- Lead
- 33,767
- Total
- 47,225
- vs nation
- D+73.0
North Carolina 56th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 33,569
- Total
- 45,834
- vs nation
- D+68.8
- Lead
- 34,065
- Total
- 49,121
- vs nation
- D+67.3
- Lead
- 28,977
- Total
- 44,517
- vs nation
- D+61.2
- Lead
- 29,369
- Total
- 43,685
- vs nation
- D+60.0
- Lead
- 21,859
- Total
- 36,319
- vs nation
- D+62.6
- Lead
- 14,709
- Total
- 27,285
- vs nation
- D+53.4
- Lead
- 14,205
- Total
- 26,355
- vs nation
- D+45.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+71.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 85,1422024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,531 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 55.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $87,6742024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 62.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+75.2 in 1940MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Legislative (House) District 46, WA · twin score 94.9
presidential history
Party record book
North Carolina 56th 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. Roosevelt1940
87.6%
2,502 votes · D+75.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 85.9%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
41.4%
881 votes · D+17.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1908 · 31.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Hillary Clinton2016
40,400votes
82.2% of the vote · D+69.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 40,039 votes
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
7,330votes
16.5% of the vote · D+65.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 7,075 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
+82.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+57.7 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +74.7 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
−29.1pts R vs U.S.
Place D+51.7 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Benjamin Harrison, 1892 · −29.4 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 D+71.5, this district ranks among the most politically homogeneous in the state, likely anchored by a dense urban core or a historically Black college community driving its lopsided electoral pattern.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 75.2 points in 1940. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 71.5 points.
A population of 85,142, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,674 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Legislative (House) District 46 and State House District 10.
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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