Barack Obama carried North Carolina D+0.3.

Barack Obama (D) vs John McCain (R) in North Carolina, 2008. The state ran 6.9 points more Republican than the nation (D+7.3 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 2008 ballot here.

Nominees: Barack Obama (D) · John McCain (R)

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North Carolina result

4,310,789 votes counted

Obama (D)

2,142,651

49.7%

McCain (R)

2,128,474

49.4%

All others

39,664

0.9%

Margin

D+0.3

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2008 presidential election

North Carolina, 2008

How it voted

Share of the 2008 vote

Barack Obama ✓Democratic	49.7%	2,142,651
John McCainRepublican	49.4%	2,128,474
OtherAll other candidates	0.9%	39,664

D+60

R+60

100 counties, each filled by 2008 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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North Carolina's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2008 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 — 2008

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alamance County	R	−9.2%	28,918	34,859	64,353
Alexander County	R	−38.4%	5,167	11,790	17,254
Alleghany County	R	−21.0%	2,021	3,124	5,263
Anson County	D	+21.0%	6,456	4,207	10,733
Ashe County	R	−23.3%	4,872	7,916	13,069
Avery County	R	−44.1%	2,178	5,681	7,943
Beaufort County	R	−17.4%	9,454	13,460	23,010
Bertie County	D	+30.6%	6,365	3,376	9,763
Bladen County	D	+2.1%	7,853	7,532	15,480
Brunswick County	R	−17.9%	21,331	30,753	52,608
Buncombe County	D	+13.9%	69,716	52,494	123,795
Burke County	R	−19.2%	14,901	22,102	37,443
Cabarrus County	R	−18.4%	31,546	45,924	77,994
Caldwell County	R	−29.7%	12,081	22,526	35,155
Camden County	R	−32.0%	1,597	3,140	4,821
Carteret County	R	−34.7%	11,130	23,131	34,597
Caswell County	D	+3.1%	5,545	5,208	10,862
Catawba County	R	−25.0%	25,656	42,993	69,451
Chatham County	D	+9.7%	17,862	14,668	32,880
Cherokee County	R	−38.6%	3,785	8,643	12,586
Chowan County	R	−1.1%	3,688	3,773	7,512
Clay County	R	−35.6%	1,734	3,707	5,543
Cleveland County	R	−19.9%	17,363	26,078	43,835
Columbus County	R	−7.9%	11,076	12,994	24,282
Craven County	R	−12.4%	19,352	24,901	44,598
Cumberland County	D	+17.7%	74,693	52,151	127,575
Currituck County	R	−31.5%	3,737	7,234	11,102
Dare County	R	−9.3%	8,074	9,745	18,048
Davidson County	R	−33.5%	22,433	45,419	68,581
Davie County	R	−38.3%	6,178	13,981	20,368
Duplin County	R	−9.4%	8,958	10,834	19,904
Durham County	D	+51.9%	103,456	32,353	136,897
Edgecombe County	D	+34.5%	17,403	8,445	25,930
Forsyth County	D	+10.5%	91,085	73,674	166,133
Franklin County	R	−0.7%	13,085	13,273	26,639
Gaston County	R	−25.0%	31,384	52,507	84,402
Gates County	D	+5.2%	2,830	2,547	5,420
Graham County	R	−37.4%	1,265	2,824	4,171
Granville County	D	+6.6%	13,074	11,447	24,725
Greene County	R	−5.9%	3,796	4,272	8,103
Guilford County	D	+18.4%	142,101	97,718	241,771
Halifax County	D	+28.2%	16,047	8,961	25,091
Harnett County	R	−16.7%	16,785	23,579	40,705
Haywood County	R	−7.8%	12,730	14,910	28,067
Henderson County	R	−21.0%	20,082	30,930	51,614
Hertford County	D	+41.5%	7,513	3,089	10,650
Hoke County	D	+18.8%	9,227	6,293	15,627
Hyde County	D	+1.2%	1,241	1,212	2,469
Iredell County	R	−24.4%	27,318	45,148	73,162
Jackson County	D	+5.4%	8,766	7,854	16,866
Johnston County	R	−23.7%	26,795	43,622	71,017
Jones County	R	−8.4%	2,378	2,817	5,227
Lee County	R	−8.4%	10,784	12,775	23,788
Lenoir County	R	−0.1%	13,378	13,401	26,897
Lincoln County	R	−33.3%	11,713	23,631	35,798
Macon County	R	−21.4%	6,620	10,317	17,238
Madison County	R	−1.6%	5,026	5,192	10,379
Martin County	D	+4.6%	6,539	5,957	12,541
McDowell County	R	−27.0%	6,571	11,534	18,386
Mecklenburg County	D	+24.4%	253,958	153,848	410,817
Mitchell County	R	−41.6%	2,238	5,499	7,846
Montgomery County	R	−11.0%	4,926	6,155	11,210
Moore County	R	−21.4%	17,624	27,314	45,328
Nash County	R	−1.3%	23,099	23,728	47,118
New Hanover County	R	−1.4%	49,145	50,544	100,665
Northampton County	D	+30.4%	6,903	3,671	10,618
Onslow County	R	−21.5%	19,499	30,278	50,203
Orange County	D	+44.8%	53,806	20,266	74,910
Pamlico County	R	−14.7%	2,838	3,823	6,712
Pasquotank County	D	+13.7%	10,272	7,778	18,180
Pender County	R	−15.6%	9,907	13,618	23,749
Perquimans County	R	−13.9%	2,772	3,678	6,501
Person County	R	−8.5%	8,446	10,030	18,632
Pitt County	D	+8.8%	40,501	33,927	74,884
Polk County	R	−15.1%	4,396	5,990	10,562
Randolph County	R	−42.3%	16,414	40,998	58,147
Richmond County	D	+1.5%	9,713	9,424	19,327
Robeson County	D	+13.8%	23,058	17,433	40,834
Rockingham County	R	−16.0%	17,255	23,899	41,612
Rowan County	R	−22.8%	23,391	37,451	61,560
Rutherford County	R	−31.8%	9,641	18,769	28,720
Sampson County	R	−8.5%	11,836	14,038	26,038
Scotland County	D	+15.1%	8,151	6,005	14,217
Stanly County	R	−36.7%	8,878	19,329	28,506
Stokes County	R	−35.0%	6,875	14,488	21,743
Surry County	R	−28.0%	10,475	18,730	29,525
Swain County	R	−1.6%	2,806	2,900	5,798
Transylvania County	R	−12.6%	7,275	9,401	16,909
Tyrrell County	R	−1.4%	933	960	1,910
Union County	R	−26.6%	31,189	54,123	86,089
Vance County	D	+26.6%	13,166	7,606	20,871
Wake County	D	+14.4%	250,891	187,001	442,245
Warren County	D	+39.5%	7,086	3,063	10,195
Washington County	D	+16.7%	3,748	2,670	6,454
Watauga County	D	+4.3%	14,558	13,344	28,372
Wayne County	R	−8.6%	22,671	26,952	49,882
Wilkes County	R	−38.2%	8,934	20,288	29,724
Wilson County	D	+6.1%	19,652	17,375	37,191
Yadkin County	R	−46.0%	4,527	12,409	17,147
Yancey County	R	−5.8%	4,486	5,045	9,717