- Lead
- 14,846
- Total
- 43,501
- vs nation
- R+32.7
North Carolina 28th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 13,780
- Total
- 39,973
- vs nation
- R+38.9
- Lead
- 11,707
- Total
- 33,398
- vs nation
- R+37.1
- Lead
- 9,631
- Total
- 29,933
- vs nation
- R+36.0
- Lead
- 7,835
- Total
- 27,692
- vs nation
- R+35.6
- Lead
- 8,627
- Total
- 21,356
- vs nation
- R+37.9
- Lead
- 5,924
- Total
- 16,072
- vs nation
- R+37.4
- Lead
- 3,531
- Total
- 12,289
- vs nation
- R+37.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+34.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 85,3892024 5-year
- Population density
- 165 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 517 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $69,1712024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 59.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 16.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 19.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+46.4 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+64.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 53, NC · twin score 92.6
presidential history
Party record book
North Carolina 28th 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
Harry S. Truman1948
71.0%
3,359 votes · D+44.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 70.0%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
81.9%
5,804 votes · R+64.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 70.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
14,083votes
32.4% of the vote · R+34.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 12,845 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
28,929votes
66.5% of the vote · R+34.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 26,625 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
Grover Cleveland1892
+44.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+46.4 · U.S. D+1.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Adlai Stevenson, 1956 · +44.2 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
+41.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+64.5 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +38.9 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 exceeding 34 points, this district sits among the state's most lopsided legislative constituencies, suggesting a rural or exurban electorate that has voted consistently in one direction across multiple election cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 46.4 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 64.5 points in 1972. The 2024 margin was 34.1 points.
A population of 85,389, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,171 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 53 and State House District 167.
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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