Donald Trump carried North Carolina R+3.7.

Hillary Clinton (D) vs Donald Trump (R) in North Carolina, 2016. The state ran 5.7 points more Republican than the nation (D+2.1 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 2016 ballot here.

Nominees: Hillary Clinton (D) · Donald Trump (R)

akashic

North Carolina result

4,741,564 votes counted

Clinton (D)

2,189,316

46.2%

Trump (R)

2,362,631

49.8%

All others

189,617

4.0%

Margin

R+3.7

akashic

2016 presidential election

North Carolina, 2016

TrumpR+3.7

How it voted

Share of the 2016 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	49.8%	2,362,631
Hillary ClintonDemocratic	46.2%	2,189,316
Gary JohnsonLibertarian	4.0%	189,617

D+60

R+60

100 counties, each filled by 2016 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

akashic

North Carolina's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2016 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%

akashic

County results — 2016

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

akashic

County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alamance County	R	−12.6%	29,833	38,815	71,157
Alexander County	R	−55.4%	3,767	13,893	18,271
Alleghany County	R	−47.2%	1,306	3,814	5,315
Anson County	D	+12.8%	5,859	4,506	10,545
Ashe County	R	−44.0%	3,500	9,412	13,424
Avery County	R	−55.9%	1,689	6,298	8,249
Beaufort County	R	−24.1%	8,764	14,543	23,938
Bertie County	D	+24.8%	5,778	3,456	9,347
Bladen County	R	−9.4%	7,058	8,550	15,897
Brunswick County	R	−28.4%	23,282	42,720	68,351
Buncombe County	D	+14.2%	75,452	55,716	138,947
Burke County	R	−38.5%	11,251	26,238	38,920
Cabarrus County	R	−19.6%	35,521	53,819	93,289
Caldwell County	R	−50.1%	8,425	26,621	36,320
Camden County	R	−45.4%	1,274	3,546	5,006
Carteret County	R	−44.0%	9,939	26,569	37,781
Caswell County	R	−11.1%	4,792	6,026	11,070
Catawba County	R	−37.5%	21,216	48,324	72,351
Chatham County	D	+9.9%	21,065	17,105	39,849
Cherokee County	R	−56.3%	2,860	10,844	14,181
Chowan County	R	−14.1%	2,992	4,014	7,228
Clay County	R	−51.1%	1,367	4,437	6,010
Cleveland County	R	−30.3%	14,964	28,479	44,673
Columbus County	R	−21.9%	9,063	14,272	23,732
Craven County	R	−21.5%	17,630	27,731	47,001
Cumberland County	D	+16.0%	71,605	51,265	127,506
Currituck County	R	−49.3%	2,913	9,163	12,669
Dare County	R	−21.6%	7,222	11,460	19,609
Davidson County	R	−48.4%	18,109	54,317	74,856
Davie County	R	−47.5%	5,270	15,602	21,756
Duplin County	R	−18.9%	8,283	12,217	20,856
Durham County	D	+59.5%	121,250	28,350	156,134
Edgecombe County	D	+32.0%	16,224	8,261	24,886
Forsyth County	D	+10.4%	94,464	75,975	178,312
Franklin County	R	−11.5%	12,874	16,368	30,368
Gaston County	R	−31.8%	31,177	61,798	96,431
Gates County	R	−9.1%	2,385	2,874	5,392
Graham County	R	−60.3%	768	3,283	4,168
Granville County	R	−2.5%	12,909	13,591	27,353
Greene County	R	−9.5%	3,605	4,374	8,095
Guilford County	D	+19.9%	149,248	98,062	257,405
Halifax County	D	+26.7%	15,748	9,031	25,167
Harnett County	R	−23.6%	16,737	27,614	46,065
Haywood County	R	−27.5%	10,473	18,929	30,727
Henderson County	R	−27.5%	19,827	35,809	58,176
Hertford County	D	+37.4%	6,910	3,099	10,186
Hoke County	D	+10.8%	9,726	7,760	18,230
Hyde County	R	−14.0%	965	1,288	2,304
Iredell County	R	−36.4%	24,734	54,754	82,567
Jackson County	R	−11.5%	7,713	9,870	18,713
Johnston County	R	−30.3%	28,362	54,372	85,909
Jones County	R	−17.7%	2,065	2,974	5,135
Lee County	R	−12.9%	10,469	13,712	25,084
Lenoir County	R	−3.7%	12,634	13,613	26,807
Lincoln County	R	−47.2%	9,897	28,806	40,023
Macon County	R	−40.9%	4,876	12,127	17,734
Madison County	R	−25.4%	3,926	6,783	11,269
Martin County	R	−0.4%	5,846	5,897	11,964
McDowell County	R	−49.8%	4,667	14,568	19,875
Mecklenburg County	D	+29.4%	294,562	155,518	472,857
Mitchell County	R	−57.9%	1,596	6,282	8,096
Montgomery County	R	−25.8%	4,150	7,130	11,540
Moore County	R	−29.1%	16,329	30,490	48,692
Nash County	R	−0.2%	23,235	23,319	47,665
New Hanover County	R	−3.9%	50,979	55,344	111,905
Northampton County	D	+26.0%	6,144	3,582	9,848
Onslow County	R	−34.3%	17,514	37,122	57,135
Orange County	D	+50.2%	59,923	18,557	82,340
Pamlico County	R	−26.3%	2,448	4,258	6,870
Pasquotank County	D	+2.5%	8,615	8,180	17,391
Pender County	R	−29.7%	9,354	17,639	27,885
Perquimans County	R	−27.7%	2,319	4,177	6,708
Person County	R	−17.1%	7,833	11,185	19,615
Pitt County	D	+7.6%	41,824	35,691	80,527
Polk County	R	−27.7%	3,735	6,768	10,934
Randolph County	R	−56.1%	13,194	49,430	64,575
Richmond County	R	−9.7%	8,501	10,383	19,328
Robeson County	R	−4.3%	19,016	20,762	40,858
Rockingham County	R	−29.8%	14,228	26,830	42,278
Rowan County	R	−36.4%	19,400	42,810	64,369
Rutherford County	R	−47.4%	7,512	21,871	30,307
Sampson County	R	−16.5%	10,547	14,838	25,928
Scotland County	D	+7.6%	7,319	6,256	13,928
Stanly County	R	−49.7%	7,094	21,964	29,917
Stokes County	R	−55.2%	4,665	17,116	22,550
Surry County	R	−50.3%	7,488	23,671	32,196
Swain County	R	−22.4%	2,196	3,565	6,124
Transylvania County	R	−22.2%	6,558	10,520	17,869
Tyrrell County	R	−14.7%	720	975	1,739
Union County	R	−30.6%	34,337	66,707	105,710
Vance County	D	+24.5%	12,229	7,332	19,977
Wake County	D	+20.2%	302,736	196,082	527,624
Warren County	D	+32.5%	6,413	3,214	9,842
Washington County	D	+15.3%	3,510	2,564	6,165
Watauga County	D	+1.5%	14,138	13,697	29,985
Wayne County	R	−11.4%	21,770	27,540	50,689
Wilkes County	R	−54.7%	6,638	23,752	31,296
Wilson County	D	+5.6%	19,663	17,531	38,135
Yadkin County	R	−60.8%	3,160	13,880	17,624
Yancey County	R	−32.0%	3,196	6,385	9,960