- Lead
- 12,149
- Total
- 45,553
- vs nation
- R+25.2
North Carolina 96th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 11,694
- Total
- 44,758
- vs nation
- R+30.6
- Lead
- 10,997
- Total
- 39,287
- vs nation
- R+30.1
- Lead
- 7,292
- Total
- 38,273
- vs nation
- R+22.9
- Lead
- 5,524
- Total
- 38,310
- vs nation
- R+21.7
- Lead
- 8,103
- Total
- 31,898
- vs nation
- R+22.9
- Lead
- 6,924
- Total
- 27,793
- vs nation
- R+25.4
- Lead
- 3,731
- Total
- 25,882
- vs nation
- R+22.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+26.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 89,5872024 5-year
- Population density
- 772 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 116 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $63,8532024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 67.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 13.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+69.4 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+41.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 108, NC · twin score 94.0
presidential history
Party record book
North Carolina 96th 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
Samuel J. Tilden1876
84.7%
1,214 votes · D+69.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Grover Cleveland, 1884 · 82.1%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
69.8%
12,166 votes · R+41.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 68.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
16,428votes
36.1% of the vote · R+26.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 16,197 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
28,577votes
62.7% of the vote · R+26.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 27,891 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
William J. Bryan1896
+59.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+53.9 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +37.4 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+30.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+26.1 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +30.1 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+26.7, this district sits well outside competitive territory, suggesting a rural or exurban electorate that has shifted decisively toward Republican candidates over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 69.4 points in 1876 and a Republican high of 41.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 26.7 points.
A population of 89,587, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,853 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 108 and State House District 67.
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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