Raleigh-Durham-Cary, 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 Raleigh-Durham-Cary, 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+14.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+21.3
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 7.0 points more Democratic than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
1,155,528
559,830
316,622
278,061
1,015
2012
1,336,234
606,410
349,127
375,985
4,712
2016
1,439,259
603,968
356,529
470,939
7,823
2020
1,582,004
626,678
369,984
572,624
12,718
2022
1,608,192
615,178
359,554
621,806
11,654
2024
1,709,746
618,405
373,735
699,401
18,205
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+24,265 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +314,206 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC in Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+17,803
2012
+18,500
2013
+17,756
2014
+18,038
2015
+20,293
2016
+26,090
2017
+20,598
2018
+24,739
2019
+21,852
2021
+36,559
2022
+22,613
2023
+25,091
2024
+20,009
2025
+24,265
Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC sits in the Carolinas. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 64.6 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 34.7 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 1.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.3 points.
A population of 2,336,314, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $92,874 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA and Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO.
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How did Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic by 21.3 points (D+21.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,277,911 votes cast, 763,479 went Democratic and 490,769 went Republican.
When did Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC, North Carolina last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC, North Carolina voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC, North Carolina?
Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC, North Carolina has a population of 2,336,314 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC, North Carolina is $92,874 — above the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 28 went Democratic and 5 went Republican.
