Lake Waccamaw, NC
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+3.8 |
| 2012 | R+2.8 |
| 2016 | R+33.3 |
| 2020 | R+38.5 |
| 2024 | R+44.2 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,770 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+44.2 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $72,500 |
| County | Columbus County |
| State | NC |
Place narrative
Lake Waccamaw sits on the edge of a rare geological Carolina bay lake, and its roughly 1,800 residents vote within Columbus County, a historically Democratic rural county that has shifted competitively in recent cycles.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −44.2% | 230 | 601 | 8 | 839 |
| 2020 | R | −38.5% | 235 | 536 | 10 | 781 |
| 2016 | R | −33.3% | 223 | 458 | 24 | 705 |
| 2012 | R | −2.8% | 305 | 323 | 7 | 635 |
| 2008 | R | −3.8% | 340 | 367 | 11 | 718 |
| 2004† | D | +1.6% | 317 | 307 | 6 | 630 |
Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 69.5% |
| Black | 15.0% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1.8% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $72,500 |
| Poverty rate | 9.3% |
| Median age | 46.1 |
| Age 18–29 | 11.4% |
| Age 65 and older | 28.1% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 32.3% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 1.8% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Columbus County county page and the NC state page.