Brevard, 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: Transylvania 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 Brevard, NC, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
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+11.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+12.1
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 0.8 points.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Brevard, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
23,460
8,133
8,718
6,601
8
2012
24,320
7,684
8,473
8,098
65
2016
25,563
7,061
8,283
10,103
116
2020
26,569
6,358
8,705
11,340
166
2022
26,608
5,988
8,540
11,925
155
2024
27,254
5,740
8,824
12,488
202
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+129 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +4,290 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Brevard, NC in Brevard, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−132
2012
+153
2013
+178
2014
+218
2015
+315
2016
+379
2017
+573
2018
+529
2019
+349
2021
+498
2022
+311
2023
+432
2024
+358
2025
+129
Brevard anchors Transylvania County in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where a growing influx of retirees and remote workers has nudged a historically Republican-leaning electorate toward more competitive margins in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 41.1 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 42.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.5 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 12.1 points.
A population of 33,691, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,184 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Waynesville, NC and Easton, MD.
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In 2024, Brevard, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 12.1 points (R+12.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 20,780 votes cast, 8,972 went Democratic and 11,492 went Republican.
When did Brevard, NC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Brevard, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Brevard, NC, North Carolina?
Brevard, NC, North Carolina has a population of 33,691 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Brevard, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Brevard, NC, North Carolina is $66,184 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Brevard, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Brevard, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
