Campaign
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Polling initially showed Goldwater leading in North Carolina, but his farm policies, particularly his opposition to federal tobacco price support, hurt his campaign.
As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election when the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Wayne, Moore, and Lenoir.[2]
Results by county
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1964 United States presidential election in North Carolina by county[4]
County
|
Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic
|
Barry Goldwater Republican
|
Margin
|
%
|
#
|
%
|
#
|
%
|
#
|
Northampton
|
80.96%
|
5,046
|
19.04%
|
1,187
|
61.91%
|
3,859
|
Hertford
|
79.91%
|
3,953
|
20.09%
|
994
|
59.81%
|
2,959
|
Robeson
|
79.35%
|
13,796
|
20.65%
|
3,591
|
58.69%
|
10,205
|
Bertie
|
78.16%
|
3,332
|
21.84%
|
931
|
56.32%
|
2,401
|
Martin
|
76.14%
|
4,821
|
23.86%
|
1,511
|
52.27%
|
3,310
|
Scotland
|
75.77%
|
3,844
|
24.23%
|
1,229
|
51.55%
|
2,615
|
Gates
|
75.38%
|
1,702
|
24.62%
|
556
|
50.75%
|
1,146
|
Greene
|
75.06%
|
2,712
|
24.94%
|
901
|
50.12%
|
1,811
|
Hoke
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74.32%
|
2,254
|
25.68%
|
779
|
48.63%
|
1,475
|
Jones
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73.29%
|
2,129
|
26.71%
|
776
|
46.57%
|
1,353
|
Richmond
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73.17%
|
8,516
|
26.83%
|
3,123
|
46.34%
|
5,393
|
Tyrrell
|
72.70%
|
996
|
27.30%
|
374
|
45.40%
|
622
|
Anson
|
70.66%
|
4,144
|
29.34%
|
1,721
|
41.31%
|
2,423
|
Pitt
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68.73%
|
11,317
|
31.27%
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5,149
|
37.46%
|
6,168
|
Hyde
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68.68%
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1,127
|
31.32%
|
514
|
37.36%
|
613
|
Person
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68.68%
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4,740
|
31.32%
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2,162
|
37.35%
|
2,578
|
Washington
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68.65%
|
2,505
|
31.35%
|
1,144
|
37.30%
|
1,361
|
Franklin
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68.47%
|
4,554
|
31.53%
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2,097
|
36.94%
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2,457
|
Chowan
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68.30%
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1,696
|
31.70%
|
787
|
36.61%
|
909
|
Bladen
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67.55%
|
4,516
|
32.45%
|
2,169
|
35.11%
|
2,347
|
Columbus
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66.82%
|
9,004
|
33.18%
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4,471
|
33.64%
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4,533
|
Edgecombe
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66.58%
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7,834
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33.42%
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3,932
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33.16%
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3,902
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Currituck
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66.26%
|
1,455
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33.74%
|
741
|
32.51%
|
714
|
Haywood
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65.67%
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10,664
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34.33%
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5,575
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31.34%
|
5,089
|
Halifax
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65.30%
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8,952
|
34.70%
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4,757
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30.60%
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4,195
|
Duplin
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65.23%
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7,169
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34.77%
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3,821
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30.46%
|
3,348
|
Yancey
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64.95%
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3,714
|
35.05%
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2,004
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29.91%
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1,710
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Pamlico
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64.30%
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1,864
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35.70%
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1,035
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28.60%
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829
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Pasquotank
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64.21%
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4,269
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35.79%
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2,380
|
28.41%
|
1,889
|
Granville
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63.66%
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4,596
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36.34%
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2,624
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27.31%
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1,972
|
Lee
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63.21%
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4,730
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36.79%
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2,753
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26.42%
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1,977
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Union
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63.02%
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7,208
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36.98%
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4,229
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26.05%
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2,979
|
Dare
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63.00%
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1,476
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37.00%
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867
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25.99%
|
609
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Beaufort
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62.88%
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6,090
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37.12%
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3,595
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25.76%
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2,495
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Pender
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62.04%
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3,205
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37.96%
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1,961
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24.08%
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1,244
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Buncombe
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62.01%
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31,623
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37.99%
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19,372
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24.02%
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12,251
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Camden
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61.97%
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870
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38.03%
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534
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23.93%
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336
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Orange
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61.41%
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9,206
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38.59%
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5,785
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22.82%
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3,421
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Craven
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61.27%
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7,422
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38.73%
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4,691
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22.55%
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2,731
|
Onslow
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61.23%
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5,955
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38.77%
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3,771
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22.46%
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2,184
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Perquimans
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60.78%
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1,458
|
39.22%
|
941
|
21.55%
|
517
|
Jackson
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60.65%
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4,905
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39.35%
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3,183
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21.29%
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1,722
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Cumberland
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60.39%
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13,864
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39.61%
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9,093
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20.78%
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4,771
|
McDowell
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60.20%
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6,314
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39.80%
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4,174
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20.40%
|
2,140
|
Alleghany
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60.09%
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2,368
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39.91%
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1,573
|
20.17%
|
795
|
Vance
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60.04%
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5,186
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39.96%
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3,452
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20.07%
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1,734
|
Durham
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59.98%
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22,874
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40.02%
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15,264
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19.95%
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7,610
|
Swain
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59.93%
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2,294
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40.07%
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1,534
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19.85%
|
760
|
Warren
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59.88%
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2,849
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40.12%
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1,909
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19.76%
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940
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Carteret
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59.23%
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6,231
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40.77%
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4,289
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18.46%
|
1,942
|
Wilson
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59.13%
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7,238
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40.87%
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5,002
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18.27%
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2,236
|
Nash
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58.89%
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9,163
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41.11%
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6,396
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17.78%
|
2,767
|
Wake
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58.41%
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31,653
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41.59%
|
22,542
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16.81%
|
9,111
|
Caswell
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58.36%
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2,513
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41.64%
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1,793
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16.72%
|
720
|
Cleveland
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57.92%
|
10,836
|
42.08%
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7,874
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15.83%
|
2,962
|
Johnston
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57.85%
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10,326
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42.15%
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7,523
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15.70%
|
2,803
|
Lenoir
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57.56%
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7,617
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42.44%
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5,617
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15.11%
|
2,000
|
Rutherford
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57.28%
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9,541
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42.72%
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7,115
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14.57%
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2,426
|
Macon
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56.55%
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3,774
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43.45%
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2,900
|
13.10%
|
874
|
Wayne
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56.45%
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9,791
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43.55%
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7,555
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12.89%
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2,236
|
Chatham
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56.29%
|
5,295
|
43.71%
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4,111
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12.59%
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1,184
|
Burke
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55.97%
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12,815
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44.03%
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10,081
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11.94%
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2,734
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Harnett
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55.97%
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7,477
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44.03%
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5,883
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11.93%
|
1,594
|
Cherokee
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55.90%
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3,823
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44.10%
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3,016
|
11.80%
|
807
|
Transylvania
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55.83%
|
4,483
|
44.17%
|
3,547
|
11.66%
|
936
|
Rockingham
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55.78%
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11,432
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44.22%
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9,063
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11.56%
|
2,369
|
Lincoln
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55.45%
|
7,304
|
44.55%
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5,869
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10.89%
|
1,435
|
Graham
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55.41%
|
1,737
|
44.59%
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1,398
|
10.81%
|
339
|
Caldwell
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55.40%
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10,846
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44.60%
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8,733
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10.79%
|
2,113
|
Moore
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55.29%
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6,384
|
44.71%
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5,162
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10.58%
|
1,222
|
Surry
|
55.17%
|
9,810
|
44.83%
|
7,970
|
10.35%
|
1,840
|
Ashe
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54.64%
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4,965
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45.36%
|
4,121
|
9.29%
|
844
|
Gaston
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54.11%
|
20,197
|
45.89%
|
17,129
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8.22%
|
3,068
|
Montgomery
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53.74%
|
3,933
|
46.26%
|
3,385
|
7.49%
|
548
|
Madison
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53.44%
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3,829
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46.56%
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3,336
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6.88%
|
493
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Brunswick
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53.26%
|
4,240
|
46.74%
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3,721
|
6.52%
|
519
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Clay
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53.12%
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1,457
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46.88%
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1,286
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6.23%
|
171
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Guilford
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52.87%
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39,969
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47.13%
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35,635
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5.73%
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4,334
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Polk
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52.18%
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3,017
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47.82%
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2,765
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4.36%
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252
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Mecklenburg
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51.56%
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49,582
|
48.44%
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46,589
|
3.11%
|
2,993
|
Sampson
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51.38%
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8,067
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48.62%
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7,634
|
2.76%
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433
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Stokes
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51.22%
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4,898
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48.78%
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4,664
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2.45%
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234
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Forsyth
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51.08%
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31,615
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48.92%
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30,276
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2.16%
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1,339
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New Hanover
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50.90%
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12,584
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49.10%
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12,140
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1.80%
|
444
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Watauga
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50.62%
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4,031
|
49.38%
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3,932
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1.24%
|
99
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Alamance
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50.36%
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15,397
|
49.64%
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15,177
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0.72%
|
220
|
Rowan
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50.22%
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14,934
|
49.78%
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14,804
|
0.44%
|
130
|
Alexander
|
49.75%
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3,722
|
50.25%
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3,760
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-0.51%
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-38
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Catawba
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48.02%
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15,814
|
51.98%
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17,116
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-3.95%
|
-1,302
|
Cabarrus
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47.50%
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11,921
|
52.50%
|
13,178
|
-5.01%
|
-1,257
|
Stanly
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47.05%
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7,931
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52.95%
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8,924
|
-5.89%
|
-993
|
Iredell
|
46.56%
|
11,231
|
53.44%
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12,892
|
-6.89%
|
-1,661
|
Wilkes
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45.45%
|
9,176
|
54.55%
|
11,014
|
-9.10%
|
-1,838
|
Davidson
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44.27%
|
13,735
|
55.73%
|
17,292
|
-11.46%
|
-3,557
|
Randolph
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43.64%
|
10,638
|
56.36%
|
13,739
|
-12.72%
|
-3,101
|
Davie
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40.90%
|
3,086
|
59.10%
|
4,460
|
-18.21%
|
-1,374
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Henderson
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40.86%
|
6,066
|
59.14%
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8,780
|
-18.28%
|
-2,714
|
Yadkin
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38.30%
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3,638
|
61.70%
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5,860
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-23.39%
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-2,222
|
Avery
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36.44%
|
1,523
|
63.56%
|
2,656
|
-27.11%
|
-1,133
|
Mitchell
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34.73%
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1,736
|
65.27%
|
3,263
|
-30.55%
|
-1,527
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References
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