- Lead
- 11,851
- Total
- 25,520
- vs nation
- D+47.9
North Carolina 42nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 14,244
- Total
- 27,650
- vs nation
- D+47.1
- Lead
- 12,797
- Total
- 24,165
- vs nation
- D+50.9
- Lead
- 13,888
- Total
- 24,476
- vs nation
- D+52.9
- Lead
- 13,536
- Total
- 24,245
- vs nation
- D+48.6
- Lead
- 6,457
- Total
- 16,656
- vs nation
- D+41.2
- Lead
- 5,782
- Total
- 13,674
- vs nation
- D+41.8
- Lead
- 5,167
- Total
- 12,048
- vs nation
- D+34.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+46.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 82,9652024 5-year
- Population density
- 804 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 103 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $56,0382024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 31.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 42.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 15.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+91.8 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+1.4 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 99, OK · twin score 94.1
presidential history
Party record book
North Carolina 42nd 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
95.9%
1,643 votes · D+91.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 94.9%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
50.1%
2,543 votes · R+1.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 36.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
20,656votes
74.7% of the vote · D+51.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 19,092 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
6,623votes
26.0% of the vote · D+46.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 6,412 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
+100.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+75.5 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +94.8 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
−21.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+1.4 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1968 · −31.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | D | 59.3%13,504 | 40.7%9,283 | 22,787 |
North Carolina 42nd State House District sits in the Carolinas. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 91.8 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 1.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 46.4 points.
A population of 82,965, a 31% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,038 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 99 and State House District 141.
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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