Saluda, NC
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+14.7 |
| 2012 | R+25.3 |
| 2016 | R+22.0 |
| 2020 | R+18.5 |
| 2024 | R+18.2 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 683 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+18.2 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $52,137 |
| County | Polk County |
| State | NC |
Place narrative
Saluda sits at the Blue Ridge Escarpment in Polk County, where a small but stable electorate has consistently backed statewide Republican candidates by wide margins in recent cycles.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −18.2% | 182 | 264 | 4 | 450 |
| 2020 | R | −18.5% | 176 | 257 | 5 | 438 |
| 2016 | R | −22.0% | 141 | 225 | 16 | 382 |
| 2012 | R | −25.3% | 123 | 208 | 5 | 336 |
| 2008 | R | −14.7% | 143 | 193 | 4 | 340 |
| 2004† | R | −11.2% | 127 | 159 | 0 | 286 |
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 | 89.2% |
| Black | 0.0% |
| Asian | 1.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1.5% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $52,137 |
| Poverty rate | 13.2% |
| Median age | 65.4 |
| Age 18–29 | 5.0% |
| Age 65 and older | 51.7% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 53.9% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 1.6% |
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 Polk County county page and the NC state page.