- Lead
- 2,822
- Total
- 42,358
- vs nation
- R+5.2
North Carolina 5th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 84
- Total
- 42,455
- vs nation
- R+4.3
- Lead
- 1,485
- Total
- 37,975
- vs nation
- D+1.8
- Lead
- 6,106
- Total
- 39,125
- vs nation
- D+11.8
- Lead
- 5,658
- Total
- 39,071
- vs nation
- D+7.2
- Lead
- 1,630
- Total
- 29,663
- vs nation
- D+8.0
- Lead
- 4,056
- Total
- 25,077
- vs nation
- D+15.7
- Lead
- 5,462
- Total
- 20,979
- vs nation
- D+17.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+6.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 82,9532024 5-year
- Population density
- 71 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,161 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $63,0062024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 52.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 36.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+85.0 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+20.7 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 32, NC · twin score 94.2
presidential history
Party record book
North Carolina 5th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
92.5%
8,045 votes · D+85.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 91.9%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
59.3%
8,873 votes · R+20.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 52.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
22,419votes
57.3% of the vote · D+15.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 22,212 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
22,352votes
52.8% of the vote · R+6.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 20,928 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
John W. Davis1924
+85.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+59.8 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +81.6 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
+5.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+6.7 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Benjamin Harrison, 1892 · +5.0 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
District 5 recorded an R+6.7 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the state's most heavily one-sided legislative seats. Its rural composition drives a partisan consistency that leaves little competitive ground in statewide or legislative contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 85.0 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 20.7 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.7 points.
A population of 82,953, a 52% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,006 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 32 and State House District 55.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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