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.
2016–20244 cycles · 4 audited
2024 turnout
91.3%11,755 participants ÷ 12,878 CVAP
2016→2018 drop-off
+25.3 ptsPresidential-dependent
Drop-off vs state
+9.4 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm
0%20%40%60%80%100%
67.8%
59.8%
2016201820222024
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Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
11,755
12,878 ± 794
91.3%
Audited
E/A
2022Mid
7,378
12,332 ± 712
59.8%
Audited
E/A
2018Mid
7,005
10,336 ± 475
67.8%
Audited
E/A
8,921
9,587 ± 483
93.1%
Audited
E/A
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.
2018: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 320/139.
2016: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 319/133.
presidential history
Party record book
Harrisburg, 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
Kamala Harris2024
49.2%
5,741 votes · D+0.9
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 47.5%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
68.2%
3,785 votes · R+36.6
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 61.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
5,741votes
49.2% of the vote · D+0.9
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 5,303 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
5,680votes
50.9% of the vote · R+3.4
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 5,636 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
Kamala Harris2024
+2.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+0.9 · U.S. R+1.5
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · −7.8 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
+34.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+36.6 · U.S. R+2.5
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +27.7 pts
U.S. House elections · 1 House
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.
Harrisburg · 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 Cabarrus County, North Carolina, the county containing Harrisburg — Harrisburg’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Harrisburg, 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.
Harrisburg sits in Cabarrus County along the northeastern edge of the Charlotte metro, where population growth exceeding 40% over the past decade has brought an influx of younger families and shifted the demographic profile of a traditionally rural precinct.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 0.9 points in 2024 and a Republican high of 36.6 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.3 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 0.9 points.
A population of 19,633, a 54% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $148,254 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wyndham and Coppell.
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Political twins — cities
The cities 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.
In 2024, Harrisburg, North Carolina voted Democratic by 0.9 points (D+0.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 11,658 votes cast, 5,741 went Democratic and 5,636 went Republican.
When did Harrisburg, North Carolina last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Harrisburg, North Carolina voted Republican was 2020.
How many people live in Harrisburg, North Carolina?
Harrisburg, North Carolina has a population of 19,633 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Harrisburg, North Carolina?
Median household income in Harrisburg, North Carolina is $148,254 — above the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Harrisburg, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Harrisburg, North Carolina from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 1 went Democratic and 5 went Republican.
