Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2004–2024, on current city boundaries.
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
HarrisDemocratic55.1%529TrumpRepublican43.1%414OtherAll other candidates1.8%17
D+12.0
Lead
115
Total
960
vs nation
D+13.5
BidenDemocratic51.4%522TrumpRepublican46.8%475OtherAll other candidates1.8%18
D+4.6
Lead
47
Total
1,015
vs nation
D+0.2
ClintonDemocratic49.6%425TrumpRepublican45.2%387OtherAll other candidates5.3%45
D+4.4
Lead
38
Total
857
vs nation
D+2.3
ObamaDemocratic61.5%453RomneyRepublican36.5%269OtherAll other candidates1.9%14
D+25.0
Lead
184
Total
736
vs nation
D+21.1
ObamaDemocratic59.1%430McCainRepublican39.3%286OtherAll other candidates1.5%11
D+19.8
Lead
144
Total
727
vs nation
D+12.5
KerryDemocratic51.9%316BushRepublican47.0%286OtherAll other candidates1.1%7
D+4.9
Lead
30
Total
609
vs nation
D+7.4
Key facts
2024 presidential margin
D+12.0MIT Election Lab
Population
2,6572024 5-year
Population density
2,415 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area
1.1 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income
$43,9072024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
31.3%2024 5-year
Black
0.3%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
66.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+25.0 in 2012MIT Election Lab
Participation
Turnout and midterm durability
Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes.
2020–20243 cycles · 3 audited
2024 turnout
68.3%970 participants ÷ 1,420 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off
+11.9 ptsVolatile
Drop-off vs state
-11.7 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026
56.4%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm
0%20%40%60%80%100%
50.4%
202020222024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
970
1,420 ± 520
68.3%
Audited
E/D
2022Mid
851
1,688 ± 489
50.4%
Audited
E/D
1,118
1,795 ± 486
62.3%
Audited
E/D
Sources and methods
2024: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 323/229.
2022: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 322/184.
2020: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 321/4.
presidential history
Party record book
Emma, NC · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
61.5%
453 votes · D+25.0
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 59.1%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
47.0%
286 votes · D+4.9
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 46.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
529votes
55.1% of the vote · D+12.0
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 522 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
475votes
46.8% of the vote · D+4.6
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 414 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
Barack Obama2012
+21.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+25.0 · U.S. D+3.9
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +13.5 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
−0.2pts R vs U.S.
Place D+4.6 · U.S. D+4.5
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · −2.3 pts
U.S. House elections · 1 House
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Emma · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain. The figures below are Buncombe County, North Carolina, the county containing Emma — Emma’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Emma, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
Emma sits in the Carolinas. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.0 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.3 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 12.0 points.
A population of 2,657, a 31% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $43,907 describe the city.
In 2024, Emma, North Carolina voted Democratic by 12.0 points (D+12.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 960 votes cast, 529 went Democratic and 414 went Republican.
How many people live in Emma, North Carolina?
Emma, North Carolina has a population of 2,657 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Emma, North Carolina?
Median household income in Emma, North Carolina is $43,907 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Emma, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Emma, North Carolina from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
