North Carolina 15th State House District, North Carolina: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+36%. Democratic peak: D+84 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+36MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 79,1952024 5-year
- Median household income
- $68,1482024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 67.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 12.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 14.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+84 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+61 in 1972MIT Election Lab
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 9,784 | 20,935 | 31,114 | ||
| R | 9,243 | 17,552 | 27,516 | ||
| R | 6,671 | 14,140 | 21,764 | ||
| R | 7,043 | 12,282 | 19,593 | ||
| R | 7,428 | 11,533 | 19,123 | ||
| R | 4,285 | 9,862 | 14,200 | ||
| D | 7,488 | 3,912 | 11,509 | ||
| R | 3,308 | 5,103 | 9,161 | ||
| R | 3,064 | 4,511 | 9,263 | ||
| R | 2,728 | 4,667 | 7,423 | ||
| R | 2,176 | 5,305 | 7,499 | ||
| R | 2,808 | 3,375 | 6,375 | ||
| D | 3,030 | 2,268 | 5,321 | ||
| R | 923 | 3,940 | 4,922 | ||
| O | 1,250 | 1,312 | 4,673 | ||
| D | 2,268 | 1,436 | 3,705 | ||
| D | 2,119 | 1,071 | 3,191 | ||
| D | 1,787 | 619 | 2,407 | ||
| D | 1,628 | 480 | 2,109 | ||
| D | 1,264 | 120 | 1,447 | ||
| D | 1,033 | 165 | 1,198 | ||
| D | 908 | 103 | 1,011 | ||
| D | 1,051 | 90 | 1,140 | ||
| D | 996 | 96 | 1,096 | ||
| R | 408 | 477 | 886 | ||
| D | 427 | 161 | 600 | ||
| D | 593 | 325 | 918 | ||
| D | 456 | 299 | 757 | ||
| D | 343 | 25 | 578 | ||
| D | 331 | 270 | 602 | ||
| D | 315 | 172 | 509 | ||
| D | 504 | 235 | 739 | ||
| D | 594 | 224 | 818 | ||
| D | 433 | 144 | 744 | ||
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Demographics
North Carolina 15th State House District sits in the Carolinas. Its political identity was forged in the union halls of the mid-twentieth century, when industrial labor and the Democratic party became, for working people, two faces of the same political fact. That identity held for 1 consecutive presidential elections.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in North Carolina 15th State House District peaked at eighty-four points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2004 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of thirty-nine points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $68,148 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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State House District 15, North Carolina. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/37015/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.