Donald Trump carried North Carolina R+1.3.

Joe Biden (D) vs Donald Trump (R) in North Carolina, 2020. The state ran 5.8 points more Republican than the nation (D+4.5 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 2020 ballot here.

Nominees: Joe Biden (D) · Donald Trump (R)

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North Carolina result

5,524,804 votes counted

Biden (D)

2,684,292

48.6%

Trump (R)

2,758,775

49.9%

All others

81,737

1.5%

Margin

R+1.3

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2020 presidential election

North Carolina, 2020

TrumpR+1.3

How it voted

Share of the 2020 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	49.9%	2,758,775
Joe BidenDemocratic	48.6%	2,684,292
OtherAll other candidates	1.5%	81,737

D+60

R+60

100 counties, each filled by 2020 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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North Carolina's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2020 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 — 2020

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alamance County	R	−8.4%	38,825	46,056	86,091
Alexander County	R	−58.0%	4,145	15,888	20,236
Alleghany County	R	−50.0%	1,486	4,527	6,076
Anson County	D	+4.2%	5,789	5,321	11,194
Ashe County	R	−46.1%	4,164	11,451	15,814
Avery County	R	−52.7%	2,191	7,172	9,458
Beaufort County	R	−25.9%	9,633	16,437	26,315
Bertie County	D	+21.6%	5,939	3,817	9,815
Bladen County	R	−13.7%	7,326	9,676	17,125
Brunswick County	R	−25.0%	33,310	55,850	90,175
Buncombe County	D	+21.1%	96,515	62,412	161,569
Burke County	R	−40.1%	13,118	31,019	44,602
Cabarrus County	R	−9.4%	52,162	63,237	117,227
Caldwell County	R	−51.1%	10,245	32,119	42,829
Camden County	R	−46.6%	1,537	4,312	5,953
Carteret County	R	−42.0%	12,093	30,028	42,695
Caswell County	R	−18.5%	4,860	7,089	12,051
Catawba County	R	−37.0%	25,689	56,588	83,425
Chatham County	D	+11.5%	26,787	21,186	48,599
Cherokee County	R	−55.1%	3,583	12,628	16,423
Chowan County	R	−15.7%	3,247	4,471	7,784
Clay County	R	−49.5%	1,699	5,112	6,893
Cleveland County	R	−32.8%	16,955	33,798	51,308
Columbus County	R	−27.9%	9,446	16,832	26,446
Craven County	R	−18.6%	21,148	31,032	53,065
Cumberland County	D	+16.6%	84,469	60,032	147,150
Currituck County	R	−46.2%	4,195	11,657	16,147
Dare County	R	−16.5%	9,936	13,938	24,232
Davidson County	R	−47.5%	22,636	64,658	88,514
Davie County	R	−45.5%	6,713	18,228	25,311
Duplin County	R	−22.1%	8,767	13,793	22,715
Durham County	D	+62.4%	144,688	32,459	179,914
Edgecombe County	D	+27.0%	16,089	9,206	25,477
Forsyth County	D	+13.9%	113,033	85,064	201,270
Franklin County	R	−13.4%	15,879	20,901	37,351
Gaston County	R	−27.8%	40,959	73,033	115,498
Gates County	R	−13.7%	2,546	3,367	5,971
Graham County	R	−60.1%	905	3,710	4,665
Granville County	R	−6.6%	14,565	16,647	31,598
Greene County	R	−11.9%	3,832	4,874	8,753
Guilford County	D	+23.1%	173,086	107,294	284,486
Halifax County	D	+21.2%	15,545	10,080	25,759
Harnett County	R	−22.4%	22,093	35,177	58,293
Haywood County	R	−26.5%	13,144	22,834	36,542
Henderson County	R	−18.8%	27,211	40,032	68,371
Hertford County	D	+34.0%	7,097	3,479	10,634
Hoke County	D	+10.9%	11,804	9,453	21,639
Hyde County	R	−14.9%	1,046	1,418	2,492
Iredell County	R	−32.4%	33,888	67,010	102,371
Jackson County	R	−8.2%	9,591	11,356	21,428
Johnston County	R	−24.3%	41,257	68,353	111,357
Jones County	R	−19.6%	2,197	3,280	5,525
Lee County	R	−14.9%	12,143	16,469	29,008
Lenoir County	R	−3.5%	13,605	14,590	28,409
Lincoln County	R	−45.9%	13,274	36,341	50,217
Macon County	R	−38.5%	6,230	14,211	20,743
Madison County	R	−23.5%	4,901	7,979	13,076
Martin County	R	−5.0%	5,911	6,532	12,540
McDowell County	R	−48.0%	5,832	16,883	23,003
Mecklenburg County	D	+35.1%	378,107	179,211	567,053
Mitchell County	R	−57.8%	1,867	7,090	9,041
Montgomery County	R	−31.8%	4,327	8,411	12,849
Moore County	R	−27.4%	20,779	36,764	58,339
Nash County	D	+0.2%	25,947	25,827	52,271
New Hanover County	D	+2.1%	66,138	63,331	131,830
Northampton County	D	+20.6%	6,069	3,989	10,110
Onslow County	R	−30.2%	24,266	46,078	72,235
Orange County	D	+51.1%	63,594	20,176	84,997
Pamlico County	R	−28.0%	2,713	4,849	7,631
Pasquotank County	D	+0.3%	9,832	9,770	19,897
Pender County	R	−29.9%	11,723	21,956	34,169
Perquimans County	R	−32.2%	2,492	4,903	7,484
Person County	R	−21.6%	8,465	13,184	21,894
Pitt County	D	+9.4%	47,252	38,982	87,573
Polk County	R	−25.7%	4,518	7,689	12,358
Randolph County	R	−56.3%	15,618	56,894	73,316
Richmond County	R	−14.8%	8,754	11,830	20,763
Robeson County	R	−18.6%	19,020	27,806	47,188
Rockingham County	R	−32.0%	15,992	31,301	47,809
Rowan County	R	−35.7%	23,114	49,297	73,408
Rutherford County	R	−45.8%	9,135	24,891	34,429
Sampson County	R	−22.5%	10,966	17,411	28,618
Scotland County	R	−1.9%	7,186	7,473	14,775
Stanly County	R	−51.1%	8,129	25,458	33,939
Stokes County	R	−57.8%	5,286	20,144	25,703
Surry County	R	−51.4%	8,721	27,538	36,638
Swain County	R	−19.5%	2,780	4,161	7,068
Transylvania County	R	−15.6%	8,444	11,636	20,404
Tyrrell County	R	−15.7%	758	1,044	1,817
Union County	R	−24.2%	48,725	80,382	131,011
Vance County	D	+19.2%	12,431	8,391	20,999
Wake County	D	+26.5%	393,336	226,197	631,830
Warren County	D	+25.7%	6,400	3,752	10,293
Washington County	D	+9.9%	3,396	2,781	6,205
Watauga County	D	+8.3%	17,122	14,451	32,220
Wayne County	R	−11.7%	24,215	30,709	55,537
Wilkes County	R	−56.6%	7,511	27,592	35,466
Wilson County	D	+2.9%	20,754	19,581	40,735
Yadkin County	R	−61.1%	3,763	15,933	19,923
Yancey County	R	−33.7%	3,688	7,516	11,352