- Lead
- 12,665
- Total
- 51,472
- vs nation
- R+23.1
North Carolina 118th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 12,768
- Total
- 49,618
- vs nation
- R+30.2
- Lead
- 11,313
- Total
- 41,996
- vs nation
- R+29.0
- Lead
- 4,720
- Total
- 38,087
- vs nation
- R+16.2
- Lead
- 2,346
- Total
- 38,446
- vs nation
- R+13.4
- Lead
- 4,249
- Total
- 35,395
- vs nation
- R+9.5
- Lead
- 3,496
- Total
- 30,598
- vs nation
- R+11.9
- Lead
- 1,578
- Total
- 27,099
- vs nation
- R+2.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+24.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 83,2822024 5-year
- Population density
- 83 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,003 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $61,3292024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 90.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+36.7 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+29.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 113, NC · twin score 89.8
presidential history
Party record book
North Carolina 118th 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
62.9%
11,802 votes · D+25.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1976 · 62.7%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
63.8%
12,176 votes · R+29.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 63.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
19,003votes
36.9% of the vote · R+24.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 18,045 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
31,668votes
61.5% of the vote · R+24.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 30,813 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
+28.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+3.1 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1976 · +23.6 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+30.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+25.7 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +29.0 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.
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+24.6, District 118 sits well outside competitive territory, making it a reliable anchor for Republicans in the state house caucus.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 36.7 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 29.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.1 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 24.6 points.
A population of 83,282, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,329 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 113 and State House District 2.
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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North Carolina 118th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/37118/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.