New Bern-Morehead City, 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 New Bern-Morehead City, 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 · 2024R+18.5
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+30.4
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 12 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in New Bern-Morehead City, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
131,980
54,667
46,787
30,467
59
2012
140,280
52,406
50,043
37,426
405
2016
142,372
46,276
51,982
43,474
640
2020
142,667
38,503
56,423
46,734
1,007
2022
145,383
35,604
58,618
50,163
998
2024
156,642
34,718
63,694
56,707
1,523
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+1,800 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +5,891 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in New Bern-Morehead City, NC in New Bern-Morehead City, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+701
2012
−700
2013
−1,474
2014
−755
2015
−1,911
2016
−498
2017
−146
2018
+709
2019
−133
2021
+2,234
2022
+1,963
2023
+2,076
2024
+2,025
2025
+1,800
New Bern-Morehead City, NC sits in the Carolinas. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 65.9 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 48.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 1.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 30.4 points.
A population of 193,452, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,484 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC and Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA.
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How did New Bern-Morehead City, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, New Bern-Morehead City, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 30.4 points (R+30.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 115,429 votes cast, 39,507 went Democratic and 74,623 went Republican.
When did New Bern-Morehead City, NC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which New Bern-Morehead City, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in New Bern-Morehead City, NC, North Carolina?
New Bern-Morehead City, NC, North Carolina has a population of 193,452 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New Bern-Morehead City, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in New Bern-Morehead City, NC, North Carolina is $67,484 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of New Bern-Morehead City, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in New Bern-Morehead City, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
