Henderson, 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: Vance 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 Henderson, 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 · 2024D+35.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+13.3
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 22 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Henderson, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
28,344
20,778
3,960
3,599
7
2012
30,807
21,630
4,302
4,832
43
2016
30,293
20,237
4,426
5,570
60
2020
29,699
18,340
4,885
6,364
110
2022
28,791
16,924
4,967
6,795
105
2024
29,192
15,901
5,449
7,636
206
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−60 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −1,770 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Henderson, NC in Henderson, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−92
2012
−347
2013
−650
2014
−50
2015
−157
2016
−25
2017
−255
2018
+250
2019
−177
2021
−339
2022
+58
2023
+70
2024
+4
2025
−60
Henderson anchors Vance County, one of North Carolina's majority-Black rural counties, where turnout swings and candidate margins have made it a recurring data point in statewide legislative targeting models.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 87.0 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 34.7 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.3 points.
A population of 42,322, a 37% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,465 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Selma, AL and Cleveland, MS.
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How did Henderson, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Henderson, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic by 13.3 points (D+13.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 20,092 votes cast, 11,292 went Democratic and 8,614 went Republican.
When did Henderson, NC, North Carolina last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Henderson, NC, North Carolina voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Henderson, NC, North Carolina?
Henderson, NC, North Carolina has a population of 42,322 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Henderson, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Henderson, NC, North Carolina is $50,465 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Henderson, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Henderson, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 29 went Democratic and 4 went Republican.
