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Election 1924 Results

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1924 presidential election in North Carolina

John W. Davis (Democrat) beat Calvin Coolidge (Republican) in North Carolina in 1924, 58.9% to 39.7%, a margin of 19.2 points and 92,517 votes.

North Carolina voted 44.4 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+25.2.

The Democratic hold continued from 1920, when James M. Cox won.

Democrats led in 79 of the 100 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 21. The largest, Buncombe, cast 16,850 votes and went to the Democrat by 22.6 points. The closest was Transylvania, where 38 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
John W. Davis won Democratic 284,270 58.9%
Calvin Coolidge Republican 191,753 39.7%
All other candidates 6,664 1.4%
Total482,687

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Buncombe 10,098 59.9% 6,285 37.3% 467 16,850 D+22.6
Guilford 8,804 55.2% 6,822 42.8% 317 15,943 D+12.4
Forsyth 7,404 56.2% 5,315 40.3% 459 13,178 D+15.9
Davidson 6,507 50.9% 6,227 48.7% 56 12,790 D+2.2
Catawba 5,754 48.3% 5,998 50.3% 167 11,919 R+2.0
Wake 8,376 70.8% 2,975 25.1% 485 11,836 D+45.6
Randolph 5,397 45.9% 6,336 53.9% 24 11,757 R+8.0
Mecklenburg 8,443 73.7% 2,572 22.5% 437 11,452 D+51.3
Gaston 6,554 64.2% 3,566 35.0% 82 10,202 D+29.3
Iredell 6,449 63.5% 3,565 35.1% 136 10,150 D+28.4
Wilkes 3,586 36.9% 6,131 63.0% 11 9,728 R+26.2
Johnston 4,656 48.6% 4,910 51.2% 23 9,589 R+2.6
Surry 4,418 46.6% 4,990 52.7% 66 9,474 R+6.0
Rowan 4,816 52.8% 3,560 39.1% 738 9,114 D+13.8
Rutherford 5,101 56.5% 3,897 43.2% 29 9,027 D+13.3
Ashe 4,333 52.3% 3,952 47.7% 3 8,288 D+4.6
Alamance 4,859 59.5% 3,217 39.4% 93 8,169 D+20.1
Durham 4,837 59.3% 3,093 37.9% 221 8,151 D+21.4
Cabarrus 4,449 54.6% 3,510 43.1% 189 8,148 D+11.5
Stanly 3,832 51.3% 3,594 48.1% 50 7,476 D+3.2
Burke 4,137 56.5% 3,190 43.5% 7,327 D+12.9
Rockingham 4,467 62.7% 2,566 36.0% 89 7,122 D+26.7
Haywood 4,582 65.2% 2,440 34.7% 8 7,030 D+30.5
Henderson 3,007 45.5% 3,548 53.7% 48 6,603 R+8.2
New Hanover 4,735 74.8% 1,190 18.8% 405 6,330 D+56.0
Chatham 3,446 55.4% 2,755 44.3% 15 6,216 D+11.1
Harnett 3,296 53.1% 2,895 46.7% 11 6,202 D+6.5
Jackson 3,100 52.5% 2,788 47.2% 17 5,905 D+5.3
Caldwell 3,348 57.0% 2,503 42.6% 26 5,877 D+14.4
McDowell 3,023 53.6% 2,590 45.9% 25 5,638 D+7.7
Lincoln 2,909 51.9% 2,658 47.4% 42 5,609 D+4.5
Cleveland 3,749 67.8% 1,743 31.5% 37 5,529 D+36.3
Sampson 2,021 38.5% 3,188 60.8% 35 5,244 R+22.3
Watauga 2,365 46.9% 2,665 52.9% 8 5,038 R+6.0
Stokes 2,309 47.8% 2,482 51.3% 44 4,835 R+3.6
Madison 1,471 30.7% 3,252 67.8% 74 4,797 R+37.1
Wayne 3,366 70.3% 1,379 28.8% 42 4,787 D+41.5
Moore 2,771 57.9% 1,974 41.3% 38 4,783 D+16.7
Yancey 2,592 54.4% 2,156 45.2% 21 4,769 D+9.1
Alexander 2,291 48.3% 2,437 51.3% 20 4,748 R+3.1
Beaufort 3,048 65.6% 1,502 32.3% 93 4,643 D+33.3
Montgomery 2,483 54.4% 2,077 45.5% 5 4,565 D+8.9
Duplin 2,924 64.9% 1,542 34.2% 37 4,503 D+30.7
Davie 1,795 40.1% 2,672 59.6% 13 4,480 R+19.6
Columbus 2,757 62.5% 1,629 36.9% 26 4,412 D+25.6
Robeson 4,064 92.5% 314 7.1% 14 4,392 D+85.4
Cumberland 2,923 67.5% 1,372 31.7% 37 4,332 D+35.8
Yadkin 1,381 32.3% 2,889 67.5% 11 4,281 R+35.2
Macon 2,178 51.7% 2,015 47.9% 18 4,211 D+3.9
Carteret 2,261 54.7% 1,854 44.9% 15 4,130 D+9.9
Nash 3,129 76.6% 823 20.2% 131 4,083 D+56.5
Cherokee 1,742 42.7% 2,314 56.7% 23 4,079 R+14.0
Swain 1,769 44.5% 2,178 54.8% 24 3,971 R+10.3
Pitt 3,197 84.9% 512 13.6% 56 3,765 D+71.3
Transylvania 1,776 49.2% 1,814 50.2% 22 3,612 R+1.1
Halifax 3,232 90.2% 268 7.5% 83 3,583 D+82.7
Union 2,721 79.4% 672 19.6% 32 3,425 D+59.8
Craven 2,942 88.9% 325 9.8% 44 3,311 D+79.0
Wilson 2,619 80.0% 574 17.5% 81 3,274 D+62.5
Richmond 2,475 76.5% 599 18.5% 163 3,237 D+58.0
Polk 1,613 52.5% 1,445 47.1% 13 3,071 D+5.5
Orange 1,879 62.4% 1,065 35.4% 66 3,010 D+27.0
Alleghany 1,643 57.0% 1,234 42.8% 6 2,883 D+14.2
Lenoir 2,191 80.3% 514 18.8% 25 2,730 D+61.4
Granville 2,220 82.4% 461 17.1% 14 2,695 D+65.3
Anson 2,372 90.5% 225 8.6% 25 2,622 D+81.9
Person 1,576 60.5% 1,025 39.4% 3 2,604 D+21.2
Avery 357 13.9% 2,189 85.5% 14 2,560 R+71.6
Edgecombe 2,274 89.0% 171 6.7% 109 2,554 D+82.3
Lee 1,834 71.8% 710 27.8% 10 2,554 D+44.0
Vance 2,013 80.4% 470 18.8% 21 2,504 D+61.6
Brunswick 1,118 45.5% 1,296 52.8% 41 2,455 R+7.3
Bladen 1,551 65.7% 786 33.3% 23 2,360 D+32.4
Franklin 1,991 86.3% 302 13.1% 13 2,306 D+73.2
Mitchell 689 30.8% 1,540 68.8% 8 2,237 R+38.0
Martin 1,999 89.9% 216 9.7% 9 2,224 D+80.2
Clay 953 46.2% 1,090 52.9% 18 2,061 R+6.6
Warren 1,742 88.4% 166 8.4% 62 1,970 D+80.0
Bertie 1,785 91.6% 159 8.2% 5 1,949 D+83.4
Northampton 1,662 91.2% 144 7.9% 17 1,823 D+83.3
Graham 841 47.8% 907 51.6% 11 1,759 R+3.8
Washington 883 51.2% 834 48.4% 6 1,723 D+2.8
Scotland 1,469 87.2% 205 12.2% 11 1,685 D+75.0
Onslow 1,122 71.2% 423 26.8% 31 1,576 D+44.4
Pasquotank 1,236 79.6% 305 19.6% 12 1,553 D+59.9
Caswell 1,075 69.5% 467 30.2% 4 1,546 D+39.3
Dare 826 56.7% 629 43.2% 2 1,457 D+13.5
Pender 1,175 81.3% 253 17.5% 17 1,445 D+63.8
Greene 1,119 85.6% 182 13.9% 7 1,308 D+71.6
Hoke 1,146 88.8% 141 10.9% 4 1,291 D+77.8
Pamlico 798 63.5% 459 36.5% 1,257 D+27.0
Hertford 932 84.8% 164 14.9% 3 1,099 D+69.9
Tyrrell 638 59.0% 442 40.9% 1 1,081 D+18.1
Hyde 653 67.0% 305 31.3% 16 974 D+35.7
Gates 679 75.9% 215 24.0% 1 895 D+51.8
Jones 692 79.3% 179 20.5% 2 873 D+58.8
Perquimans 550 64.5% 295 34.6% 8 853 D+29.9
Chowan 714 87.4% 98 12.0% 5 817 D+75.4
Currituck 670 91.2% 52 7.1% 13 735 D+84.1
Camden 436 75.6% 132 22.9% 9 577 D+52.7

Counties as they stood in 1924; 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