- Lead
- 11,797
- Total
- 44,962
- vs nation
- R+24.8
North Carolina 22nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 8,796
- Total
- 45,740
- vs nation
- R+23.7
- Lead
- 5,783
- Total
- 41,823
- vs nation
- R+15.9
- Lead
- 2,542
- Total
- 42,129
- vs nation
- R+9.9
- Lead
- 1,881
- Total
- 41,516
- vs nation
- R+11.8
- Lead
- 3,016
- Total
- 34,599
- vs nation
- R+6.3
- Lead
- 730
- Total
- 30,145
- vs nation
- R+2.9
- Lead
- 1,526
- Total
- 26,190
- vs nation
- R+2.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+26.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 88,6422024 5-year
- Population density
- 49 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,821 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $49,3222024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 51.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 26.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 16.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+41.2 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+32.3 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 28, AL · twin score 93.9
presidential history
Party record book
North Carolina 22nd 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
Jimmy Carter1976
63.3%
14,877 votes · D+27.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1896 · 63.2%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
66.1%
7,490 votes · R+32.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 65.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
19,688votes
47.4% of the vote · R+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 19,627 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
28,212votes
62.7% of the vote · R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 27,086 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
William J. Bryan1896
+33.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+27.3 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Adlai Stevenson, 1956 · +31.0 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
+24.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+26.2 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +23.7 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.
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+26.2, this district sits well outside competitive territory, reflecting the rural and small-town character typical of heavily one-sided legislative districts in the state's interior.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 41.2 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 32.3 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 26.2 points.
A population of 88,642, a 51% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,322 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 28 and State House District 42.
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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