2020 United States presidential election in North Carolina
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Elections in North Carolina |
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The 2020 United States presidential election in North Carolina was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated.[1] North Carolina voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state was narrowly won by the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump of Florida, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence of Indiana against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden of Delaware, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. North Carolina has 15 electoral votes in the Electoral College.[2]
Polls of the state throughout the campaign indicated a close race, with most organizations considering it either a tossup or leaning towards Biden. Despite this, Trump ultimately won North Carolina by a 1.34% margin over Biden. This was Trump's narrowest victory in any state, and was a closer result than his 3.67% margin over Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Mitt Romney's 2.04% margin over Barack Obama in 2012. In the 2020 election, North Carolina was 5.8% right of the nation as a whole. The state last voted Democratic in 2008 and furthermore, it had last voted more Republican than neighboring Georgia in 2000.
The rural-urban divide was even more prevalent this election than in past elections. Biden carried eight of North Carolina's ten largest counties (losing only the Charlotte-area suburban counties of Union and Gaston), and overperformed Obama's 2008 margin in the six largest: Wake, Mecklenburg, Guilford, Forsyth, Durham, and Buncombe, in which he received 62%, 67%, 61%, 56%, 80%, and 60% of the vote, respectively.[3] Biden furthermore became the first Democrat to carry New Hanover County, home of Wilmington, since 1976, and held Trump to a single-digit margin in the Charlotte-area suburban county of Cabarrus, the first time since 1976 that the Republican margin in this county has been less than 10%.
Conversely, Trump held or outperformed his 2016 margin in Robeson, Bladen, Martin, Granville and Gates counties, all counties that had been reliably Democratic in the 20th century and which had voted for Obama twice before flipping to Trump in 2016. Biden thereby became the first Democrat ever to win the presidency without Robeson County, the largest county in the Lumber River region of the state and the county which had given Jimmy Carter his largest raw vote margin in the state in both 1976 and 1980. Trump picked off neighboring Scotland County, one of only 15 counties he flipped nationally, becoming the first Republican to carry it since Ronald Reagan in 1984 and making Biden the first Democrat to win without Scotland since the county's creation in 1899. Biden also became the first Democrat to win the White House without Granville and Gates counties since Grover Cleveland in 1892, the first since Cleveland in 1884 to win without Bladen County, the first since James Buchanan in 1856 to win without Richmond County and the first ever to win without Martin County.[citation needed]
Trump's victory was, alongside his victory (and actual improvement over 2016) in Florida, one of the upsets of the cycle. Data & election website FiveThirtyEight's election forecast had Biden up in both states,[4] albeit by small margins. Similarly, prediction websites Inside Elections, Sabato Crystal Ball, The Economist, and ABC News all had Biden favored in the state.
Primary elections
Presidential preference primaries were held on March 3, 2020 (First cases of COVID-19), for each of the political parties with state ballot access.
Democratic primary
Despite speculation that he might seek the Democratic nomination, Roy Cooper, the Governor of North Carolina, declined to run.[5][6]
Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates[8] |
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Joe Biden | 572,271 | 42.95 | 68 |
Bernie Sanders | 322,645 | 24.22 | 37 |
Michael Bloomberg | 172,558 | 12.95 | 3 |
Elizabeth Warren | 139,912 | 10.50 | 2 |
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn)[a] | 43,632 | 3.27 | |
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn)[a] | 30,742 | 2.31 | |
Tom Steyer (withdrawn)[a] | 10,679 | 0.80 | |
Tulsi Gabbard | 6,622 | 0.50 | |
Andrew Yang (withdrawn) | 2,973 | 0.22 | |
Cory Booker (withdrawn) | 2,181 | 0.16 | |
Michael Bennet (withdrawn) | 1,978 | 0.15 | |
Deval Patrick (withdrawn) | 1,341 | 0.10 | |
Marianne Williamson (withdrawn) | 1,243 | 0.09 | |
John Delaney (withdrawn) | 1,098 | 0.08 | |
Julian Castro (withdrawn) | 699 | 0.05 | |
No Preference | 21,808 | 1.64 | |
Total | 1,332,382 | 100% | 110 |
Republican primary
The North Carolina Republican Party submitted to the state only the name of incumbent President Donald Trump to be listed on the primary ballot. The campaign of Bill Weld "has written to the [state Board of Elections] asking to be added to the ballot, arguing that his candidacy meets the legal test because he’s received 'widespread news coverage,' raised more than $1.2 million, and has qualified for the primary ballot in six other states," according to the News and Observer.[9] Joe Walsh similarly petitioned the state board of elections. On Dec. 20, 2019, the state board unanimously voted to include both Weld and Walsh on the ballot.[10]
Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates[12] |
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Donald Trump | 750,600 | 93.53 | 71 |
Joe Walsh (withdrawn) | 16,356 | 2.04 | 0 |
Bill Weld | 15,486 | 1.93 | 0 |
No Preference | 20,085 | 2.50 | |
Total | 802,527 | 100% | 71 |
Libertarian primary
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Election results by county
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Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
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None of the above | 2,060 | 30% |
Jacob Hornberger | 604 | 9% |
John McAfee | 570 | 8% |
Kim Ruff (withdrawn) | 545 | 8% |
Vermin Supreme | 410 | 6% |
Ken Armstrong | 366 | 5% |
Jo Jorgensen | 316 | 5% |
Steve Richey | 278 | 4% |
Adam Kokesh | 240 | 3% |
Max Abramson | 236 | 3% |
James Ogle | 232 | 3% |
Kenneth Blevins | 199 | 3% |
Dan Behrman | 194 | 3% |
Jedidiah Hill | 194 | 3% |
Souraya Faas | 193 | 3% |
Erik Gerhardt | 150 | 2% |
Arvin Vohra | 127 | 2% |
Total | 6,914 | 100% |
Green primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Green | Howie Hawkins | 247 | 60.54% | |
Green | No Preference | 161 | 39.46% | |
Total votes | 408 | 100% |
Constitution primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Constitution | No Preference | 193 | 44.57% | |
Constitution | Don Blankenship | 128 | 29.56% | |
Constitution | Charles Kraut | 112 | 25.87% | |
Total votes | 438 | 100% |
General election
Predictions
Source | Ranking |
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The Cook Political Report[17] | Tossup |
Inside Elections[18] | Tilt D (flip) |
Sabato's Crystal Ball[19] | Lean D (flip) |
Politico[20] | Tossup |
RCP[21] | Tossup |
Niskanen[22] | Tossup |
CNN[23] | Tossup |
The Economist[24] | Lean D (flip) |
CBS News[25] | Tossup |
270towin[26] | Tossup |
ABC News[27] | Lean D (flip) |
NPR[28] | Tossup |
NBC News[29] | Tossup |
FiveThirtyEight[30] | Lean D (flip) |
Polling
Graphical summary
Aggregate polls
Source of poll aggregation |
Dates administered |
Dates updated |
Joe Biden Democratic |
Donald Trump Republican |
Other/ Undecided [b] |
Margin |
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270 to Win | October 31 – November 2, 2020 | November 3, 2020 | 47.8% | 47.5% | 4.7% | Biden +0.3 |
Real Clear Politics | October 26 – November 1, 2020 | November 3, 2020 | 47.6% | 47.8% | 4.6% | Trump +0.2 |
FiveThirtyEight | until November 2, 2020 | November 3, 2020 | 48.9% | 47.1% | 4.0% | Biden +1.8 |
Average | 48.1% | 47.5% | 4.4% | Biden +0.6 |
June 1 – October 31, 2020
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[c] |
Margin of error |
Donald Trump Republican |
Joe Biden Democratic |
Jo Jorgensen Libertarian |
Howie Hawkins Green |
Other | Undecided |
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SurveyMonkey/Axios | Oct 20 – Nov 2, 2020 | 5,363 (LV) | ± 2% | 48%[d] | 50% | - | - | – | – |
Change Research/CNBC | Oct 29 – Nov 1, 2020 | 473 (LV) | ± 4.51% | 47% | 49% | 2% | 1% | – | 1% |
Swayable Archived November 13, 2020, at the Wayback Machine | Oct 27 – Nov 1, 2020 | 690 (LV) | ± 5.3% | 46% | 52% | 1% | 0% | – | – |
Ipsos/Reuters | Oct 27 – Nov 1, 2020 | 707 (LV) | ± 4.2% | 48%[e] | 49% | 1% | 1% | 2%[f] | – |
48%[g] | 49% | - | - | 3%[h] | 1% | ||||
48%[i] | 50% | - | - | 2%[j] | – | ||||
Data for Progress | Oct 27 – Nov 1, 2020 | 908 (LV) | ± 3.3% | 48% | 50% | 1% | 1% | 0%[k] | – |
Frederick Polls/Compete Everywhere[A] | Oct 30–31, 2020 | 676 (LV) | ± 3.7% | 49% | 51% | - | - | – | – |
AtlasIntel | Oct 30–31, 2020 | 812 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 50% | 48% | - | - | 3% | – |
Insider Advantage/Center for American Greatness[B] | Oct 30–31, 2020 | 450 (LV) | ± 4.6% | 48% | 44% | 2% | - | – | 7% |
Emerson College | Oct 29–31, 2020 | 855 (LV) | ± 3.3% | 47%[l] | 47% | - | - | 6%[m] | – |
Morning Consult | Oct 22–31, 2020 | 1,982 (LV) | ± 2% | 48% | 49% | - | - | – | – |
CNN/SSRS | Oct 23–30, 2020 | 901 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 45% | 51% | 2% | 1% | 1%[n] | 1% |
Pulse Opinion Research/Rasmussen Reports | Oct 28–29, 2020 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 48% | 47% | - | - | 2%[j] | – |
Trafalgar Group | Oct 27–29, 2020 | 1,082 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 49% | 47% | 3% | - | 1%[o] | 1% |
Redfield & Wilton Strategies | Oct 26–29, 2020 | 1,489 (LV) | – | 47% | 49% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
Harvard-Harris/The Hill | Oct 26–29, 2020 | 903 (LV) | – | 48% | 49% | - | - | – | 3% |
East Carolina University | Oct 27–28, 2020 | 1,103 (LV) | ± 3.4% | 48%[l] | 50% | - | - | 2%[p] | 0%[q] |
Cardinal Point Analytics (R)/NSJ | Oct 27–28, 2020 | 750 (LV) | ± 3.6% | 48% | 46% | 1% | 1% | 2%[r] | 2% |
Marist College/NBC | Oct 25–28, 2020 | 800 (LV) | ± 4.7% | 46% | 52% | - | - | 2% | 1% |
SurveyMonkey/Axios | Oct 1–28, 2020 | 8,720 (LV) | – | 47% | 52% | - | - | – | – |
Gravis Marketing | Oct 26–27, 2020 | 614 (LV) | ± 4% | 46% | 49% | - | - | – | 4% |
Public Policy Polling/Protect Our Care[C] | Oct 26–27, 2020 | 937 (V) | ± 3.2% | 47% | 51% | - | - | – | 3% |
Meeting Street Insights/Carolina Partnership for Reform (R) | Oct 24–27, 2020 | 600 (LV) | ± 4% | 45% | 48% | - | - | – | – |
Siena College/NYT Upshot | Oct 23–27, 2020 | 1,034 (LV) | ± 3.4% | 45% | 48% | 2% | 1% | 0%[s] | 4%[t] |
Ipsos/Reuters | Oct 21–27, 2020 | 647 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 48%[e] | 49% | 1% | 1% | 1%[u] | – |
48%[g] | 49% | - | - | 2%[v] | 1% | ||||
RMG Research/PoliticalIQ | Oct 24–26, 2020 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 47%[e] | 48% | - | - | 3%[w] | 2% |
46%[x] | 50% | - | - | 3%[w] | 2% | ||||
49%[y] | 47% | - | - | 3%[w] | 2% | ||||
Swayable | Oct 23–26, 2020 | 396 (LV) | ± 6.8% | 48% | 50% | 2% | 0% | – | – |
SurveyUSA/WRAL-TV | Oct 23–26, 2020 | 627 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 48% | 48% | - | - | 2%[j] | 2% |
YouGov/UMass Amherst | Oct 20–26, 2020 | 911 (LV) | ± 4.2% | 48% | 48% | 1% | 0% | 1%[z] | 2% |
Wick Surveys | Oct 24–25, 2020 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 3.1% | 49% | 47% | - | - | – | – |
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) | Oct 22–25, 2020 | 504 (LV) | ± 4.37% | 46% | 47% | 1% | 0% | 0%[aa] | 6% |
YouGov/CBS | Oct 20–23, 2020 | 1,022 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 47% | 51% | – | – | 2%[ab] | 0% |
Trafalgar Group | Oct 20–22, 2020 | 1,098 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 48.8% | 46% | 2.3% | 0.4% | 0.8%[ac] | 1.7% |
Citizen Data | Oct 17–20, 2020 | 1000 (LV) | ± 3.1% | 44% | 50% | 1% | 0.2% | 1.3% | 3.6% |
Pulse Opinion Research/Rasmussen Reports | Oct 20–21, 2020 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 48% | 47% | - | - | 2%[j] | 3% |
Ipsos/Reuters | Oct 14–20, 2020 | 660 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 47%[e] | 49% | 1% | 1% | 1%[u] | – |
46%[g] | 49% | - | - | 2%[v] | 2% | ||||
Morning Consult | Oct 11–20, 2020 | 1,904 (LV) | ± 2.2% | 47% | 50% | - | - | – | – |
Meredith College | Oct 16–19, 2020 | 732 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 44% | 48% | 1% | 1% | 0%[ad] | 4% |
Change Research/CNBC | Oct 16–19, 2020 | 521 (LV)[ae] | – | 47% | 50% | - | - | – | – |
Data for Progress (D) | Oct 15–18, 2020 | 929 (LV) | ± 3.2% | 44% | 48% | 1% | 1% | – | 5% |
East Carolina University | Oct 15–18, 2020 | 1,155 (LV) | ± 3.4% | 47%[l] | 51% | - | - | 2%[af] | 0% |
ABC/Washington Post | Oct 12–17, 2020 | 646 (LV) | ± 4.5% | 48%[e] | 49% | 1% | 0%[q] | 0%[ag] | 1% |
48%[ah] | 50% | - | - | 0%[ag] | 1% | ||||
Emerson College | Oct 11–14, 2020 | 721 (LV) | ± 3.6% | 49%[l] | 49% | - | - | 2%[ai] | – |
Civiqs/Daily Kos | Oct 11–14, 2020 | 1,211 (LV) | ± 3.3% | 46% | 51% | - | - | 2%[ai] | 1% |
Redfield & Wilton Strategies | Oct 10–13, 2020 | 994 (LV) | – | 46%[ae] | 49% | 1% | 0% | – | – |
Siena College/NYT Upshot | Oct 9–13, 2020 | 627 (LV) | ± 4.5% | 42% | 46% | 2% | 1% | 1%[aj] | 8%[t] |
Ipsos/Reuters | Oct 7–13, 2020 | 660 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 48%[e] | 48% | 2% | 0% | 1%[u] | – |
47%[g] | 48% | - | - | 3%[h] | 3% | ||||
Monmouth University | Oct 8–11, 2020 | 500 (RV) | ± 4.4% | 46% | 49% | 3% | 0% | 0%[ak] | 2% |
500 (LV)[al] | 46% | 50% | - | - | 2% | 2% | |||
500 (LV)[am] | 48% | 49% | - | - | 2% | 1% | |||
SurveyUSA/WRAL-TV | Oct 8–11, 2020 | 669 (LV) | ± 4.8% | 45% | 50% | - | - | 2%[j] | 3% |
Susquehanna Polling & Research Inc./American Greatness PAC[B] | Oct 7–11, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 46% | 48% | 2% | - | 1%[an] | 4% |
RMG Research/PoliticalIQ | Oct 7–11, 2020 | 800 (LV) | – | 45%[e] | 47% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 4% |
43%[x] | 49% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 4% | ||||
47%[y] | 44% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 4% | ||||
Morning Consult | Oct 2–11, 2020 | 1,993 (LV) | ± 2.2% | 46% | 50% | - | - | – | – |
YouGov/CCES | Sep 29 – Oct 7, 2020 | 1,627 (LV) | – | 45% | 49% | - | - | – | – |
Redfield & Wilton Strategies | Oct 9–10 | 750 (LV) | – | 42%[ae] | 49% | 1% | 0% | – | – |
Redfield & Wilton Strategies | Oct 4–6, 2020 | 938 (LV) | ± 3.2% | 44% | 49% | 1% | 0% | 0%[ao] | 5% |
Ipsos/Reuters | Sep 29 – Oct 6, 2020 | 693 (LV) | ± 4.2% | 47% | 47% | - | - | 2%[v] | 3% |
Public Policy Polling | Oct 4–5, 2020 | 911 (V) | – | 46% | 50% | - | - | – | 3% |
Data For Progress (D) | Sep 30 - Oct 5, 2020 | 1,285 (LV) | ± 2.7% | 44% | 51% | 2% | 0% | – | 3% |
Change Research/CNBC | Oct 2–4, 2020 | 396 (LV) | – | 47% | 49% | - | - | – | – |
East Carolina University | Oct 2–4, 2020 | 1,232 (LV) | ± 3.2% | 46% | 50% | - | - | 2%[ap] | 2% |
SurveyMonkey/Axios | Sep 1–30, 2020 | 3,495 (LV) | – | 46% | 52% | - | - | – | 2% |
ALG Research/Piedmont Rising[D] | Sep 22–28, 2020 | 822 (V) | – | 47% | 50% | - | - | – | – |
Hart Research Associates/Human Rights Campaign[E] | Sep 24–27, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 47% | 49% | - | - | – | – |
Redfield & Wilton Strategies | Sep 23–26, 2020 | 1,097 (LV) | ± 2.96% | 45% | 47% | 2% | 0% | 1%[aq] | 6% |
YouGov/CBS | Sep 22–25, 2020 | 1,213 (LV) | ± 3.6% | 46% | 48% | - | - | 2%[ar] | 4% |
YouGov/UMass Lowell | Sep 18–25, 2020 | 921 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 47%[e] | 47% | 2% | 1% | 0%[as] | 2% |
49%[at] | 48% | - | - | 2%[au] | 2% | ||||
Meredith College | Sep 18–22, 2020 | 705 (RV) | ± 3.5% | 45% | 46% | 2% | 0% | 1%[av] | 6% |
Change Research/CNBC | Sep 18–20, 2020 | 579 (LV) | – | 46% | 48% | - | - | – | – |
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) | Sep 17–20, 2020 | 612 (LV) | ± 3.96% | 45% | 44% | 2% | 0% | 0%[ad] | 8% |
Emerson College | Sep 16–18, 2020 | 717 (LV) | ± 3.6% | 49%[l] | 51% | - | - | – | – |
Siena College/NYT Upshot | Sep 11–16, 2020 | 653 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 44% | 45% | 2% | 1% | 0%[s] | 8%[t] |
Ipsos/Reuters | Sep 11–16, 2020 | 586 (LV) | ± 4.6% | 47% | 47% | - | - | 3%[h] | 3% |
Redfield & Wilton Strategies | Sep 12–15, 2020 | 1,092 (LV) | ± 2.97% | 45% | 47% | 1% | 1% | 0%[ao] | 5% |
Suffolk University/USA Today | Sep 11–14, 2020 | 500 (LV) | – | 42.8% | 46.2% | 4.8% | 0.2% | 1.8%[aw] | 4.2% |
SurveyUSA/WRAL TV | Sep 10–13, 2020 | 596 (LV) | ± 5.6% | 47% | 47% | - | - | 2%[j] | 5% |
CNN/SSRS | Sep 9–13, 2020 | 787 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 46% | 49% | 2% | 1% | 0%[ax] | 2% |
Kaiser Family Foundation/Cook Political Report | Aug 29 – Sep 13, 2020 | 1,172 (RV) | ± 3% | 43% | 45% | - | - | 4%[ay] | 9% |
Trafalgar | Sep 9–11, 2020 | 1,046 (LV) | ± 3% | 47.8% | 46.1% | 1.6% | 0.5% | 1.5%[az] | 2.5% |
Pulse Opinion Research/Rasmussen Reports[1] | Sep 7–8, 2020 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 3% | 49%[l] | 48% | - | - | 3%[ba] | – |
Benenson Strategy Group/GS Group/AARP | Aug 28 – Sep 8, 2020 | 1,600 (LV) | ± 2.5% | 48% | 48% | - | - | 1%[bb] | 4% |
Morning Consult | Aug 29 – Sep 7, 2020 | 1,592 (LV) | ± (2%-4%) | 47%[bc] | 48% | - | - | – | – |
Change Research/CNBC | Sep 4–6, 2020 | 442 (LV) | – | 47% | 49% | - | - | 4%[bd] | – |
Redfield & Wilton Strategies | Aug 30 – Sep 3, 2020 | 951 (LV) | ± 3.18% | 44% | 43% | 1% | 1% | 1%[aq] | 9% |
Monmouth University | Aug 29 – Sep 1, 2020 | 401 (RV) | ± 4.9% | 45% | 47% | 3% | 0% | 1%[be] | 3% |
401 (LV)[bf] | 46% | 48% | - | - | 3% | 3% | |||
401 (LV)[bg] | 46% | 48% | - | - | 3% | 3% | |||
Fox News | Aug 29 – Sep 1, 2020 | 722 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 46% | 50% | 1% | 0% | 0%[bh] | 2% |
804 (RV) | ± 3.5% | 45% | 49% | 2% | 1% | 2%[bi] | 3% | ||
SurveyMonkey/Axios | Aug 1–31, 2020 | 2,914 (LV) | – | 51% | 48% | - | - | – | 2% |
East Carolina University | Aug 29–30, 2020 | 1,101 (LV) | ± 3.4% | 49% | 47% | - | - | 2%[j] | 3% |
Morning Consult | Aug 21–30, 2020 | 1,567 (LV) | ± (2%–4%) | 47% | 49% | - | - | – | – |
Change Research/CNBC | Aug 21–23, 2020 | 560 (LV) | – | 47% | 48% | – | – | – | – |
Morning Consult | Aug 14–23, 2020 | 1,541 (LV) | ± 2.0% | 46% | 49% | – | – | 1%[o] | 3% |
Redfield & Wilton Strategies | Aug 16–17, 2020 | 967 (LV) | ± 3.09% | 46% | 44% | 2% | 0% | 1%[aq] | 7% |
Morning Consult | Aug 7–16, 2020 | 1,493 (LV) | ± (2%–4%) | 46% | 49% | - | - | – | – |
East Carolina University | Aug 12–13, 2020 | 1,255 (RV) | ± 3.2% | 47% | 47% | – | – | 3%[bj] | 4% |
Emerson College | Aug 8–10, 2020 | 673 (LV) | ± 3.8% | 51%[bk] | 49% | – | – | – | – |
Harper Polling/Civitas | Aug 6–10, 2020 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 44% | 45% | 2% | 1% | 1%[av] | 7% |
Change Research/CNBC | Aug 7–9, 2020 | 493 (LV) | – | 48% | 47% | – | – | – | – |
Pulse Opinion Research/Rasmussen Reports/American Greatness PAC[B] | Aug 6–8, 2020 | 750 (LV) | ± 3.6% | 48%[ae] | 47% | – | – | – | – |
Data for Progress | Jul 24 – Aug 2, 2020 | 1,170 (LV) | – | 45% | 49% | – | – | – | 6% |
44% | 46% | 2% | 1% | – | 7% | ||||
Public Policy Polling/Giffords[F] | Jul 30–31, 2020 | 934 (V) | – | 46% | 49% | – | – | – | 6% |
YouGov/CBS | Jul 28–31, 2020 | 1,129 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 44% | 48% | – | – | 2%[bl] | 5% |
HIT Strategies/DFER[G] | Jul 23–31, 2020 | 400 (RV) | ± 4.9% | 37% | 47% | – | – | 4%[bm] | 10%[t] |
SurveyMonkey/Axios | Jul 1–31, 2020 | 3,466 (LV) | – | 50% | 49% | - | - | – | 2% |
Change Research/CNBC[2] | Jul 24–26, 2020 | 284 (LV) | – | 46% | 49% | – | – | – | – |
Morning Consult | Jul 17–26, 2020 | 1,504 (LV) | ± 2.5% | 47% | 47% | – | – | – | – |
Public Policy Polling/AFSCME[H] | Jul 23–24, 2020 | 884 (V) | – | 46% | 49% | – | – | – | 5% |
Cardinal Point Analytics Archived July 30, 2020, at the Wayback Machine | Jul 22–24, 2020 | 735 (LV) | ± 3.6% | 48% | 47% | 1% | – | – | 4% |
Zogby Analytics | Jul 21–23, 2020 | 809 (RV) | ± 3.4% | 40% | 44% | 4% | 1% | – | 11% |
Marist College/NBC News | Jul 14–22, 2020 | 882 (RV) | ± 4.0% | 44% | 51% | – | – | 2% | 4% |
Redfield & Wilton Strategies | Jul 19–21, 2020 | 919 (LV) | – | 42% | 43% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 11% |
Spry Strategies/American Principles Project[I] | Jul 11–16, 2020 | 600 (LV) | ± 3.7% | 49% | 46% | – | – | – | 5% |
Cardinal Point Analytics | Jul 13–15, 2020 | 547 (LV) | ± 4.2% | 49% | 48% | 1% | – | – | 3% |
Change Research/CNBC | Jul 10–12, 2020 | 655 (LV) | – | 46% | 47% | – | – | – | – |
Public Policy Polling | Jul 7–8, 2020 | 818 (V) | ± 3.4% | 46% | 50% | – | – | – | 5% |
SurveyMonkey/Axios | Jun 8–30, 2020 | 1,498 (LV) | – | 49% | 49% | - | - | – | 1% |
Change Research/CNBC | Jun 26–28, 2020 | 468 (LV)[ae] | – | 44% | 51% | – | – | – | – |
East Carolina University | Jun 22–25, 2020 | 1,149 (RV) | ± 3.4% | 44% | 45% | – | – | 7%[bn] | 4% |
Public Policy Polling | Jun 22–23, 2020 | 1,157 (V) | – | 46% | 48% | – | – | – | 6% |
Fox News | Jun 20–23, 2020 | 1,012 (RV) | ± 3% | 45% | 47% | – | – | 5%[bo] | 3% |
NYT Upshot/Siena College | Jun 8–18, 2020 | 653 (RV) | ± 4.1% | 40% | 49% | – | – | 4%[bp] | 7% |
Gravis Marketing/OANN | Jun 17, 2020 | 631 (RV) | ± 3.9% | 46% | 43% | – | – | – | 10% |
Redfield & Wilton Strategies | Jun 14–17, 2020 | 902 (LV) | ± 3.26% | 40% | 46% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 11% |
Change Research/CNBC | Jun 12–14, 2020 | 378 (LV)[ae] | – | 45% | 47% | 1% | 1% | – | – |
Public Policy Polling[3] | Jun 2–3, 2020 | 913 (V) | ± 3.2% | 45% | 49% | – | – | – | 6% |
January 1, 2020 – May 31, 2020
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[c] |
Margin of error |
Donald Trump (R) |
Joe Biden (D) |
Other | Undecided |
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Change Research/CNBC | May 29–31, 2020 | 806 (LV) | – | 45% | 46% | 4% | 4% |
Harper Polling/Civitas | May 26–28, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.38% | 47% | 44% | – | 9% |
Morning Consult | May 17–26, 2020 | 1,403 (LV) | – | 49% | 46% | – | – |
Neighbourhood Research & Media | May 12–21, 2020 | 391 (LV) | – | 42% | 42% | – | – |
Redfield & Wilton Strategies | May 10–14, 2020 | 859 (LV) | ± 3.3% | 43% | 45% | 3%[bq] | 8% |
Meeting Street Insights (R) Archived June 5, 2020, at the Wayback Machine | May 9–13, 2020 | 500 (RV) | – | 47% | 47% | – | 6% |
East Carolina University | May 7–9, 2020 | 1,111 (RV) | ± 3.4% | 46% | 43% | 7%[br] | 4% |
Civiqs/Daily Kos | May 2–4, 2020 | 1,362 (RV) | ± 3% | 46% | 49% | 4%[bs] | 2% |
Meredith College | Apr 27–28, 2020 | 604 (RV) | ± 4.0% | 40% | 47% | 5%[bt] | 7% |
SurveyUSA | Apr 23–26, 2020 | 580 (LV) | ± 5.5% | 45% | 50% | – | 5% |
Public Policy Polling[J] | Apr 20–21, 2020 | 1,275 (RV) | – | 46% | 49% | – | 5% |
Garin-Hart-Yang/Put NC First (D) | Apr 13–18, 2020 | 800 (LV) | – | 45% | 48% | – | – |
GBAO Strategies/PLUS Paid Family Leave | Apr 13–16, 2020 | 500 (LV) | – | 46% | 48% | 1% | 4% |
Public Policy Polling | Apr 14–15, 2020 | 1,318 (V) | – | 47% | 48% | – | 5% |
Harper Polling | Apr 5–7, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 49% | 42% | – | 9% |
East Carolina University | Feb 27–28, 2020 | 1,288 (RV) | ± 3.2% | 46% | 48% | – | – |
NBC News/Marist College | Feb 23–27, 2020 | 2,120 (RV) | ± 2.4% | 45% | 49% | 1% | 5% |
SurveyUSA | Feb 13–16, 2020 | 2,366 (RV) | ± 2.5% | 45% | 49% | – | 6% |
Climate Nexus | Feb 11–15, 2020 | 675 (RV) | ± 3.9% | 44% | 46% | – | 11% |
January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2019
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[c] |
Margin of error |
Donald Trump (R) |
Joe Biden (D) |
Other | Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fox News | Nov 10–13, 2019 | 1,504 (RV) | ± 2.5% | 43% | 45% | 5% | 5% |
NYT Upshot/Siena College | Oct 13–26, 2019 | 651 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 48% | 46% | – | – |
East Carolina University Archived October 14, 2019, at the Wayback Machine | Oct 2–9, 2019 | 1,076 (RV) | ± 3.0% | 46% | 50% | 4% | –[bu] |
Meredith College | Sep 29 – Oct 7, 2019 | 996 (RV) | ± 3.0% | 38% | 35% | 20%[bv] | 7% |
Public Policy Polling | Oct 4–6, 2019 | 963 (V) | ± 3.2% | 46% | 51% | – | 4% |
SurveyUSA | Aug 1–5, 2019 | 2,113 (RV) | ± 2.7% | 41% | 49% | – | 10% |
Harper Polling | Aug 1–4, 2019 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 45% | 44% | – | 11% |
Fabrizio Ward/AARP | Jul 29–31, 2019 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 45% | 49% | – | 5% |
Public Policy Polling | Jun 17–18, 2019 | 610 (RV) | ± 4.0% | 46% | 49% | – | 5% |
Emerson College | May 31 – Jun 3, 2019 | 932 (RV) | ± 3.1% | 44% | 56% | – | – |
Spry Strategies (R)[K] | May 25 – Jun 1, 2019 | 730 (LV) | – | 52% | 41% | – | 7% |
Harper Polling | Feb 11–13, 2019 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 43% | 39% | 7% | 11% |
Public Policy Polling | Jan 4–7, 2019 | 750 (RV) | ± 3.6% | 44% | 49% | – | 7% |
Meredith College | Jan 21–25, 2018 | 621 (RV) | ± 4.0% | 45% | 46% | 8% | 1% |
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Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Donald Trump Mike Pence |
2,758,775 | 49.93% | +0.10% | |
Democratic | Joe Biden Kamala Harris |
2,684,292 | 48.59% | +2.42% | |
Libertarian | Jo Jorgensen Spike Cohen |
48,678 | 0.88% | -1.86% | |
Green | Howie Hawkins Angela Walker |
12,195 | 0.22% | -0.04% | |
Constitution | Don Blankenship William Mohr |
7,549 | 0.14% | ||
Write-in | 13,315 | 0.24% | -0.76% | ||
Total votes | 5,524,804 | 100.00% |
Results by county
County | Donald Trump Republican |
Joe Biden Democratic |
Jo Jorgensen Libertarian |
Other votes | Total votes | ||||
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% | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | ||
Alamance | 53.50% | 46,056 | 45.10% | 38,825 | 0.80% | 686 | 0.61% | 524 | 86,091 |
Alexander | 78.51% | 15,888 | 20.48% | 4,145 | 0.63% | 127 | 0.38% | 76 | 20,236 |
Alleghany | 74.51% | 4,527 | 24.46% | 1,486 | 0.58% | 35 | 0.46% | 28 | 6,076 |
Anson | 47.53% | 5,321 | 51.72% | 5,789 | 0.37% | 41 | 0.38% | 43 | 11,194 |
Ashe | 72.41% | 11,451 | 26.33% | 4,164 | 0.80% | 126 | 0.46% | 73 | 15,814 |
Avery | 75.83% | 7,172 | 23.17% | 2,191 | 0.59% | 56 | 0.41% | 39 | 9,458 |
Beaufort | 62.46% | 16,437 | 36.61% | 9,633 | 0.52% | 137 | 0.41% | 108 | 26,315 |
Bertie | 38.89% | 3,817 | 60.51% | 5,939 | 0.30% | 29 | 0.31% | 30 | 9,815 |
Bladen | 56.50% | 9,676 | 42.78% | 7,326 | 0.40% | 68 | 0.32% | 55 | 17,125 |
Brunswick | 61.94% | 55,850 | 36.94% | 33,310 | 0.71% | 642 | 0.41% | 373 | 90,175 |
Buncombe | 38.63% | 62,412 | 59.74% | 96,515 | 0.90% | 1,460 | 0.74% | 1,182 | 161,569 |
Burke | 69.55% | 31,019 | 29.41% | 13,118 | 0.61% | 270 | 0.44% | 195 | 44,602 |
Cabarrus | 53.94% | 63,237 | 44.50% | 52,162 | 0.93% | 1,096 | 0.62% | 732 | 117,227 |
Caldwell | 74.99% | 32,119 | 23.92% | 10,245 | 0.64% | 273 | 0.45% | 192 | 42,829 |
Camden | 72.43% | 4,312 | 25.82% | 1,537 | 1.28% | 76 | 0.47% | 28 | 5,953 |
Carteret | 70.33% | 30,028 | 28.32% | 12,093 | 0.87% | 373 | 0.47% | 201 | 42,695 |
Caswell | 58.82% | 7,089 | 40.33% | 4,860 | 0.53% | 64 | 0.32% | 38 | 12,051 |
Catawba | 67.83% | 56,588 | 30.79% | 25,689 | 0.78% | 652 | 0.59% | 496 | 83,425 |
Chatham | 43.59% | 21,186 | 55.12% | 26,787 | 0.75% | 366 | 0.53% | 260 | 48,599 |
Cherokee | 76.89% | 12,628 | 21.82% | 3,583 | 0.58% | 95 | 0.71% | 117 | 16,423 |
Chowan | 57.44% | 4,471 | 41.71% | 3,247 | 0.60% | 47 | 0.24% | 19 | 7,784 |
Clay | 74.16% | 5,112 | 24.65% | 1,699 | 0.67% | 46 | 0.52% | 36 | 6,893 |
Cleveland | 65.87% | 33,798 | 33.05% | 16,955 | 0.64% | 329 | 0.44% | 226 | 51,308 |
Columbus | 63.65% | 16,832 | 35.72% | 9,446 | 0.33% | 88 | 0.30% | 80 | 26,446 |
Craven | 58.48% | 31,032 | 39.85% | 21,148 | 1.18% | 626 | 0.49% | 259 | 53,065 |
Cumberland | 40.80% | 60,032 | 57.40% | 84,469 | 1.12% | 1,645 | 0.68% | 1,004 | 147,150 |
Currituck | 72.19% | 11,657 | 25.98% | 4,195 | 1.29% | 209 | 0.53% | 86 | 16,147 |
Dare | 57.52% | 13,938 | 41.00% | 9,936 | 0.92% | 223 | 0.56% | 135 | 24,232 |
Davidson | 73.05% | 64,658 | 25.57% | 22,636 | 0.79% | 703 | 0.58% | 517 | 88,514 |
Davie | 72.02% | 18,228 | 26.52% | 6,713 | 0.84% | 213 | 0.62% | 157 | 25,311 |
Duplin | 60.72% | 13,793 | 38.60% | 8,767 | 0.37% | 84 | 0.31% | 71 | 22,715 |
Durham | 18.04% | 32,459 | 80.42% | 144,688 | 0.84% | 1,504 | 0.70% | 1,263 | 179,914 |
Edgecombe | 36.13% | 9,206 | 63.15% | 16,089 | 0.38% | 97 | 0.33% | 85 | 25,477 |
Forsyth | 42.26% | 85,064 | 56.16% | 113,033 | 0.89% | 1,785 | 0.69% | 1,388 | 201,270 |
Franklin | 55.96% | 20,901 | 42.51% | 15,879 | 0.89% | 333 | 0.64% | 238 | 37,351 |
Gaston | 63.23% | 73,033 | 35.46% | 40,959 | 0.79% | 910 | 0.52% | 596 | 115,498 |
Gates | 56.39% | 3,367 | 42.64% | 2,546 | 0.69% | 41 | 0.28% | 17 | 5,971 |
Graham | 79.53% | 3,710 | 19.40% | 905 | 0.56% | 26 | 0.52% | 24 | 4,665 |
Granville | 52.68% | 16,647 | 46.09% | 14,565 | 0.77% | 244 | 0.45% | 142 | 31,598 |
Greene | 55.68% | 4,874 | 43.78% | 3,832 | 0.30% | 26 | 0.24% | 21 | 8,753 |
Guilford | 37.72% | 107,294 | 60.84% | 173,086 | 0.78% | 2,232 | 0.66% | 1,874 | 284,486 |
Halifax | 39.13% | 10,080 | 60.35% | 15,545 | 0.24% | 62 | 0.28% | 72 | 25,759 |
Harnett | 60.35% | 35,177 | 37.90% | 22,093 | 1.21% | 708 | 0.54% | 315 | 58,293 |
Haywood | 62.49% | 22,834 | 35.97% | 13,144 | 0.91% | 334 | 0.63% | 230 | 36,542 |
Henderson | 58.55% | 40,032 | 39.80% | 27,211 | 0.98% | 670 | 0.67% | 458 | 68,371 |
Hertford | 32.72% | 3,479 | 66.74% | 7,097 | 0.26% | 28 | 0.28% | 30 | 10,634 |
Hoke | 43.69% | 9,453 | 54.55% | 11,804 | 1.21% | 262 | 0.55% | 120 | 21,639 |
Hyde | 56.90% | 1,418 | 41.97% | 1,046 | 0.68% | 17 | 0.44% | 11 | 2,492 |
Iredell | 65.46% | 67,010 | 33.10% | 33,888 | 0.89% | 907 | 0.55% | 566 | 102,371 |
Jackson | 53.00% | 11,356 | 44.76% | 9,591 | 1.20% | 257 | 1.05% | 224 | 21,428 |
Johnston | 61.38% | 68,353 | 37.05% | 41,257 | 1.05% | 1,164 | 0.52% | 583 | 111,357 |
Jones | 59.37% | 3,280 | 39.76% | 2,197 | 0.62% | 34 | 0.25% | 14 | 5,525 |
Lee | 56.77% | 16,469 | 41.86% | 12,143 | 0.81% | 235 | 0.56% | 161 | 29,008 |
Lenoir | 51.36% | 14,590 | 47.89% | 13,605 | 0.44% | 126 | 0.31% | 88 | 28,409 |
Lincoln | 72.37% | 36,341 | 26.43% | 13,274 | 0.74% | 373 | 0.46% | 229 | 50,217 |
Macon | 68.51% | 14,211 | 30.03% | 6,230 | 0.81% | 169 | 0.65% | 133 | 20,743 |
Madison | 61.02% | 7,979 | 37.48% | 4,901 | 0.79% | 103 | 0.71% | 93 | 13,076 |
Martin | 52.09% | 6,532 | 47.14% | 5,911 | 0.47% | 59 | 0.30% | 38 | 12,540 |
McDowell | 73.39% | 16,883 | 25.35% | 5,832 | 0.80% | 184 | 0.45% | 104 | 23,003 |
Mecklenburg | 31.60% | 179,211 | 66.68% | 378,107 | 0.96% | 5,427 | 0.76% | 4,308 | 567,053 |
Mitchell | 78.42% | 7,090 | 20.65% | 1,867 | 0.52% | 47 | 0.41% | 37 | 9,041 |
Montgomery | 65.46% | 8,411 | 33.68% | 4,327 | 0.61% | 78 | 0.26% | 33 | 12,849 |
Moore | 63.02% | 36,764 | 35.62% | 20,779 | 0.89% | 520 | 0.47% | 276 | 58,339 |
Nash | 49.41% | 25,827 | 49.64% | 25,947 | 0.55% | 287 | 0.40% | 210 | 52,271 |
New Hanover | 48.04% | 63,331 | 50.17% | 66,138 | 1.15% | 1,521 | 0.63% | 840 | 131,830 |
Northampton | 39.46% | 3,989 | 60.03% | 6,069 | 0.30% | 30 | 0.22% | 22 | 10,110 |
Onslow | 63.79% | 46,078 | 33.59% | 24,266 | 2.08% | 1,506 | 0.53% | 385 | 72,235 |
Orange | 23.74% | 20,176 | 74.82% | 63,594 | 0.77% | 653 | 0.68% | 574 | 84,997 |
Pamlico | 63.54% | 4,849 | 35.55% | 2,713 | 0.58% | 44 | 0.33% | 25 | 7,631 |
Pasquotank | 49.10% | 9,770 | 49.41% | 9,832 | 0.81% | 161 | 0.67% | 134 | 19,897 |
Pender | 64.26% | 21,956 | 34.31% | 11,723 | 0.96% | 329 | 0.47% | 161 | 34,169 |
Perquimans | 65.51% | 4,903 | 33.30% | 2,492 | 0.59% | 44 | 0.60% | 45 | 7,484 |
Person | 60.22% | 13,184 | 38.66% | 8,465 | 0.66% | 144 | 0.46% | 101 | 21,894 |
Pitt | 44.51% | 38,982 | 53.96% | 47,252 | 0.91% | 796 | 0.62% | 543 | 87,573 |
Polk | 62.22% | 7,689 | 36.56% | 4,518 | 0.70% | 86 | 0.53% | 65 | 12,358 |
Randolph | 77.60% | 56,894 | 21.30% | 15,618 | 0.69% | 506 | 0.41% | 298 | 73,316 |
Richmond | 56.98% | 11,830 | 42.16% | 8,754 | 0.48% | 99 | 0.39% | 80 | 20,763 |
Robeson | 58.93% | 27,806 | 40.31% | 19,020 | 0.34% | 161 | 0.43% | 201 | 47,188 |
Rockingham | 65.47% | 31,301 | 33.45% | 15,992 | 0.65% | 312 | 0.43% | 204 | 47,809 |
Rowan | 67.15% | 49,297 | 31.49% | 23,114 | 0.79% | 577 | 0.57% | 420 | 73,408 |
Rutherford | 72.30% | 24,891 | 26.53% | 9,135 | 0.63% | 218 | 0.54% | 185 | 34,429 |
Sampson | 60.84% | 17,411 | 38.32% | 10,966 | 0.50% | 143 | 0.34% | 98 | 28,618 |
Scotland | 50.58% | 7,473 | 48.64% | 7,186 | 0.37% | 54 | 0.42% | 62 | 14,775 |
Stanly | 75.01% | 25,458 | 23.95% | 8,129 | 0.66% | 225 | 0.37% | 127 | 33,939 |
Stokes | 78.37% | 20,144 | 20.57% | 5,286 | 0.70% | 180 | 0.36% | 93 | 25,703 |
Surry | 75.16% | 27,538 | 23.80% | 8,721 | 0.64% | 235 | 0.39% | 144 | 36,638 |
Swain | 58.87% | 4,161 | 39.33% | 2,780 | 1.02% | 72 | 0.78% | 55 | 7,068 |
Transylvania | 57.03% | 11,636 | 41.38% | 8,444 | 0.88% | 180 | 0.70% | 144 | 20,404 |
Tyrrell | 57.46% | 1,044 | 41.72% | 758 | 0.44% | 8 | 0.39% | 7 | 1,817 |
Union | 61.36% | 80,382 | 37.19% | 48,725 | 0.87% | 1,136 | 0.59% | 768 | 131,011 |
Vance | 39.96% | 8,391 | 59.20% | 12,431 | 0.45% | 94 | 0.40% | 83 | 20,999 |
Wake | 35.80% | 226,197 | 62.25% | 393,336 | 1.19% | 7,514 | 0.76% | 4,783 | 631,830 |
Warren | 36.45% | 3,752 | 62.18% | 6,400 | 0.61% | 63 | 0.76% | 78 | 10,293 |
Washington | 44.82% | 2,781 | 54.73% | 3,396 | 0.27% | 17 | 0.18% | 11 | 6,205 |
Watauga | 44.85% | 14,451 | 53.14% | 17,122 | 1.20% | 386 | 0.81% | 261 | 32,220 |
Wayne | 55.29% | 30,709 | 43.60% | 24,215 | 0.68% | 378 | 0.42% | 235 | 55,537 |
Wilkes | 77.80% | 27,592 | 21.18% | 7,511 | 0.60% | 214 | 0.42% | 149 | 35,466 |
Wilson | 48.07% | 19,581 | 50.95% | 20,754 | 0.60% | 245 | 0.38% | 155 | 40,735 |
Yadkin | 80.00% | 15,933 | 18.89% | 3,763 | 0.66% | 131 | 0.45% | 96 | 19,923 |
Yancey | 66.21% | 7,516 | 32.49% | 3,688 | 0.72% | 82 | 0.58% | 66 | 11,352 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- New Hanover County (largest municipality: Wilmington)
- Nash County (largest municipality: Rocky Mount)
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Scotland County (largest municipality: Laurinburg)
Results by congressional district
Trump won 8 of 13 congressional districts.[32]
District | Trump | Biden | Representative |
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1st | 45.3% | 53.9% | G.K. Butterfield |
2nd | 34% | 64.3% | George Holding |
Deborah K. Ross | |||
3rd | 60.9% | 37.7% | Greg Murphy |
4th | 32.2% | 66.6% | David Price |
5th | 67.4% | 31.6% | Virginia Foxx |
6th | 37.2% | 61.6% | Mark Walker |
Kathy Manning | |||
7th | 58.1% | 40.7% | David Rouzer |
8th | 52.5% | 46.1% | Richard Hudson |
9th | 53.4% | 45.5% | Dan Bishop |
10th | 67.7% | 31.2% | Patrick T. McHenry |
11th | 55.4% | 43.3% | Madison Cawthorn |
12th | 28.5% | 70.1% | Alma Adams |
13th | 67.1% | 31.8% | Ted Budd |
See also
- United States presidential elections in North Carolina
- 2020 North Carolina elections
- 2020 United States presidential election
- 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
- 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
- 2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries
- 2020 Green Party presidential primaries
- 2020 United States elections
Notes
- General footnotes
- ^ a b c Candidate withdrew during early voting, shortly before the date of the election.
- ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear - ^ Overlapping sample with the previous SurveyMonkey/Axios poll, but more information available regarding sample size
- ^ a b c d e f g h Standard VI response
- ^ "Some other candidate" and West (B) with 1%; would not vote with 0%
- ^ a b c d If only Biden, Trump and "some other candidate" were available
- ^ a b c "Some other candidate" with 3%; would not vote with 0%
- ^ Results considering those who lean towards a given candidate among those initially predisposed towards abstention, indecision or a candidate besides Biden or Trump in the response section immediately above
- ^ a b c d e f g "Some other candidate" with 2%
- ^ "Other candidate or write-in" with 0%
- ^ a b c d e f With voters who lean towards a given candidate
- ^ a b "Someone else" with 6%
- ^ "None of these" with 1%; "Other" with 0%
- ^ a b "Someone else" with 1%
- ^ "Some other candidate" with 2%; did/would not vote and "Refused" with 0%
- ^ a b No voters
- ^ Blankenship (C) with 2%
- ^ a b "Someone else" and would not vote with 0%
- ^ a b c d Includes "Refused"
- ^ a b c "Some other candidate" with 1%; West (B) and would not vote with 0%
- ^ a b c "Some other candidate" with 2%; would not vote with 0%
- ^ a b c "Another candidate" with 3%
- ^ a b Results generated with high Democratic turnout model
- ^ a b Results generated with high Republican turnout model
- ^ "Another candidate" with 1%
- ^ Blankenship (C) with no voters
- ^ "Other third party" with 2%
- ^ "Someone else" with 0.6%; Blankenship (C) with 0.2%
- ^ a b Blankenship (C) with 0%
- ^ a b c d e f Additional data sourced from FiveThirtyEight
- ^ "Some other candidate" with 1%; did/would not vote and "Refused" with 0%
- ^ a b "Other", "None of these" and would not vote with 0%
- ^ If only Biden and Trump were candidates
- ^ a b "Someone else" with 2%
- ^ "Someone else" with 1%; would not vote with 0%
- ^ Blankenship (C), "No one" and "Other candidate" with no voters
- ^ With a likely voter turnout model featuring high turnout
- ^ With a likely voter turnout model featuring low turnout
- ^ "Refused" with 1%; "Other" with 0%
- ^ a b "Another Third Party/Write-in" with 0%
- ^ "Some other candidate" with 2%; would not vote with no voters
- ^ a b c "Another Third Party/Write-in" with 1%
- ^ "Someone else/third party" with 2%
- ^ "Another candidate" with 0%
- ^ With only Biden, Trump and "another candidate" as options
- ^ "Another candidate" with 2%
- ^ a b Blankenship (C) with 1%
- ^ "Refused" with 1.4%; "Other" with 0.4%; Blankenship (C) with no voters
- ^ "None of these" and "Other" with 0%; Blankenship (C) with no voters
- ^ "Someone else" with 3%; would not vote with 1%; "refused" with 0%
- ^ "Someone else" with 1%; Blankenship (C) with 0.5%
- ^ "Some other candidate" with 3%
- ^ Would not vote with 1%
- ^ Overlapping sample with the previous Morning Consult poll, but more information available regarding sample size
- ^ "Other/not sure" with 4%
- ^ "No one" with 1%; Blankenship and "Other candidate" with <1%
- ^ With a likely voter turnout model featuring higher turnout than in the 2016 presidential election
- ^ With a likely voter turnout model featuring lower turnout than in the 2016 presidential election
- ^ Blankenship (C) and "Other" with 0%
- ^ Blankenship (C) and would not vote with 1%; "Other" with 0%
- ^ "Other candidate" with 3%
- ^ Including voters who lean towards a given candidate
- ^ "Someone else/third party" with 2%; would not vote with 0%
- ^ "Third party candidate" with 3%; would not vote with 1%
- ^ "Some other candidate" with 7%
- ^ "Other" with 3%; would not vote with 2%
- ^ "Another candidate" with 3%; would not vote with 1%
- ^ "Third party/write-in" with 3%
- ^ "Other candidate" with 7%
- ^ "Someone else" with 4%
- ^ "Someone else" with 5%
- ^ a b c d e The poll does not have a separate listing for this entry, which is instead added into the 'Other' grouping.
- ^ Refused/no answer with 0.2%
- ^ a b c d Refused/no answer with 0.1%
- ^ "Other/it depends" with 6%; "Don't know" with 3%
- ^ "It is time for someone else to be President" with 51% as opposed to "Trump should be re-elected if he is the Republican nominee"
- Partisan clients
- ^ Compete Everywhere primarily supports Democratic candidates
- ^ a b c The Center for American Greatness is a pro-Trump organization
- ^ Poll sponsored by Protect Our Care, a pro-Affordable Care Act organisation
- ^ Piedmont Rising is a pro-Affordable Care Act organisation
- ^ The Human Rights Campaign endorsed Biden prior to this poll's sampling period
- ^ The founder of this poll's sponsor had endorsed Biden prior to the sampling period
- ^ This poll’s sponsor, DFER, primarily supports Democratic candidates
- ^ AFSCME endorsed Biden prior to this poll's sampling period
- ^ This poll's sponsor is the American Principles Project, a 501(c)(4) organization that supports the Republican Party.
- ^ Poll sponsored by Protect Our Care, a pro-Affordable Care Act organisation
- ^ Poll sponsored by the North Carolina Republican Party
- ^ Poll sponsored by the Civitas Institute, a conservative think tank
- ^ a b Poll sponsored by End Citizens United, a group that has exclusively endorsed Democrats
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Further reading
- David Weigel; Lauren Tierney (August 23, 2020), "The six political states of North Carolina", Washingtonpost.com, archived from the original on September 4, 2020
- Summary: State Laws on Presidential Electors (PDF), Washington DC: National Association of Secretaries of State, August 2020,
North Carolina
- David Wasserman (October 6, 2020), "The 10 Bellwether Counties That Show How Trump Is in Serious Trouble", Nytimes.com. (Describes bellwether New Hanover County, North Carolina)
External links
- "League of Women Voters of North Carolina". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
- Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "North Carolina", Voting & Elections Toolkits
- "North Carolina: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
- North Carolina at Ballotpedia
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