North Carolina · 2020 presidential election

North Carolina presidential election results 2020

Donald J. Trump carried North Carolina by 1.35 points (74,483 votes), winning 15 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 15
Votes counted: 5,524,804
NC result: R+1.3
Compared with the nation: 5.8 pts more Republican
Swing since 2016: 2.3 pts to D

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
Donald J. Trump	Republican	2,758,775	49.93%	15
Joseph R. Biden	Democratic	2,684,292	48.59%	—
Others	Others	81,737	1.48%	—
Total votes		5,524,804

Sources: nc-2020.pdf · 2020

Certified state documentCertified

North Carolina State Board of Elections, 11/03/2020 Official Local Election Results - Statewide, US President contest details (printed 2/23/2021)
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Every ticket on the ballot, as printed in the certified document (the statewide table above groups minor candidates as “Others” when the source does).

All 6 tickets as printed in the document

Ticket (as printed)	Code	Votes	Share
Donald J. Trump	—	2,758,775	50.05%
Joseph R. Biden	—	2,684,292	48.70%
Jo Jorgensen	—	48,678	0.88%
Howie Hawkins	—	12,195	0.22%
Don Blankenship	—	7,549	0.14%
Jade Simmons (Write-In)	Write-In	119	0.00%
Write-in / scattering		13,196

County resultsMedia count

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County results compiled by Tony McGovern from news-media election-night tallies (Fox News, Politico, The New York Times); not a certified state document
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Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.

County	Joseph R. Biden	Donald J. Trump	Others	Total	Margin
Alamance County	38,825	46,056	1,210	86,091	8.4
Alexander County	4,145	15,888	203	20,236	58.0
Alleghany County	1,486	4,527	63	6,076	50.0
Anson County	5,789	5,321	84	11,194	4.2
Ashe County	4,164	11,451	199	15,814	46.1
Avery County	2,191	7,172	95	9,458	52.7
Beaufort County	9,633	16,437	245	26,315	25.9
Bertie County	5,939	3,817	59	9,815	21.6
Bladen County	7,326	9,676	123	17,125	13.7
Brunswick County	33,310	55,850	1,015	90,175	25.0
Buncombe County	96,515	62,412	2,642	161,569	21.1
Burke County	13,118	31,019	465	44,602	40.1
Cabarrus County	52,162	63,237	1,828	117,227	9.4
Caldwell County	10,245	32,119	465	42,829	51.1
Camden County	1,537	4,312	104	5,953	46.6
Carteret County	12,093	30,028	574	42,695	42.0
Caswell County	4,860	7,089	102	12,051	18.5
Catawba County	25,689	56,588	1,148	83,425	37.0
Chatham County	26,787	21,186	626	48,599	11.5
Cherokee County	3,583	12,628	212	16,423	55.1
Chowan County	3,247	4,471	66	7,784	15.7
Clay County	1,699	5,112	82	6,893	49.5
Cleveland County	16,955	33,798	555	51,308	32.8
Columbus County	9,446	16,832	168	26,446	27.9
Craven County	21,148	31,032	885	53,065	18.6
Cumberland County	84,469	60,032	2,649	147,150	16.6
Currituck County	4,195	11,657	295	16,147	46.2
Dare County	9,936	13,938	358	24,232	16.5
Davidson County	22,636	64,658	1,220	88,514	47.5
Davie County	6,713	18,228	370	25,311	45.5
Duplin County	8,767	13,793	155	22,715	22.1
Durham County	144,688	32,459	2,767	179,914	62.4
Edgecombe County	16,089	9,206	182	25,477	27.0
Forsyth County	113,033	85,064	3,173	201,270	13.9
Franklin County	15,879	20,901	571	37,351	13.4
Gaston County	40,959	73,033	1,506	115,498	27.8
Gates County	2,546	3,367	58	5,971	13.7
Graham County	905	3,710	50	4,665	60.1
Granville County	14,565	16,647	386	31,598	6.6
Greene County	3,832	4,874	47	8,753	11.9
Guilford County	173,086	107,294	4,106	284,486	23.1
Halifax County	15,545	10,080	134	25,759	21.2
Harnett County	22,093	35,177	1,023	58,293	22.4
Haywood County	13,144	22,834	564	36,542	26.5
Henderson County	27,211	40,032	1,128	68,371	18.8
Hertford County	7,097	3,479	58	10,634	34.0
Hoke County	11,804	9,453	382	21,639	10.9
Hyde County	1,046	1,418	28	2,492	14.9
Iredell County	33,888	67,010	1,473	102,371	32.4
Jackson County	9,591	11,356	481	21,428	8.2
Johnston County	41,257	68,353	1,747	111,357	24.3
Jones County	2,197	3,280	48	5,525	19.6
Lee County	12,143	16,469	396	29,008	14.9
Lenoir County	13,605	14,590	214	28,409	3.5
Lincoln County	13,274	36,341	602	50,217	45.9
Macon County	6,230	14,211	302	20,743	38.5
Madison County	4,901	7,979	196	13,076	23.5
Martin County	5,911	6,532	97	12,540	5.0
McDowell County	5,832	16,883	288	23,003	48.0
Mecklenburg County	378,107	179,211	9,735	567,053	35.1
Mitchell County	1,867	7,090	84	9,041	57.8
Montgomery County	4,327	8,411	111	12,849	31.8
Moore County	20,779	36,764	796	58,339	27.4
Nash County	25,947	25,827	497	52,271	0.2
New Hanover County	66,138	63,331	2,361	131,830	2.1
Northampton County	6,069	3,989	51	10,109	20.6
Onslow County	24,266	46,078	1,891	72,235	30.2
Orange County	63,594	20,176	1,227	84,997	51.1
Pamlico County	2,713	4,849	69	7,631	28.0
Pasquotank County	9,832	9,770	295	19,897	0.3
Pender County	11,723	21,956	490	34,169	29.9
Perquimans County	2,492	4,903	89	7,484	32.2
Person County	8,465	13,184	245	21,894	21.6
Pitt County	47,252	38,982	1,339	87,573	9.4
Polk County	4,518	7,689	151	12,358	25.7
Randolph County	15,618	56,894	804	73,316	56.3
Richmond County	8,754	11,830	179	20,763	14.8
Robeson County	19,020	27,806	362	47,188	18.6
Rockingham County	15,992	31,301	516	47,809	32.0
Rowan County	23,114	49,297	997	73,408	35.7
Rutherford County	9,135	24,891	403	34,429	45.8
Sampson County	10,966	17,411	241	28,618	22.5
Scotland County	7,186	7,473	116	14,775	1.9
Stanly County	8,129	25,458	352	33,939	51.1
Stokes County	5,286	20,142	273	25,701	57.8
Surry County	8,721	27,538	379	36,638	51.4
Swain County	2,780	4,161	127	7,068	19.5
Transylvania County	8,444	11,636	324	20,404	15.6
Tyrrell County	758	1,044	15	1,817	15.7
Union County	48,725	80,382	1,904	131,011	24.2
Vance County	12,431	8,391	177	20,999	19.2
Wake County	393,336	226,197	12,297	631,830	26.5
Warren County	6,400	3,752	141	10,293	25.7
Washington County	3,396	2,781	28	6,205	9.9
Watauga County	17,122	14,451	647	32,220	8.3
Wayne County	24,215	30,709	613	55,537	11.7
Wilkes County	7,511	27,592	363	35,466	56.6
Wilson County	20,754	19,581	400	40,735	2.9
Yadkin County	3,763	15,933	227	19,923	61.1
Yancey County	3,688	7,516	148	11,352	33.7

Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.

Notes on how this document was read

Secondary source: County results compiled by Tony McGovern from news-media election-night tallies (Fox News, Politico, The New York Times); not a certified state document.

Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).

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Questions and answers

Who won North Carolina in 2020?

Donald J. Trump won North Carolina by 1.35 percentage points (74,483 votes).

How many electoral votes did North Carolina have in 2020?

North Carolina cast 15 electoral votes in 2020.

How many people voted for president in North Carolina in 2020?

5,524,804 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in North Carolina in 2020?

Donald J. Trump 75, Joseph R. Biden 25 (out of 100 counties with results).

How did North Carolina change from 2016 to 2020?

The margin moved 2.3 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Republican by 3.7 points to Republican by 1.3 points.

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data