North Carolina 2004 vs 2008: county swing
9 of 100 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 13 changed hands.
| County | 2004 | 2008 | Swing | Votes 2004 | Votes 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus County | R+2.0 | R+7.9 | R+5.9 | 21,191 | 24,282 |
| Cherokee County | R+34.6 | R+38.6 | R+4.0 | 11,199 | 12,586 |
| Clay County | R+32.4 | R+35.6 | R+3.2 | 4,866 | 5,543 |
| Richmond County | D+4.2 | D+1.5 | R+2.7 | 16,145 | 19,327 |
| Camden County | R+29.8 | R+32.0 | R+2.2 | 3,830 | 4,821 |
| Graham County | R+35.6 | R+37.4 | R+1.8 | 3,987 | 4,171 |
| Alleghany County | R+19.9 | R+21.0 | R+1.1 | 4,827 | 5,263 |
| Yancey County | R+5.4 | R+5.7 | R+0.3 | 9,431 | 9,717 |
| Polk County | R+15.0 | R+15.1 | R+0.1 | 9,021 | 10,562 |
| Gates County | D+4.8 | D+5.2 | D+0.4 | 4,053 | 5,420 |
| Ashe County | R+23.8 | R+23.3 | D+0.5 | 11,823 | 13,069 |
| Rutherford County | R+33.1 | R+31.8 | D+1.3 | 24,658 | 28,720 |
| Swain County | R+3.4 | R+1.6 | D+1.8 | 5,044 | 5,798 |
| Alexander County | R+40.5 | R+38.4 | D+2.1 | 15,600 | 17,254 |
| Pender County | R+17.7 | R+15.6 | D+2.1 | 17,085 | 23,749 |
| Bladen County flipped | R+0.5 | D+2.0 | D+2.5 | 12,313 | 15,480 |
| Lincoln County | R+35.9 | R+33.3 | D+2.6 | 29,579 | 35,798 |
| Northampton County | D+27.5 | D+30.4 | D+2.9 | 8,770 | 10,618 |
| Currituck County | R+34.6 | R+31.5 | D+3.1 | 8,976 | 11,102 |
| Stanly County | R+39.8 | R+36.7 | D+3.1 | 25,553 | 28,506 |
| Brunswick County | R+21.2 | R+18.0 | D+3.2 | 37,977 | 52,608 |
| Cleveland County | R+23.1 | R+19.9 | D+3.2 | 37,079 | 43,835 |
| Montgomery County | R+14.2 | R+11.0 | D+3.2 | 10,080 | 11,210 |
| Anson County | D+17.6 | D+21.0 | D+3.4 | 9,225 | 10,733 |
| Wilkes County | R+41.7 | R+38.2 | D+3.5 | 27,154 | 29,724 |
| Burke County | R+23.4 | R+19.2 | D+4.2 | 30,762 | 37,443 |
| Scotland County | D+10.8 | D+15.1 | D+4.3 | 11,547 | 14,217 |
| Carteret County | R+39.1 | R+34.7 | D+4.4 | 25,575 | 34,597 |
| Mitchell County | R+46.2 | R+41.6 | D+4.6 | 7,798 | 7,846 |
| Sampson County | R+13.2 | R+8.4 | D+4.8 | 22,288 | 26,038 |
| Macon County | R+26.4 | R+21.5 | D+4.9 | 15,024 | 17,238 |
| Haywood County | R+12.8 | R+7.7 | D+5.1 | 25,932 | 28,067 |
| Stokes County | R+40.3 | R+35.0 | D+5.3 | 19,414 | 21,743 |
| McDowell County | R+32.9 | R+27.0 | D+5.9 | 16,002 | 18,386 |
| Caldwell County | R+35.7 | R+29.7 | D+6.0 | 31,348 | 35,155 |
| Perquimans County | R+20.0 | R+14.0 | D+6.0 | 4,958 | 6,501 |
| Tyrrell County | R+7.8 | R+1.5 | D+6.3 | 1,590 | 1,910 |
| Randolph County | R+48.7 | R+42.3 | D+6.4 | 50,910 | 58,147 |
| Caswell County flipped | R+3.5 | D+3.1 | D+6.6 | 9,437 | 10,862 |
| Rockingham County | R+22.5 | R+15.9 | D+6.6 | 37,388 | 41,612 |
| Martin County flipped | R+2.2 | D+4.6 | D+6.8 | 10,452 | 12,541 |
| Duplin County | R+16.3 | R+9.4 | D+6.9 | 16,583 | 19,904 |
| Bertie County | D+23.4 | D+30.6 | D+7.2 | 8,032 | 9,763 |
| Avery County | R+51.5 | R+44.1 | D+7.4 | 7,524 | 7,943 |
| Jones County | R+15.9 | R+8.4 | D+7.5 | 4,513 | 5,227 |
| Pamlico County | R+22.2 | R+14.7 | D+7.5 | 6,038 | 6,712 |
| Moore County | R+29.1 | R+21.4 | D+7.7 | 38,382 | 45,328 |
| Washington County | D+8.9 | D+16.7 | D+7.8 | 5,471 | 6,454 |
| Surry County | R+35.8 | R+27.9 | D+7.9 | 25,992 | 29,525 |
| Robeson County | D+5.8 | D+13.8 | D+8.0 | 33,871 | 40,834 |
| Davidson County | R+41.8 | R+33.5 | D+8.3 | 59,496 | 68,581 |
| Madison County | R+10.0 | R+1.6 | D+8.4 | 9,463 | 10,379 |
| Transylvania County | R+21.1 | R+12.6 | D+8.5 | 15,588 | 16,909 |
| Yadkin County | R+54.7 | R+46.0 | D+8.7 | 15,313 | 17,147 |
| Granville County flipped | R+2.3 | D+6.6 | D+8.9 | 18,601 | 24,725 |
| Henderson County | R+30.1 | R+21.0 | D+9.1 | 43,234 | 51,614 |
| Chowan County | R+10.4 | R+1.1 | D+9.3 | 5,386 | 7,512 |
| Hyde County flipped | R+8.2 | D+1.2 | D+9.4 | 2,293 | 2,469 |
| Chatham County | D+0.1 | D+9.7 | D+9.6 | 25,922 | 32,880 |
| Jackson County flipped | R+4.4 | D+5.4 | D+9.8 | 14,174 | 16,866 |
| Person County | R+18.3 | R+8.5 | D+9.8 | 15,214 | 18,632 |
| Franklin County | R+10.8 | R+0.7 | D+10.1 | 20,918 | 26,639 |
| Orange County | D+34.5 | D+44.7 | D+10.2 | 64,153 | 74,910 |
| Watauga County flipped | R+5.9 | D+4.3 | D+10.2 | 24,050 | 28,372 |
| Beaufort County | R+27.7 | R+17.4 | D+10.3 | 19,522 | 23,010 |
| Catawba County | R+35.4 | R+25.0 | D+10.4 | 58,688 | 69,451 |
| Davie County | R+48.8 | R+38.3 | D+10.5 | 16,680 | 20,368 |
| Warren County | D+29.0 | D+39.5 | D+10.5 | 8,027 | 10,195 |
| New Hanover County | R+12.0 | R+1.4 | D+10.6 | 81,247 | 100,665 |
| Halifax County | D+17.5 | D+28.3 | D+10.8 | 19,647 | 25,091 |
| Pasquotank County | D+2.8 | D+13.7 | D+10.9 | 13,648 | 18,180 |
| Gaston County | R+36.0 | R+25.0 | D+11.0 | 63,755 | 84,402 |
| Dare County | R+20.6 | R+9.3 | D+11.3 | 15,548 | 18,048 |
| Greene County | R+17.5 | R+5.9 | D+11.6 | 6,472 | 8,103 |
| Lenoir County | R+11.8 | R+0.1 | D+11.7 | 23,179 | 26,897 |
| Iredell County | R+36.2 | R+24.4 | D+11.8 | 56,973 | 73,162 |
| Harnett County | R+28.7 | R+16.7 | D+12.0 | 32,571 | 40,705 |
| Edgecombe County | D+22.4 | D+34.5 | D+12.1 | 21,079 | 25,930 |
| Rowan County | R+35.0 | R+22.8 | D+12.2 | 51,867 | 61,560 |
| Johnston County | R+36.1 | R+23.7 | D+12.4 | 54,357 | 71,017 |
| Craven County | R+25.3 | R+12.4 | D+12.9 | 37,756 | 44,598 |
| Wilson County flipped | R+6.8 | D+6.1 | D+12.9 | 30,535 | 37,191 |
| Lee County | R+21.4 | R+8.4 | D+13.0 | 19,543 | 23,788 |
| Hoke County | D+4.9 | D+18.7 | D+13.8 | 11,088 | 15,627 |
| Alamance County | R+23.3 | R+9.3 | D+14.0 | 54,175 | 64,353 |
| Union County | R+40.7 | R+26.7 | D+14.0 | 61,001 | 86,089 |
| Buncombe County flipped | R+0.6 | D+13.9 | D+14.5 | 105,013 | 123,795 |
| Hertford County | D+27.0 | D+41.5 | D+14.5 | 8,132 | 10,650 |
| Vance County | D+12.0 | D+26.7 | D+14.7 | 15,677 | 20,871 |
| Nash County | R+16.4 | R+1.4 | D+15.0 | 37,673 | 47,118 |
| Durham County | D+36.4 | D+52.0 | D+15.6 | 109,651 | 136,897 |
| Pitt County flipped | R+6.8 | D+8.8 | D+15.6 | 53,643 | 74,884 |
| Cabarrus County | R+34.4 | R+18.5 | D+15.9 | 60,824 | 77,994 |
| Wayne County | R+24.5 | R+8.6 | D+15.9 | 40,046 | 49,882 |
| Wake County flipped | R+2.1 | D+14.4 | D+16.5 | 348,844 | 442,245 |
| Guilford County | D+0.9 | D+18.4 | D+17.5 | 199,314 | 241,771 |
| Onslow County | R+39.3 | R+21.5 | D+17.8 | 37,277 | 50,203 |
| Forsyth County flipped | R+8.6 | D+10.5 | D+19.1 | 139,125 | 166,133 |
| Mecklenburg County | D+3.6 | D+24.4 | D+20.8 | 323,102 | 410,817 |
| Cumberland County flipped | R+3.5 | D+17.6 | D+21.1 | 95,226 | 127,575 |
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data