Asheville-Waynesville-Brevard, NC · how this place’s counties split between candidates 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 and there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Asheville-Waynesville-Brevard, NC, 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.
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024D+1.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+4.7
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 3.5 points more Democratic than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Asheville-Waynesville-Brevard, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
328,265
132,811
105,696
89,539
219
2012
350,793
131,825
106,942
110,873
1,153
2016
368,008
127,975
105,293
132,630
2,110
2020
385,809
122,572
109,578
150,287
3,372
2022
389,457
117,445
107,826
161,201
2,985
2024
403,836
115,119
110,309
174,077
4,331
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−116 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +62,987 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Asheville-Waynesville-Brevard, NC in Asheville-Waynesville-Brevard, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+2,805
2012
+2,975
2013
+5,146
2014
+4,252
2015
+5,397
2016
+6,458
2017
+5,907
2018
+5,656
2019
+4,489
2021
+5,914
2022
+4,841
2023
+4,861
2024
+4,402
2025
−116
Asheville-Waynesville-Brevard, NC sits in the Carolinas. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 39.3 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 43.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 3.0 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.7 points.
A population of 511,064, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,227 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lexington-Fayette--Richmond--Frankfort, KY and Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME.
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How did Asheville-Waynesville-Brevard, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Asheville-Waynesville-Brevard, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic by 4.7 points (D+4.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 302,736 votes cast, 155,998 went Democratic and 141,673 went Republican.
When did Asheville-Waynesville-Brevard, NC, North Carolina last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Asheville-Waynesville-Brevard, NC, North Carolina voted Republican was 2016.
How many people live in Asheville-Waynesville-Brevard, NC, North Carolina?
Asheville-Waynesville-Brevard, NC, North Carolina has a population of 511,064 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Asheville-Waynesville-Brevard, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Asheville-Waynesville-Brevard, NC, North Carolina is $70,227 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Asheville-Waynesville-Brevard, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Asheville-Waynesville-Brevard, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 20 went Republican.
