- Lead
- 10,045
- Total
- 37,401
- vs nation
- D+28.3
North Carolina 8th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 12,044
- Total
- 38,927
- vs nation
- D+26.5
- Lead
- 11,311
- Total
- 37,802
- vs nation
- D+27.8
- Lead
- 11,176
- Total
- 36,940
- vs nation
- D+26.4
- Lead
- 11,119
- Total
- 35,250
- vs nation
- D+24.3
- Lead
- 4,150
- Total
- 24,300
- vs nation
- D+19.5
- Lead
- 3,058
- Total
- 19,467
- vs nation
- D+15.2
- Lead
- 3,650
- Total
- 17,402
- vs nation
- D+12.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+26.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 83,5592024 5-year
- Population density
- 318 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 263 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $47,2392024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 40.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 45.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+96.7 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+19.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 8, FL · twin score 92.2
presidential history
Party record book
North Carolina 8th 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
98.4%
5,445 votes · D+96.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 98.2%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
59.2%
5,018 votes · R+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 46.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
25,171votes
64.7% of the vote · D+30.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 23,845 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
13,440votes
35.9% of the vote · D+26.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 13,127 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
+109.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+83.8 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +106.7 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
−3.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+19.5 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bob Dole, 1996 · −12.5 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.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | D | 55.2%18,918 | 44.8%15,332 | 34,250 |
| 2018 | R | 31.7%7,557 | 68.3%16,309 | 23,866 |
The district recorded a Democratic presidential margin of D+26.8 in 2024, compared with D+31.5 in 2008. The district had about 71,400 residents, 52.7% White alone in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 96.7 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 19.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 26.9 points.
A population of 83,559, a 41% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $47,239 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 8 and State House District 162.
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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