- Lead
- 69,999
- Total
- 425,427
- vs nation
- R+15.0
North Carolina 13th Congressional District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 66,943
- Total
- 389,207
- vs nation
- R+21.7
- Lead
- 62,288
- Total
- 314,040
- vs nation
- R+21.9
- Lead
- 54,435
- Total
- 294,543
- vs nation
- R+22.3
- Lead
- 42,230
- Total
- 274,754
- vs nation
- R+22.6
- Lead
- 60,775
- Total
- 220,298
- vs nation
- R+25.1
- Lead
- 43,249
- Total
- 171,824
- vs nation
- R+25.7
- Lead
- 22,532
- Total
- 144,239
- vs nation
- R+24.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+16.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 744,9932024 5-year
- Population density
- 198 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 3,766 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $80,2102024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 63.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 17.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 13.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+62.8 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51.1 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Congressional District 10, GA · twin score 89.8
presidential history
Party record book
North Carolina 13th Congressional District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
81.4%
38,465 votes · D+62.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 80.0%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
74.9%
61,782 votes · R+51.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 64.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
174,730votes
41.1% of the vote · R+16.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 157,973 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
244,729votes
57.5% of the vote · R+16.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 224,916 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Alton B. Parker1904
+58.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+38.8 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Harry S. Truman, 1948 · +50.8 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
+28.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+51.1 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2000 · +25.7 pts
Current officeholders
Federal officeholders only. State and local officeholders are planned for the next data pass.
U.S. House
Each result reflects the U.S. House district as it was drawn for that election; redistricting has redrawn these lines over time, so they can differ from the current 120th-Congress district shown on the map above.
North Carolina 13th Congressional District sits in the Carolinas. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 62.8 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 51.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.7 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.5 points.
A population of 744,993, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,210 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Congressional District 10 and Congressional District 9.
The congressional districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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North Carolina 13th Congressional District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/cd/3713/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.