Boone, NC · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain, and this place is a single county: Watauga County, North Carolina. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Boone, NC, by party and cycle.
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Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+2.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+6.0
Boone, NC registers Republican but votes Democratic — a 8.8-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Boone, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
40,120
12,999
14,363
12,711
47
2012
44,838
13,000
14,929
16,572
337
2016
46,349
12,649
14,309
18,908
483
2020
45,212
12,029
13,301
19,356
526
2022
45,804
11,872
12,898
20,569
465
2024
46,601
11,546
12,863
21,632
560
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−172 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +5,170 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Boone, NC in Boone, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+659
2012
+367
2013
+189
2014
+51
2015
+592
2016
+984
2017
+966
2018
+796
2019
+121
2021
+988
2022
+208
2023
−2
2024
−577
2025
−172
Home to Appalachian State University, Boone's Watauga County has trended more competitive in recent cycles as student voter registration has grown, sitting against an otherwise rural, Republican-leaning western North Carolina backdrop.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 23.6 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 28.9 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.0 points.
A population of 55,123, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $51,693 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pullman, WA and Laramie, WY.
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In 2024, Boone, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic by 6.0 points (D+6.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 33,095 votes cast, 17,225 went Democratic and 15,254 went Republican.
When did Boone, NC, North Carolina last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Boone, NC, North Carolina voted Republican was 2012.
How many people live in Boone, NC, North Carolina?
Boone, NC, North Carolina has a population of 55,123 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Boone, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Boone, NC, North Carolina is $51,693 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Boone, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Boone, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
