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Election 1980 Results

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1980 US Senate election in North Carolina

John P. East (Republican) beat Robert Morgan (Democrat) in North Carolina in 1980, 50.0% to 49.4%, a margin of 0.6 points and 10,411 votes.

North Carolina changed party: in 1974 it went Democratic, for Robert B. Morgan.

Democrats led in 53 of the 100 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 47. The largest, Mecklenburg, cast 131,987 votes and went to the Democrat by 1.6 points. The closest was Lee, where 45 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.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
John P. East won Republican 898,064 50.0%
Robert Morgan Democratic 887,653 49.4%
All other candidates 11,948 0.7%
Total1,797,665

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Mecklenburg 66,396 50.3% 64,309 48.7% 1,282 131,987 D+1.6
Wake 54,343 52.2% 48,663 46.7% 1,142 104,148 D+5.5
Guilford 47,090 46.1% 54,183 53.1% 850 102,123 R+6.9
Forsyth 40,309 47.9% 43,156 51.3% 674 84,139 R+3.4
Buncombe 25,374 48.0% 27,038 51.2% 424 52,836 R+3.1
Durham 26,112 57.2% 18,861 41.3% 663 45,636 D+15.9
Gaston 17,998 40.6% 26,017 58.8% 261 44,276 R+18.1
Cumberland 22,810 52.1% 20,601 47.0% 400 43,811 D+5.0
Davidson 15,362 39.1% 23,731 60.3% 233 39,326 R+21.3
Catawba 13,452 37.2% 22,609 62.5% 114 36,175 R+25.3
Alamance 13,632 41.7% 18,838 57.6% 215 32,685 R+15.9
Rowan 12,015 38.1% 19,302 61.2% 214 31,531 R+23.1
Randolph 10,822 35.4% 19,575 64.1% 154 30,551 R+28.7
New Hanover 13,524 46.2% 15,475 52.9% 268 29,267 R+6.7
Orange 17,377 63.7% 9,320 34.2% 586 27,283 D+29.5
Iredell 11,775 43.8% 14,988 55.8% 112 26,875 R+12.0
Cabarrus 9,963 38.9% 15,495 60.5% 156 25,614 R+21.6
Robeson 17,003 68.9% 7,484 30.3% 181 24,668 D+38.6
Pitt 12,604 51.8% 11,657 47.9% 80 24,341 D+3.9
Burke 10,533 43.5% 13,604 56.2% 69 24,206 R+12.7
Wilkes 8,724 38.2% 14,004 61.3% 103 22,831 R+23.1
Cleveland 10,877 48.4% 11,480 51.1% 110 22,467 R+2.7
Wayne 10,120 46.0% 11,758 53.4% 131 22,009 R+7.4
Rockingham 10,918 51.1% 10,294 48.2% 147 21,359 D+2.9
Caldwell 8,156 38.6% 12,902 61.1% 61 21,119 R+22.5
Henderson 8,070 38.3% 12,851 61.0% 131 21,052 R+22.7
Johnston 9,434 48.1% 10,109 51.5% 79 19,622 R+3.4
Surry 9,398 48.1% 10,055 51.5% 86 19,539 R+3.4
Nash 8,311 43.6% 10,656 56.0% 75 19,042 R+12.3
Union 9,726 51.8% 8,984 47.9% 57 18,767 D+4.0
Moore 8,251 45.0% 10,043 54.7% 53 18,347 R+9.8
Stanly 7,809 42.7% 10,415 57.0% 62 18,286 R+14.3
Sampson 9,546 55.9% 7,494 43.9% 41 17,081 D+12.0
Rutherford 8,272 48.8% 8,564 50.5% 115 16,951 R+1.7
Lenoir 7,912 46.8% 8,938 52.9% 39 16,889 R+6.1
Haywood 9,276 55.0% 7,557 44.8% 40 16,873 D+10.2
Onslow 7,396 43.9% 9,288 55.2% 151 16,835 R+11.2
Lincoln 7,924 47.1% 8,855 52.6% 47 16,826 R+5.5
Columbus 10,281 62.4% 6,083 36.9% 99 16,463 D+25.5
Harnett 9,863 59.9% 6,540 39.7% 50 16,453 D+20.2
Craven 7,974 49.2% 8,158 50.3% 91 16,223 R+1.1
Wilson 8,182 51.7% 7,524 47.6% 109 15,815 D+4.2
Carteret 6,938 47.4% 7,619 52.1% 79 14,636 R+4.7
Halifax 8,231 59.0% 5,695 40.8% 28 13,954 D+18.2
Edgecombe 7,867 58.8% 5,470 40.9% 43 13,380 D+17.9
Stokes 5,807 44.8% 7,114 54.9% 41 12,962 R+10.1
Chatham 7,188 56.6% 5,426 42.7% 85 12,699 D+13.9
Beaufort 6,241 49.5% 6,339 50.3% 22 12,602 R+0.8
Duplin 7,447 59.2% 5,124 40.7% 10 12,581 D+18.5
Brunswick 6,285 51.3% 5,865 47.9% 102 12,252 D+3.4
Watauga 5,527 45.6% 6,353 52.4% 235 12,115 R+6.8
Yadkin 3,919 34.7% 7,347 65.1% 15 11,281 R+30.4
McDowell 5,009 45.6% 5,934 54.0% 49 10,992 R+8.4
Richmond 6,815 62.1% 4,106 37.4% 52 10,973 D+24.7
Alexander 4,324 40.3% 6,399 59.6% 16 10,739 R+19.3
Ashe 4,598 45.3% 5,527 54.5% 24 10,149 R+9.2
Vance 5,708 56.5% 4,332 42.9% 54 10,094 D+13.6
Lee 4,905 49.4% 4,950 49.9% 73 9,928 R+0.5
Davie 3,425 35.8% 6,115 63.9% 26 9,566 R+28.1
Jackson 5,154 55.2% 4,119 44.1% 67 9,340 D+11.1
Transylvania 4,076 46.3% 4,646 52.7% 89 8,811 R+6.5
Macon 4,247 48.6% 4,457 51.0% 28 8,732 R+2.4
Granville 5,393 62.0% 3,282 37.7% 24 8,699 D+24.3
Franklin 4,977 57.7% 3,626 42.1% 19 8,622 D+15.7
Bladen 5,433 67.7% 2,510 31.3% 77 8,020 D+36.4
Montgomery 4,234 54.9% 3,467 45.0% 7 7,708 D+10.0
Yancey 4,033 54.4% 3,349 45.2% 30 7,412 D+9.2
Martin 4,694 65.5% 2,443 34.1% 29 7,166 D+31.4
Cherokee 3,431 48.0% 3,661 51.2% 54 7,146 R+3.2
Pender 4,242 60.3% 2,784 39.6% 13 7,039 D+20.7
Anson 5,021 73.7% 1,779 26.1% 17 6,817 D+47.6
Person 3,260 47.9% 3,471 51.0% 75 6,806 R+3.1
Pasquotank 4,319 65.7% 2,206 33.6% 44 6,569 D+32.2
Scotland 4,079 65.1% 2,151 34.3% 35 6,265 D+30.8
Northampton 4,739 76.3% 1,453 23.4% 22 6,214 D+52.9
Polk 2,884 48.0% 3,086 51.3% 42 6,012 R+3.4
Mitchell 1,762 29.7% 4,156 70.0% 20 5,938 R+40.3
Hertford 3,951 67.7% 1,852 31.7% 31 5,834 D+36.0
Madison 3,302 57.5% 2,399 41.8% 39 5,740 D+15.7
Caswell 3,452 63.4% 1,969 36.2% 21 5,442 D+27.3
Dare 3,302 62.8% 1,921 36.5% 39 5,262 D+26.2
Greene 2,928 59.2% 2,014 40.7% 4 4,946 D+18.5
Warren 3,296 67.2% 1,590 32.4% 17 4,903 D+34.8
Washington 3,033 62.0% 1,858 38.0% 4 4,895 D+24.0
Bertie 3,406 69.7% 1,458 29.8% 24 4,888 D+39.9
Avery 1,512 31.8% 3,218 67.8% 18 4,748 R+35.9
Hoke 3,217 73.2% 1,166 26.5% 12 4,395 D+46.7
Alleghany 2,251 54.0% 1,915 45.9% 6 4,172 D+8.1
Swain 2,110 55.6% 1,673 44.1% 14 3,797 D+11.5
Pamlico 2,194 61.5% 1,361 38.2% 12 3,567 D+23.4
Clay 1,513 42.8% 2,011 56.9% 12 3,536 R+14.1
Graham 1,701 48.3% 1,816 51.5% 6 3,523 R+3.3
Currituck 2,565 73.1% 934 26.6% 8 3,507 D+46.5
Jones 2,134 61.6% 1,327 38.3% 1 3,462 D+23.3
Chowan 2,270 66.5% 1,104 32.3% 41 3,415 D+34.1
Gates 2,742 87.6% 381 12.2% 6 3,129 D+75.5
Perquimans 1,980 73.3% 705 26.1% 17 2,702 D+47.2
Hyde 1,295 64.3% 711 35.3% 7 2,013 D+29.0
Camden 1,467 74.2% 505 25.5% 5 1,977 D+48.7
Tyrrell 906 71.6% 357 28.2% 3 1,266 D+43.4

Counties as they stood in 1980; 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 Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Ted Budd (R) R+3.2
2020 Thom Tillis (R) R+1.7
2016 Richard Burr (R) R+5.7
2014 Thom Tillis (R) R+1.6
2010 Richard Burr (R) R+11.8
2008 Kay Hagan (D) D+8.5
2004 Richard Burr (R) R+4.6
2002 Elizabeth H. Dole (R) R+8.6
1998 John Edwards (D) D+4.1
1996 Jesse Helms (R) R+6.7
1992 Lauch Faircloth (R) R+4.0
1990 Jesse Helms (R) R+5.1
1986 Terry Sanford (D) D+3.5
1984 Jesse Helms (R) R+3.9
1980 John P. East (R) R+0.6
1978 Jesse Helms (R) R+9.0
1974 Robert B. Morgan (D) D+24.0
1972 Jesse Helms (R) R+8.0
1968 Sam J. Ervin (D) D+21.1
1966 B. Everett Jordan (D) D+11.2
1962 Sam J. Ervin (D) D+20.9
1960 B. Everett Jordan (D) D+22.9
1956 Sam J. Ervin (D) D+33.1
1954 W. Kerr Scott (D) D+31.8
1950 Clyde R. Hoey (D) D+37.3
1948 J. Melville Broughton (D) D+42.2
1944 Clyde R. Hoey (D) D+40.5
1942 Josiah W. Bailey (D) D+31.8
1938 Robert R. Reynolds (D) D+27.6
1936 Josiah W. Bailey (D) D+41.5
1932 Robert R. Reynolds (D) D+37.2
1930 Josiah W. Bailey (D) D+21.2
1926 Lee S. Overman (D) D+21.0
1924 Furnifold Simmons (D) D+23.1
1920 Lee S. Overman (D) D+15.0
1918 Furnifold Simmons (D) D+21.0
1914 Lee S. Overman (D) D+16.4