- Lead
- 11,648
- Total
- 56,380
- vs nation
- R+19.2
North Carolina 68th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 10,530
- Total
- 52,371
- vs nation
- R+24.6
- Lead
- 12,143
- Total
- 39,565
- vs nation
- R+32.8
- Lead
- 10,783
- Total
- 35,211
- vs nation
- R+34.5
- Lead
- 8,647
- Total
- 31,963
- vs nation
- R+34.3
- Lead
- 9,354
- Total
- 22,627
- vs nation
- R+38.9
- Lead
- 6,391
- Total
- 17,508
- vs nation
- R+37.0
- Lead
- 2,737
- Total
- 12,243
- vs nation
- R+30.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+20.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 88,2092024 5-year
- Population density
- 717 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 123 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $144,0422024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 72.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+84.3 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+45.7 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 98, TX · twin score 93.6
presidential history
Party record book
North Carolina 68th 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
92.2%
2,725 votes · D+84.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 91.6%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
72.0%
3,822 votes · R+45.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 70.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
21,911votes
38.9% of the vote · R+20.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 20,500 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
33,559votes
59.5% of the vote · R+20.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 31,030 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
+83.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+58.4 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +75.5 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
+38.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+41.3 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2000 · +37.0 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.
North Carolina House District 68 leans heavily Republican, delivering an 20.7-point presidential margin in 2024. Its mix of small towns and agricultural land produces a consistent voting pattern that has made it among the more predictable districts in the state's legislative map.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 84.3 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 45.7 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.7 points.
A population of 88,209, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $144,042 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 98 and State House District 66.
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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