- Lead
- 10,536
- Total
- 49,481
- vs nation
- D+22.8
North Carolina 18th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 12,040
- Total
- 46,492
- vs nation
- D+21.4
- Lead
- 8,779
- Total
- 41,246
- vs nation
- D+19.2
- Lead
- 8,153
- Total
- 38,131
- vs nation
- D+17.5
- Lead
- 9,136
- Total
- 37,358
- vs nation
- D+17.2
- Lead
- 4,293
- Total
- 29,327
- vs nation
- D+17.1
- Lead
- 3,726
- Total
- 24,015
- vs nation
- D+15.0
- Lead
- 3,212
- Total
- 19,876
- vs nation
- D+7.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+21.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 89,4132024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,450 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 36.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $59,5482024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 64.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 20.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+97.5 in 1900MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+29.2 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 1, OH · twin score 90.0
presidential history
Party record book
North Carolina 18th 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
William J. Bryan1900
98.8%
1,120 votes · D+97.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · 97.0%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
63.2%
5,182 votes · R+29.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 52.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
29,614votes
59.8% of the vote · D+21.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 28,823 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
19,078votes
38.6% of the vote · D+21.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 16,783 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
Alton B. Parker1904
+113.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+94.0 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +110.1 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
+6.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+29.2 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barry Goldwater, 1964 · −6.2 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.
In 2024 it voted Democratic by D+21.3, against D+24.5 in 2008. The district had about 42,900 residents, 76.6% White alone in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 97.5 points in 1900 and a Republican high of 29.2 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.3 points.
A population of 89,413, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,548 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 1 and State House District 122.
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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