hancock (Democrat) beat James A. Garfield (Republican) in North Carolina in 1880, 51.5% to 48.0%, a margin of 3.6 points and 8,588 votes.

North Carolina voted 3.7 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+0.1.

The Democratic hold continued from 1876, when Samuel J. Tilden won.

Democrats led in 60 of the 93 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 33. The largest, Wake, cast 8,982 votes and went to the Republican by 2.9 points. The closest was Forsyth, where 13 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
Winfield Scott Hancock won Democratic 124,204 51.5%
James A. Garfield Republican 115,616 48.0%
All other candidates 1,126 0.5%
Total240,946

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wake 4,359 48.5% 4,623 51.5% 8,982 R+2.9
Mecklenburg 3,361 50.9% 3,245 49.1% 6,606 D+1.8
Granville 2,828 47.1% 3,178 52.9% 6,006 R+5.8
Edgecombe 1,726 33.2% 3,466 66.8% 5,192 R+33.5
Wayne 2,427 51.8% 2,260 48.2% 4,687 D+3.6
Guilford 2,280 50.3% 2,233 49.2% 22 4,535 D+1.0
Orange 2,537 57.2% 1,902 42.8% 4,439 D+14.3
Cumberland 2,109 49.7% 2,137 50.3% 4,246 R+0.7
Robeson 2,235 53.3% 1,960 46.7% 4,195 D+6.6
Pitt 2,200 53.8% 1,816 44.4% 76 4,092 D+9.4
Chatham 2,206 53.9% 1,884 46.1% 4,090 D+7.9
Warren 1,366 33.7% 2,682 66.3% 4,048 R+32.5
Franklin 2,032 50.2% 2,012 49.8% 4,044 D+0.5
Iredell 2,389 59.7% 1,616 40.3% 4,005 D+19.3
Rockingham 2,403 60.5% 1,539 38.7% 31 3,973 D+21.7
New Hanover 1,438 36.5% 2,200 55.9% 299 3,937 R+19.4
Craven 1,180 30.0% 2,674 67.9% 82 3,936 R+38.0
Halifax 1,744 44.3% 2,190 55.7% 3,934 R+11.3
Randolph 2,005 52.5% 1,811 47.5% 3,816 D+5.1
Sampson 2,122 56.1% 1,650 43.6% 11 3,783 D+12.5
Johnston 2,059 55.8% 1,631 44.2% 3,690 D+11.6
Davidson 1,781 48.7% 1,864 51.0% 10 3,655 R+2.3
Forsyth 1,778 49.1% 1,791 49.4% 55 3,624 R+0.4
Northampton 1,514 42.1% 2,085 57.9% 3,599 R+15.9
Buncombe 1,995 55.6% 1,591 44.4% 3,586 D+11.3
Beaufort 1,766 50.6% 1,723 49.4% 3,489 D+1.2
Rowan 2,035 59.6% 1,377 40.4% 3,412 D+19.3
Duplin 2,015 62.0% 1,228 37.8% 9 3,252 D+24.2
Caswell 1,457 44.9% 1,787 55.0% 3 3,247 R+10.2
Richmond 1,363 43.9% 1,744 56.1% 3,107 R+12.3
Wilkes 1,510 48.8% 1,583 51.2% 3,093 R+2.4
Wilson 1,652 54.7% 1,368 45.3% 3,020 D+9.4
Nash 1,612 53.4% 1,406 46.6% 3,018 D+6.8
Bertie 1,169 39.6% 1,782 60.4% 2,951 R+20.8
Moore 1,476 51.9% 1,367 48.0% 3 2,846 D+3.8
Bladen 1,278 45.1% 1,537 54.3% 16 2,831 R+9.1
Alamance 1,462 53.3% 1,247 45.5% 34 2,743 D+7.8
Martin 1,408 52.2% 1,287 47.8% 2,695 D+4.5
Anson 1,617 61.6% 1,010 38.4% 2,627 D+23.1
Cabarrus 1,499 58.6% 1,054 41.2% 5 2,558 D+17.4
Columbus 1,597 63.4% 922 36.6% 2,519 D+26.8
Catawba 1,883 75.1% 624 24.9% 2,507 D+50.2
Lenoir 1,132 45.6% 1,353 54.4% 2,485 R+8.9
Surry 1,412 57.2% 1,058 42.8% 2,470 D+14.3
Person 1,344 54.5% 1,123 45.5% 2,467 D+9.0
Rutherford 1,236 50.6% 1,208 49.4% 2,444 D+1.1
Pender 1,007 41.9% 1,234 51.3% 164 2,405 R+9.4
Cleveland 1,736 73.0% 535 22.5% 107 2,378 D+50.5
Union 1,516 64.8% 824 35.2% 2,340 D+29.6
Stokes 1,244 55.1% 1,003 44.4% 12 2,259 D+10.7
Gaston 1,107 49.3% 1,139 50.7% 1 2,247 R+1.4
Ashe 1,117 51.1% 1,070 48.9% 2,187 D+2.1
Hertford 983 46.3% 1,140 53.7% 2,123 R+7.4
Yadkin 941 44.8% 1,158 55.2% 2,099 R+10.3
Madison 951 45.8% 1,124 54.2% 2,075 R+8.3
Burke 1,124 58.7% 792 41.3% 1,916 D+17.3
Davie 975 52.3% 890 47.7% 1,865 D+4.6
Greene 880 48.3% 943 51.7% 1,823 R+3.5
Perquimans 758 43.3% 992 56.7% 1,750 R+13.4
Harnett 1,028 59.4% 704 40.6% 1,732 D+18.7
Carteret 1,026 59.4% 701 40.6% 1 1,728 D+18.8
Lincoln 913 53.7% 786 46.3% 1,699 D+7.5
Brunswick 746 44.8% 889 53.3% 32 1,667 R+8.6
Washington 602 36.8% 982 60.1% 51 1,635 R+23.2
Pasquotank 575 35.2% 1,059 64.8% 1,634 R+29.6
Onslow 1,085 66.9% 537 33.1% 1,622 D+33.8
Montgomery 719 45.5% 862 54.5% 1,581 R+9.0
Gates 1,010 65.9% 523 34.1% 1,533 D+31.8
Henderson 674 44.6% 836 55.4% 1,510 R+10.7
Mitchell 514 34.2% 987 65.8% 1,501 R+31.5
Chowan 630 42.5% 852 57.5% 1,482 R+15.0
Stanly 887 60.7% 575 39.3% 1,462 D+21.3
Caldwell 988 68.2% 442 30.5% 19 1,449 D+37.7
Haywood 932 64.8% 507 35.2% 1,439 D+29.5
Hyde 819 57.4% 609 42.6% 1,428 D+14.7
Jones 574 41.5% 800 57.8% 9 1,383 R+16.3
McDowell 817 59.5% 555 40.5% 1,372 D+19.1
Cherokee 722 52.7% 649 47.3% 1,371 D+5.3
Currituck 974 72.8% 364 27.2% 1,338 D+45.6
Watauga 712 56.6% 545 43.4% 1,257 D+13.3
Alexander 824 69.2% 366 30.8% 1,190 D+38.5
Camden 642 55.1% 524 44.9% 1,166 D+10.1
Yancey 712 61.6% 443 38.4% 1,155 D+23.3
Macon 746 69.0% 335 31.0% 1,081 D+38.0
Pamlico 582 56.6% 372 36.2% 74 1,028 D+20.4
Jackson 677 72.2% 261 27.8% 938 D+44.3
Alleghany 549 67.9% 259 32.1% 808 D+35.9
Tyrrell 432 55.0% 354 45.0% 786 D+9.9
Polk 335 44.4% 420 55.6% 755 R+11.3
Transylvania 461 61.9% 284 38.1% 745 D+23.8
Dare 288 51.2% 274 48.8% 562 D+2.5
Clay 365 66.1% 187 33.9% 552 D+32.2
Swain 308 75.3% 101 24.7% 409 D+50.6

Counties as they stood in 1880; 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