Election 1904 Results
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1904 presidential election in North Carolina
Alton B. Parker (Democrat) beat Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) in North Carolina in 1904, 59.7% to 39.7%, a margin of 20.0 points and 41,649 votes.
North Carolina voted 38.9 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+18.9.
The Democratic hold continued from 1900, when William Jennings Bryan won.
Democrats led in 75 of the 97 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 22. The largest, Buncombe, cast 5,796 votes and went to the Democrat by 10.2 points. The closest was Clay, where 11 votes separated the two parties.
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
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alton B. Parker won | Democratic | 124,091 | 59.7% |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Republican | 82,442 | 39.7% |
| All other candidates | 1,285 | 0.6% | |
| Total | 207,818 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buncombe | 3,181 54.9% | 2,591 44.7% | 24 | 5,796 | D+10.2 |
| Wake | 3,410 72.6% | 1,267 27.0% | 23 | 4,700 | D+45.6 |
| Forsyth | 2,301 49.9% | 2,209 47.9% | 98 | 4,608 | D+2.0 |
| Guilford | 2,763 61.4% | 1,716 38.1% | 21 | 4,500 | D+23.3 |
| Surry | 1,741 41.3% | 2,475 58.7% | 4,216 | R+17.4 | |
| Randolph | 2,334 56.1% | 1,808 43.4% | 21 | 4,163 | D+12.6 |
| Johnston | 2,572 62.4% | 1,553 37.6% | 4,125 | D+24.7 | |
| Davidson | 2,017 49.2% | 2,054 50.1% | 28 | 4,099 | R+0.9 |
| Mecklenburg | 3,142 79.9% | 748 19.0% | 44 | 3,934 | D+60.9 |
| Wilkes | 1,318 34.8% | 2,470 65.2% | 3,788 | R+30.4 | |
| Alamance | 1,907 51.8% | 1,770 48.1% | 2 | 3,679 | D+3.7 |
| Iredell | 2,126 57.8% | 1,510 41.1% | 40 | 3,676 | D+16.8 |
| Rowan | 2,424 66.2% | 1,215 33.2% | 20 | 3,659 | D+33.0 |
| Robeson | 2,274 69.7% | 982 30.1% | 6 | 3,262 | D+39.6 |
| Wayne | 2,060 63.3% | 1,162 35.7% | 34 | 3,256 | D+27.6 |
| Rockingham | 1,934 59.9% | 1,276 39.5% | 20 | 3,230 | D+20.4 |
| Cleveland | 2,162 67.5% | 1,036 32.4% | 4 | 3,202 | D+35.2 |
| Rutherford | 1,860 58.5% | 1,322 41.5% | 3,182 | D+16.9 | |
| Catawba | 1,497 48.6% | 1,309 42.5% | 276 | 3,082 | D+6.1 |
| Chatham | 1,551 51.1% | 1,477 48.6% | 10 | 3,038 | D+2.4 |
| Madison | 994 33.7% | 1,959 66.3% | 2,953 | R+32.7 | |
| Ashe | 1,254 43.0% | 1,651 56.6% | 12 | 2,917 | R+13.6 |
| Gaston | 1,958 68.0% | 896 31.1% | 25 | 2,879 | D+36.9 |
| Sampson | 1,079 37.8% | 1,777 62.2% | 2,856 | R+24.4 | |
| Cabarrus | 1,509 53.8% | 1,254 44.7% | 42 | 2,805 | D+9.1 |
| Pitt | 2,329 83.9% | 429 15.5% | 17 | 2,775 | D+68.5 |
| Haywood | 1,631 59.2% | 1,125 40.8% | 2,756 | D+18.4 | |
| Cumberland | 1,594 58.4% | 1,129 41.4% | 6 | 2,729 | D+17.0 |
| Durham | 1,603 59.5% | 1,080 40.1% | 10 | 2,693 | D+19.4 |
| Beaufort | 1,803 67.5% | 867 32.5% | 2,670 | D+35.1 | |
| Caldwell | 1,169 44.5% | 1,419 54.0% | 41 | 2,629 | R+9.5 |
| Moore | 1,424 54.2% | 1,178 44.9% | 23 | 2,625 | D+9.4 |
| Halifax | 2,427 93.1% | 181 6.9% | 2,608 | D+86.1 | |
| Stokes | 1,104 42.8% | 1,478 57.2% | 2,582 | R+14.5 | |
| Franklin | 2,099 88.2% | 282 11.8% | 2,381 | D+76.3 | |
| Columbus | 1,447 62.3% | 876 37.7% | 2,323 | D+24.6 | |
| Duplin | 1,386 61.7% | 815 36.3% | 46 | 2,247 | D+25.4 |
| Henderson | 887 39.8% | 1,341 60.2% | 2,228 | R+20.4 | |
| Yadkin | 691 32.4% | 1,433 67.2% | 8 | 2,132 | R+34.8 |
| Granville | 1,595 75.3% | 518 24.4% | 6 | 2,119 | D+50.8 |
| Stanly | 1,024 48.7% | 1,080 51.3% | 2,104 | R+2.7 | |
| Burke | 1,080 51.9% | 1,001 48.1% | 2,081 | D+3.8 | |
| Nash | 1,428 68.7% | 645 31.0% | 6 | 2,079 | D+37.7 |
| Lenoir | 1,386 67.2% | 674 32.7% | 1 | 2,061 | D+34.5 |
| Wilson | 1,363 68.6% | 623 31.4% | 1,986 | D+37.3 | |
| Jackson | 1,015 51.5% | 947 48.0% | 10 | 1,972 | D+3.4 |
| Watauga | 773 39.7% | 1,143 58.7% | 31 | 1,947 | R+19.0 |
| Harnett | 1,169 60.8% | 723 37.6% | 31 | 1,923 | D+23.2 |
| Macon | 904 47.7% | 987 52.1% | 4 | 1,895 | R+4.4 |
| Yancey | 1,013 54.0% | 864 46.0% | 1,877 | D+7.9 | |
| Davie | 739 40.2% | 1,072 58.4% | 26 | 1,837 | R+18.1 |
| Craven | 1,555 85.3% | 268 14.7% | 1,823 | D+70.6 | |
| Montgomery | 937 52.2% | 858 47.8% | 1,795 | D+4.4 | |
| McDowell | 836 46.7% | 931 52.0% | 25 | 1,792 | R+5.3 |
| Mitchell | 408 22.8% | 1,384 77.2% | 1,792 | R+54.5 | |
| Lincoln | 1,009 56.7% | 761 42.7% | 11 | 1,781 | D+13.9 |
| Edgecombe | 1,558 89.9% | 126 7.3% | 49 | 1,733 | D+82.6 |
| Alexander | 770 45.1% | 937 54.9% | 1 | 1,708 | R+9.8 |
| Carteret | 1,012 60.7% | 656 39.3% | 1,668 | D+21.3 | |
| Cherokee | 663 40.4% | 980 59.6% | 1,643 | R+19.3 | |
| Martin | 1,419 86.8% | 216 13.2% | 1,635 | D+73.6 | |
| Northampton | 1,509 92.9% | 116 7.1% | 1,625 | D+85.7 | |
| Union | 1,181 74.7% | 379 24.0% | 20 | 1,580 | D+50.8 |
| Bertie | 1,264 83.2% | 252 16.6% | 4 | 1,520 | D+66.6 |
| Bladen | 927 61.2% | 558 36.9% | 29 | 1,514 | D+24.4 |
| Orange | 900 60.7% | 558 37.6% | 25 | 1,483 | D+23.1 |
| Vance | 1,019 69.4% | 443 30.2% | 6 | 1,468 | D+39.2 |
| Anson | 1,226 84.9% | 207 14.3% | 11 | 1,444 | D+70.6 |
| Person | 942 66.6% | 473 33.4% | 1,415 | D+33.1 | |
| New Hanover | 1,254 93.2% | 91 6.8% | 1,345 | D+86.5 | |
| Onslow | 828 62.0% | 451 33.8% | 56 | 1,335 | D+28.2 |
| Swain | 499 37.6% | 828 62.4% | 1,327 | R+24.8 | |
| Alleghany | 699 56.3% | 543 43.7% | 1,242 | D+12.6 | |
| Warren | 1,060 85.3% | 165 13.3% | 17 | 1,242 | D+72.1 |
| Richmond | 927 75.2% | 306 24.8% | 1,233 | D+50.4 | |
| Greene | 949 77.0% | 283 23.0% | 1,232 | D+54.1 | |
| Pasquotank | 947 77.4% | 275 22.5% | 2 | 1,224 | D+54.9 |
| Transylvania | 556 51.4% | 526 48.6% | 1,082 | D+2.8 | |
| Caswell | 874 81.3% | 201 18.7% | 1,075 | D+62.6 | |
| Pender | 903 84.3% | 168 15.7% | 1,071 | D+68.6 | |
| Polk | 497 47.1% | 559 52.9% | 1,056 | R+5.9 | |
| Brunswick | 564 53.7% | 487 46.3% | 1,051 | D+7.3 | |
| Pamlico | 574 56.7% | 438 43.3% | 1,012 | D+13.4 | |
| Perquimans | 610 61.7% | 378 38.2% | 1 | 989 | D+23.5 |
| Hertford | 778 80.3% | 186 19.2% | 5 | 969 | D+61.1 |
| Gates | 677 71.3% | 273 28.7% | 950 | D+42.5 | |
| Hyde | 614 65.9% | 318 34.1% | 932 | D+31.8 | |
| Jones | 638 71.8% | 250 28.1% | 1 | 889 | D+43.6 |
| Washington | 450 51.3% | 428 48.7% | 878 | D+2.5 | |
| Dare | 415 54.2% | 350 45.8% | 765 | D+8.5 | |
| Graham | 362 47.4% | 401 52.6% | 763 | R+5.1 | |
| Chowan | 573 79.5% | 148 20.5% | 721 | D+58.9 | |
| Scotland | 646 90.9% | 65 9.1% | 711 | D+81.7 | |
| Tyrrell | 343 48.3% | 367 51.7% | 710 | R+3.4 | |
| Clay | 336 50.4% | 325 48.7% | 6 | 667 | D+1.6 |
| Currituck | 543 94.3% | 33 5.7% | 576 | D+88.5 | |
| Camden | 389 79.7% | 99 20.3% | 488 | D+59.4 |
Counties as they stood in 1904; 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
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |