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Election 1996 Results

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1996 presidential election in North Carolina

Bob Dole (Republican) beat Bill Clinton (Democrat) in North Carolina in 1996, 48.7% to 44.0%, a margin of 4.7 points and 118,089 votes.

North Carolina voted 13.2 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+8.5.

The Republican hold continued from 1992, when George H. W. Bush won.

Republicans led in 60 of the 100 counties and Democrats in 40. The largest, Wake, cast 225,755 votes and went to the Republican by 2.3 points. The closest was Yancey, where 17 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
Bob Dole won Republican 1,225,938 48.7%
Bill Clinton Democratic 1,107,849 44.0%
Ross Perot Reform 168,059 6.7%
All other candidates 13,961 0.6%
Total2,515,807

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wake 103,574 45.9% 108,780 48.2% 13,401 225,755 R+2.3
Mecklenburg 103,429 48.6% 97,719 45.9% 11,697 212,845 D+2.7
Guilford 69,208 46.9% 67,727 45.9% 10,652 147,587 D+1.0
Forsyth 46,543 41.5% 59,160 52.8% 6,330 112,033 R+11.3
Durham 49,186 60.8% 27,825 34.4% 3,899 80,910 D+26.4
Buncombe 31,658 45.8% 30,518 44.2% 6,891 69,067 D+1.7
Cumberland 32,739 49.2% 29,804 44.8% 3,936 66,479 D+4.4
Gaston 19,458 34.3% 33,149 58.4% 4,132 56,739 R+24.1
New Hanover 22,839 41.7% 27,889 50.9% 4,041 54,769 R+9.2
Orange 28,674 61.3% 15,053 32.2% 3,038 46,765 D+29.1
Catawba 15,601 33.7% 26,898 58.0% 3,855 46,354 R+24.4
Davidson 13,593 32.2% 24,797 58.8% 3,817 42,207 R+26.5
Alamance 15,814 37.8% 22,461 53.7% 3,586 41,861 R+15.9
Cabarrus 14,447 35.0% 23,035 55.8% 3,828 41,310 R+20.8
Rowan 13,461 34.3% 22,754 57.9% 3,058 39,273 R+23.7
Pitt 17,555 46.2% 18,227 48.0% 2,229 38,011 R+1.8
Randolph 10,783 28.7% 23,030 61.4% 3,722 37,535 R+32.6
Iredell 13,102 35.0% 21,163 56.6% 3,144 37,409 R+21.5
Union 11,525 35.0% 18,802 57.0% 2,643 32,970 R+22.1
Henderson 10,626 32.5% 19,182 58.7% 2,868 32,676 R+26.2
Johnston 11,175 34.8% 18,704 58.2% 2,240 32,119 R+23.4
Wayne 11,580 39.4% 16,588 56.4% 1,222 29,390 R+17.0
Rockingham 12,096 41.8% 14,255 49.2% 2,608 28,959 R+7.5
Burke 11,678 41.3% 13,853 49.0% 2,760 28,291 R+7.7
Nash 11,142 39.4% 15,309 54.2% 1,811 28,262 R+14.7
Cleveland 12,728 45.1% 13,474 47.7% 2,039 28,241 R+2.6
Robeson 17,361 62.7% 8,146 29.4% 2,164 27,671 D+33.3
Moore 9,847 37.2% 14,760 55.7% 1,872 26,479 R+18.6
Craven 10,317 41.0% 13,264 52.7% 1,610 25,191 R+11.7
Onslow 8,685 36.1% 13,396 55.7% 1,968 24,049 R+19.6
Caldwell 8,050 35.1% 12,653 55.2% 2,228 22,931 R+20.1
Brunswick 10,041 45.6% 10,065 45.7% 1,917 22,023 R+0.1
Harnett 8,767 40.3% 11,596 53.3% 1,376 21,739 R+13.0
Wilson 9,779 45.6% 10,518 49.0% 1,154 21,451 R+3.4
Wilkes 6,793 32.0% 12,395 58.4% 2,040 21,228 R+26.4
Carteret 7,566 36.2% 11,721 56.1% 1,589 20,876 R+19.9
Lincoln 7,721 37.0% 11,439 54.9% 1,690 20,850 R+17.8
Stanly 7,131 35.1% 11,446 56.3% 1,756 20,333 R+21.2
Haywood 9,350 46.6% 7,995 39.8% 2,724 20,069 D+6.8
Surry 7,303 36.5% 11,117 55.5% 1,601 20,021 R+19.0
Lenoir 8,635 45.6% 9,433 49.8% 857 18,925 R+4.2
Rutherford 7,162 38.6% 9,792 52.7% 1,617 18,571 R+14.2
Chatham 9,353 50.8% 7,731 42.0% 1,312 18,396 D+8.8
Edgecombe 10,568 61.2% 6,010 34.8% 700 17,278 D+26.4
Sampson 8,150 47.3% 8,241 47.8% 841 17,232 R+0.5
Watauga 7,349 42.7% 8,146 47.3% 1,727 17,222 R+4.6
Columbus 9,019 55.4% 6,017 37.0% 1,244 16,280 D+18.4
Halifax 9,551 59.3% 5,700 35.4% 852 16,103 D+23.9
Stokes 4,769 31.1% 9,471 61.8% 1,080 15,320 R+30.7
Beaufort 6,172 40.6% 8,154 53.6% 889 15,215 R+13.0
Lee 6,290 43.0% 7,321 50.0% 1,019 14,630 R+7.0
Franklin 6,448 49.5% 5,648 43.4% 930 13,026 D+6.1
Transylvania 4,842 37.6% 6,734 52.3% 1,301 12,877 R+14.7
Richmond 7,564 59.1% 3,973 31.0% 1,264 12,801 D+28.1
Granville 6,747 52.7% 5,498 43.0% 555 12,800 D+9.8
Davie 3,525 27.9% 8,141 64.5% 954 12,620 R+36.6
Duplin 6,179 49.9% 5,432 43.8% 781 12,392 D+6.0
Yadkin 2,927 23.8% 8,439 68.5% 947 12,313 R+44.8
McDowell 4,553 37.1% 6,407 52.2% 1,318 12,278 R+15.1
Pender 5,409 45.3% 5,538 46.4% 993 11,940 R+1.1
Alexander 3,955 33.7% 6,748 57.5% 1,027 11,730 R+23.8
Vance 6,385 54.9% 4,651 40.0% 599 11,635 D+14.9
Dare 4,522 41.8% 4,977 46.0% 1,321 10,820 R+4.2
Macon 4,209 39.4% 5,267 49.3% 1,199 10,675 R+9.9
Jackson 5,211 49.6% 4,244 40.4% 1,051 10,506 D+9.2
Person 4,540 45.3% 4,883 48.7% 607 10,030 R+3.4
Ashe 3,825 38.5% 5,203 52.3% 914 9,942 R+13.9
Bladen 4,952 55.3% 3,335 37.2% 673 8,960 D+18.0
Yancey 3,956 45.6% 3,973 45.8% 755 8,684 R+0.2
Martin 4,500 52.6% 3,590 42.0% 462 8,552 D+10.6
Scotland 4,870 58.7% 2,858 34.4% 571 8,299 D+24.2
Caswell 4,312 52.9% 3,310 40.6% 536 8,158 D+12.3
Cherokee 3,129 39.7% 3,883 49.3% 871 7,883 R+9.6
Montgomery 3,856 49.2% 3,379 43.1% 603 7,838 D+6.1
Pasquotank 4,233 54.1% 2,999 38.3% 590 7,822 D+15.8
Anson 4,890 64.2% 2,193 28.8% 530 7,613 D+35.4
Northampton 5,207 69.4% 1,881 25.1% 411 7,499 D+44.4
Hertford 4,856 68.9% 1,823 25.9% 370 7,049 D+43.0
Madison 3,333 47.4% 3,110 44.2% 587 7,030 D+3.2
Polk 2,704 40.0% 3,516 52.0% 536 6,756 R+12.0
Warren 4,141 65.3% 1,861 29.4% 337 6,339 D+36.0
Bertie 4,202 67.0% 1,745 27.8% 324 6,271 D+39.2
Avery 1,586 25.8% 3,870 62.8% 703 6,159 R+37.1
Mitchell 1,496 25.2% 3,874 65.2% 576 5,946 R+40.0
Hoke 3,510 59.2% 1,914 32.3% 505 5,929 D+26.9
Currituck 2,277 40.3% 2,569 45.5% 799 5,645 R+5.2
Greene 2,224 42.8% 2,689 51.7% 285 5,198 R+8.9
Pamlico 2,204 46.0% 2,270 47.4% 316 4,790 R+1.4
Washington 2,790 61.6% 1,562 34.5% 180 4,532 D+27.1
Chowan 2,239 52.4% 1,659 38.8% 378 4,276 D+13.6
Alleghany 1,801 42.5% 1,936 45.7% 498 4,235 R+3.2
Perquimans 2,069 51.5% 1,561 38.9% 385 4,015 D+12.7
Swain 1,869 50.2% 1,444 38.8% 409 3,722 D+11.4
Jones 1,829 49.2% 1,682 45.3% 204 3,715 D+4.0
Clay 1,462 40.0% 1,769 48.4% 424 3,655 R+8.4
Gates 2,155 60.8% 1,072 30.3% 315 3,542 D+30.6
Graham 1,210 36.8% 1,801 54.8% 278 3,289 R+18.0
Camden 1,186 46.2% 1,074 41.9% 306 2,566 D+4.4
Hyde 1,109 54.3% 782 38.3% 151 2,042 D+16.0
Tyrrell 908 60.0% 488 32.3% 117 1,513 D+27.8

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