Grover Cleveland carried North Carolina D+11.6.

Grover Cleveland (D) vs Benjamin Harrison (R) in North Carolina, 1892. The state ran 10.0 points more Democratic than the nation (D+1.7 nationally).

Nominees: Grover Cleveland (D) · Benjamin Harrison (R) · James B. Weaver (Populist)

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North Carolina result

280,527 votes counted

Cleveland (D)

132,950

47.4%

Harrison (R)

100,326

35.8%

Weaver + others

47,251

16.8%

Margin

D+11.6

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1892 presidential election

North Carolina, 1892

ClevelandD+11.6

How it voted

Share of the 1892 vote

Grover Cleveland ✓Democratic	47.4%	132,950
Benjamin HarrisonRepublican	35.8%	100,326
James B. WeaverPopulist	16.8%	47,251

D+60

R+60

96 counties, each filled by 1892 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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North Carolina's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1892 contest in context

North Carolina's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.6%
1896	+5.8%
1900	+8.5%
1904	+20.1%
1908	+8.7%
1912	+47.3%
1916	+16.4%
1920	+13.5%
1924	+19.4%
1928	−9.9%
1932	+40.6%
1936	+46.8%
1940	+48.1%
1944	+33.4%
1948	+25.3%
1952	+7.8%
1956	+1.3%
1960	+4.2%
1964	+12.3%
1968	−10.3%
1972	−40.6%
1976	+11.0%
1980	−2.1%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−16.3%
1992	−0.8%
1996	−4.7%
2000	−12.8%
2004	−12.4%
2008	+0.3%
2012	−2.0%
2016	−3.7%
2020	−1.3%
2024	−3.2%

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County results — 1892

96 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alamance County	D	+11.3%	1,691	1,301	3,450
Alexander County	D	+12.0%	591	420	1,426
Alleghany County	D	+38.0%	797	358	1,155
Anson County	D	+44.8%	1,261	396	1,929
Ashe County	R	−3.2%	1,366	1,460	2,960
Beaufort County	D	+7.1%	1,865	1,612	3,561
Bertie County	D	+9.1%	1,610	1,309	3,303
Bladen County	D	+0.8%	1,228	1,205	2,754
Brunswick County	D	+16.4%	755	446	1,886
Buncombe County	D	+6.5%	3,588	3,125	7,073
Burke County	D	+11.3%	1,410	1,098	2,758
Cabarrus County	D	+25.0%	1,419	679	2,958
Caldwell County	D	+26.3%	1,172	614	2,118
Camden County	R	−1.9%	483	504	1,097
Carteret County	D	+29.4%	1,211	613	2,036
Caswell County	R	−21.1%	913	1,522	2,892
Catawba County	D	+29.7%	1,711	705	3,382
Chatham County	O	+19.1%	1,567	727	4,401
Cherokee County	O	+0.0%	692	692	1,450
Chowan County	R	−12.4%	679	882	1,641
Clay County	D	+17.6%	383	256	721
Cleveland County	D	+30.6%	1,788	722	3,483
Columbus County	D	+25.6%	1,592	813	3,040
Craven County	R	−10.5%	1,305	1,648	3,264
Cumberland County	D	+17.2%	2,178	1,333	4,906
Currituck County	D	+32.0%	834	402	1,352
Dare County	R	−3.0%	335	356	691
Davidson County	D	+2.1%	1,928	1,837	4,275
Davie County	R	−16.2%	725	1,057	2,053
Duplin County	D	+14.3%	1,455	986	3,285
Durham County	D	+6.4%	1,490	1,264	3,518
Edgecombe County	D	+21.7%	1,702	986	3,301
Forsyth County	D	+7.5%	2,880	2,447	5,808
Franklin County	D	+18.2%	1,741	993	4,115
Gaston County	D	+13.8%	1,616	1,173	3,207
Gates County	D	+19.6%	942	575	1,868
Graham County	D	+12.8%	339	262	601
Granville County	R	−6.4%	1,403	1,630	3,529
Greene County	D	+24.4%	1,006	562	1,823
Guilford County	D	+4.0%	2,773	2,532	5,979
Halifax County	D	+34.7%	3,079	1,376	4,906
Harnett County	D	+22.8%	1,222	650	2,513
Haywood County	D	+21.6%	1,525	959	2,616
Henderson County	R	−16.9%	835	1,197	2,137
Hertford County	R	−7.8%	710	843	1,696
Hyde County	D	+26.1%	858	430	1,637
Iredell County	D	+16.9%	2,282	1,524	4,494
Jackson County	D	+23.0%	977	578	1,735
Johnston County	D	+43.8%	3,135	1,036	4,791
Jones County	D	+27.8%	670	307	1,308
Lenoir County	D	+15.4%	1,388	957	2,800
Lincoln County	D	+17.5%	976	617	2,051
Macon County	D	+17.9%	862	562	1,677
Madison County	R	−20.3%	1,118	1,718	2,959
Martin County	D	+12.8%	1,454	1,091	2,829
McDowell County	D	+17.6%	1,055	727	1,862
Mecklenburg County	D	+30.1%	3,881	1,933	6,472
Mitchell County	R	−28.7%	724	1,327	2,099
Montgomery County	D	+8.3%	1,011	839	2,076
Moore County	D	+5.5%	1,674	1,460	3,878
Nash County	O	+18.6%	997	476	2,806
New Hanover County	D	+23.0%	2,408	1,500	3,946
Northampton County	D	+1.9%	1,365	1,306	3,173
Onslow County	D	+38.8%	1,137	379	1,952
Orange County	D	+6.4%	1,117	936	2,830
Pamlico County	D	+2.9%	509	471	1,329
Pasquotank County	R	−18.7%	801	1,224	2,260
Pender County	R	−4.5%	872	960	1,969
Perquimans County	R	−21.4%	490	834	1,605
Person County	R	−4.6%	1,261	1,400	3,001
Pitt County	D	+17.7%	2,052	1,221	4,698
Polk County	R	−5.1%	511	566	1,077
Randolph County	D	+4.0%	2,077	1,883	4,817
Richmond County	D	+17.6%	1,700	1,122	3,285
Robeson County	D	+28.0%	2,312	1,117	4,271
Rockingham County	R	−3.8%	1,784	1,961	4,607
Rowan County	D	+35.6%	2,303	876	4,011
Rutherford County	D	+9.7%	1,794	1,452	3,508
Sampson County	O	−0.6%	1,299	1,325	4,269
Stanly County	D	+44.9%	1,053	323	1,626
Stokes County	R	−12.9%	1,217	1,610	3,048
Surry County	D	+6.2%	1,974	1,740	3,793
Swain County	D	+12.8%	558	403	1,212
Transylvania County	D	+1.1%	513	502	1,035
Tyrrell County	R	−6.8%	242	295	785
Union County	D	+38.3%	1,798	572	3,200
Vance County	R	−14.1%	908	1,340	3,062
Wake County	D	+20.1%	3,724	1,987	8,646
Warren County	R	−24.0%	737	1,474	3,072
Washington County	R	−10.5%	533	692	1,512
Watauga County	D	+5.4%	940	839	1,884
Wayne County	D	+12.8%	2,261	1,645	4,795
Wilkes County	R	−3.3%	1,770	1,895	3,810
Wilson County	D	+41.7%	2,100	497	3,846
Yadkin County	R	−7.0%	1,046	1,219	2,481
Yancey County	D	+16.0%	927	651	1,721