Burlington, 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: Alamance 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 Burlington, 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+0.04
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+8.1
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 8.1 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Burlington, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
89,392
40,925
30,281
18,120
66
2012
96,893
41,623
32,189
22,833
248
2016
101,240
39,554
33,156
28,090
440
2020
111,105
39,269
36,329
34,755
752
2022
113,493
38,335
36,564
37,877
717
2024
119,766
38,297
38,341
42,131
997
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+2,024 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +26,606 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Burlington, NC in Burlington, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+938
2012
+331
2013
+629
2014
+951
2015
+1,377
2016
+3,021
2017
+2,694
2018
+2,806
2019
+2,588
2021
+2,071
2022
+2,413
2023
+2,249
2024
+2,514
2025
+2,024
Burlington anchors Alamance County, a historically textile-dependent corridor where competitive margins have tightened as in-migration from the Piedmont Triad reshapes the voter rolls.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 54.3 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 51.5 points in 1972. The 2024 margin was 8.1 points.
A population of 176,893, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,651 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Warner Robins, GA and Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC.
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How did Burlington, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Burlington, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 8.1 points (R+8.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 89,831 votes cast, 40,624 went Democratic and 47,937 went Republican.
When did Burlington, NC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Burlington, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Burlington, NC, North Carolina?
Burlington, NC, North Carolina has a population of 176,893 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Burlington, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Burlington, NC, North Carolina is $65,651 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Burlington, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Burlington, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 19 went Republican.
