Goldsboro, 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: Wayne 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 Goldsboro, 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+0.1
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+16.4
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 16 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Goldsboro, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
66,518
33,984
21,064
11,433
37
2012
75,037
36,286
23,797
14,774
180
2016
76,298
33,549
24,351
18,122
276
2020
76,323
30,095
25,474
20,256
498
2022
75,653
28,166
25,499
21,552
436
2024
78,035
26,860
26,914
23,280
981
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+173 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −5,798 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Goldsboro, NC in Goldsboro, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+532
2012
−564
2013
−953
2014
−964
2015
−1,197
2016
−806
2017
−1,773
2018
−285
2019
−542
2021
−482
2022
+322
2023
+690
2024
+51
2025
+173
Goldsboro's Wayne County metro tilts reliably Republican in federal contests, though its economy and population are shaped substantially by military employment at one of the East Coast's major tactical air wings.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 62.8 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 46.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.4 points.
A population of 118,652, a 50% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,733 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of LaGrange, GA-AL and Montgomery, AL.
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How did Goldsboro, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Goldsboro, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 16.4 points (R+16.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 54,762 votes cast, 22,618 went Democratic and 31,580 went Republican.
When did Goldsboro, NC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Goldsboro, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Goldsboro, NC, North Carolina?
Goldsboro, NC, North Carolina has a population of 118,652 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Goldsboro, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Goldsboro, NC, North Carolina is $59,733 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Goldsboro, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Goldsboro, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
