- Lead
- 22,925
- Total
- 45,511
- vs nation
- R+48.9
North Carolina 80th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 22,058
- Total
- 43,721
- vs nation
- R+54.9
- Lead
- 19,431
- Total
- 37,717
- vs nation
- R+53.6
- Lead
- 15,647
- Total
- 35,643
- vs nation
- R+47.8
- Lead
- 12,859
- Total
- 34,318
- vs nation
- R+44.7
- Lead
- 13,524
- Total
- 29,878
- vs nation
- R+42.8
- Lead
- 10,531
- Total
- 26,115
- vs nation
- R+40.8
- Lead
- 6,351
- Total
- 21,130
- vs nation
- R+38.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+50.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 83,2892024 5-year
- Population density
- 281 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 297 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $66,6302024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 76.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+18.7 in 1940MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54.7 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 81, NC · twin score 98.2
presidential history
Party record book
North Carolina 80th 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
59.4%
5,260 votes · D+18.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Samuel J. Tilden, 1876 · 58.4%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
76.2%
12,835 votes · R+54.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 74.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
10,975votes
24.1% of the vote · R+50.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 10,545 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
33,900votes
74.5% of the vote · R+50.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 32,590 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
+22.9pts D vs U.S.
Place R+2.3 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +13.2 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+54.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+50.5 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +53.6 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+50.4, this district ranks among the most one-sided in the state. Its electoral lopsidedness makes it a reliable anchor in any statewide Republican coalition math.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 18.7 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 54.7 points in 1972. The 2024 margin was 50.4 points.
A population of 83,289, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,630 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 81 and State House District 70.
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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