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1876–2024
Alamance County, North Carolina
Alamance County·North Carolina

Alamance County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.

A Piedmont county where a manufacturing past meets rapid suburban growth

18762024·38 elections
Alamance County, North Carolina · Warren LeMay · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+8
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
176,893
2024 ACS
Most similar
Cabarrus County
NC · similarity 0.99
39 precincts · 89,831 votes cast
Trump · R+8
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−8.1%
40,62447,93789,831
2020R
−8.4%
38,82546,05686,091
2016R
−12.6%
29,83338,81571,157
2012R
−13.7%
28,87538,17067,776
2008R
−9.2%
28,91834,85964,353
2004R
−23.3%
20,68633,30254,175
2000D
+25.2%
29,30517,45947,091
1996R
−15.9%
15,81422,46141,861
1992R
−12.0%
15,52120,63742,701
1988R
−31.2%
12,64224,13136,851
1984R
−39.7%
11,23026,06337,370
1980R
−8.9%
15,04218,07734,066
1976D
+15.5%
17,37112,68030,231
1972R
−51.5%
6,83322,04629,549
1968R
−12.1%
8,24112,31033,690
1964D
+0.7%
15,39715,17730,574
1960R
−4.3%
13,59914,81828,417
1956R
−4.7%
11,02912,12323,152
1952D
+8.1%
13,40211,38824,790
1948D
+20.6%
8,2875,12415,380
1944D
+29.7%
9,1844,97614,160
1940D
+54.3%
11,4293,38214,811
1936D
+48.3%
11,0253,84714,872
1932D
+29.2%
8,2404,47812,882
1928R
−23.0%
4,2606,81011,070
1924D
+20.1%
4,8593,2178,169
1920D
+6.4%
5,2554,6199,874
1916D
+4.2%
2,4762,2784,759
1912D
+50.4%
2,1321503,929
1908R
−1.6%
2,1132,1844,331
1904D
+3.7%
1,9071,7703,679
1900R
−7.9%
1,9232,2564,217
1896R
−0.3%
2,3022,3144,666
1892D
+11.3%
1,6911,3013,450
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Polish
0.6%
African American
15.8%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
12.6%
Baptist
10.4%
Methodist
7.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.9%
Mainline Protestant
4.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.0%
Non-Christian
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Alamance has trended steadily toward Republican margins over the past decade even as Burlington's metro fringe draws new residents, making it a reliable indicator of how working-class Piedmont communities respond to economic and demographic shifts.

The shift began with civil rights. 2004 marked the realignment in Alamance County, by a twenty-three points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-one points in 1972. The 2024 margin was eight points.

The political shift has tracked, in Alamance County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 60% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $65,651, and a 13% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cabarrus County and Wayne County.