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
HarrisDemocratic61.7%1,682TrumpRepublican36.7%999OtherAll other candidates1.6%44
D+25.1
Lead
683
Total
2,725
vs nation
D+26.5
BidenDemocratic58.9%1,683TrumpRepublican39.3%1,123OtherAll other candidates1.8%52
D+19.6
Lead
560
Total
2,858
vs nation
D+15.1
ClintonDemocratic50.6%1,297TrumpRepublican43.8%1,124OtherAll other candidates5.6%144
D+6.7
Lead
173
Total
2,565
vs nation
D+4.7
ObamaDemocratic51.0%1,204RomneyRepublican47.1%1,112OtherAll other candidates1.9%44
D+3.9
Lead
92
Total
2,360
vs nation
Even
ObamaDemocratic52.2%1,218McCainRepublican46.7%1,089OtherAll other candidates1.2%27
D+5.5
Lead
129
Total
2,334
vs nation
R+1.7
KerryDemocratic45.3%906BushRepublican54.5%1,090OtherAll other candidates0.2%4
R+9.2
Lead
184
Total
2,000
vs nation
R+6.7
Key facts
2024 presidential margin
D+25.1MIT Election Lab
Population
4,3252024 5-year
Population density
1,602 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area
2.7 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income
$107,8852024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
91.8%2024 5-year
Black
0.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
2.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+25.1 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+9.2 in 2004MIT 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. Cycles before 2016 predate that series and are derived from the certified presidential returns instead; they are marked everywhere they appear and are excluded from the figures below.
2004–20248 cycles · 5 audited
2024 turnout
81.0%2,761 participants ÷ 3,407 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off
+25.2 ptsPresidential-dependent
Drop-off vs state
+1.6 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026
55.8%–63.0%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm Derived, pre-2016
0%20%40%60%80%100%
62.8%
67.4%
20042008201220162018202020222024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
2,761
3,407 ± 563
81.0%
Audited
E/D
2022Mid
2,397
3,556 ± 556
67.4%
Audited
E/D
3,151
3,402 ± 458
92.6%
Audited
E/D
2018Mid
2,188
3,483 ± 420
62.8%
Audited
E/D
2,562
3,475 ± 357
73.7%
Audited
E/D
2,360
3,464
68.1%
Derived
—
2,334
3,286
71.0%
Derived
—
2,000
3,108 extrapolated
64.4%
Derived
—
Sources and methods
Audited cycles (2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024) count total general-election participants against the same-year CVAP special tabulation, each cell carrying its own numerator and denominator quality grade. Derived cycles (2004, 2008, 2012) come from the certified presidential returns on this page over the ACS 5-year CVAP series, so they measure presidential votes cast rather than ballots — a floor on participation. Where a derived cycle predates the ACS its denominator is extrapolated rather than read, and says so on its own line below. They are shown for the longer arc and are excluded from the drop-off, excess-drop-off, and 2026 scenario figures above.
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.
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.
2012 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
2008 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
2004 (derived): Certified presidential returns · extrapolated CVAP denominator; presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count; 2004 predates the ACS, so the denominator is a linear back-extrapolation from the 2008 and 2012 CVAP values, not a read figure.
presidential history
Party record book
Royal Pines, 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
61.7%
1,682 votes · D+25.1
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 58.9%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
54.5%
1,090 votes · R+9.2
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 47.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
1,683votes
58.9% of the vote · D+19.6
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 1,682 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2016
1,124votes
43.8% of the vote · D+6.7
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 1,123 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
+26.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+25.1 · U.S. R+1.5
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +15.1 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
+6.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+9.2 · U.S. R+2.5
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +1.7 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.
Royal Pines · 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 Royal Pines — Royal Pines’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Royal Pines, 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.
Royal Pines sits in the Carolinas. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.1 points in 2024 and a Republican high of 9.2 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.5 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.1 points.
A population of 4,325, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $107,885 describe the city.
In 2024, Royal Pines, North Carolina voted Democratic by 25.1 points (D+25.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,725 votes cast, 1,682 went Democratic and 999 went Republican.
When did Royal Pines, North Carolina last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Royal Pines, North Carolina voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Royal Pines, North Carolina?
Royal Pines, North Carolina has a population of 4,325 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Royal Pines, North Carolina?
Median household income in Royal Pines, North Carolina is $107,885 — above the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Royal Pines, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Royal Pines, North Carolina from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 1 went Republican.
