- Lead
- 4,299
- Total
- 51,459
- vs nation
- R+6.9
North Carolina 82nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,304
- Total
- 49,463
- vs nation
- R+15.2
- Lead
- 8,736
- Total
- 38,782
- vs nation
- R+24.6
- Lead
- 7,966
- Total
- 34,614
- vs nation
- R+26.9
- Lead
- 6,951
- Total
- 32,323
- vs nation
- R+28.8
- Lead
- 9,410
- Total
- 25,342
- vs nation
- R+34.7
- Lead
- 7,463
- Total
- 20,562
- vs nation
- R+36.8
- Lead
- 4,076
- Total
- 17,193
- vs nation
- R+32.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+8.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 91,2272024 5-year
- Population density
- 529 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 173 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $112,7472024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 60.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 15.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+61.2 in 1940MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56.8 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 25, AL · twin score 93.6
presidential history
Party record book
North Carolina 82nd 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
80.6%
4,670 votes · D+61.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 80.1%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
77.7%
7,829 votes · R+56.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 74.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
23,108votes
44.9% of the vote · R+8.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 21,715 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
27,407votes
53.3% of the vote · R+8.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 27,019 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1940
+51.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+61.2 · U.S. D+9.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1896 · +39.1 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2000
+36.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+36.3 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · +34.7 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 82 sits in the moderate-margin zone where statewide races are often settled, with a 2024 presidential gap of just 3.1 points signaling a constituency that has swung both directions in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 61.2 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 56.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.4 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.4 points.
A population of 91,227, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $112,747 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 25 and State House District 111.
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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