Jacksonville, 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: Onslow 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 Jacksonville, 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+20.7
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+35.8
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 15 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Jacksonville, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
81,512
30,204
29,034
22,205
69
2012
97,913
32,676
34,530
30,323
384
2016
106,447
29,562
38,166
37,926
793
2020
117,653
26,604
44,727
44,615
1,707
2022
118,517
24,406
45,390
47,015
1,706
2024
137,629
24,239
52,745
58,234
2,411
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+55 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −24,461 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Jacksonville, NC in Jacksonville, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−5,730
2012
−585
2013
−3,415
2014
−4,668
2015
−3,458
2016
−4,455
2017
−181
2018
−328
2019
−1,813
2021
−3,302
2022
+816
2023
+1,614
2024
+989
2025
+55
Jacksonville's demographic profile is shaped almost entirely by Camp Lejeune, producing an unusually transient, young, and military-connected electorate that behaves differently from most mid-sized Southern metros.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 84.3 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 61.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.8 points.
A population of 207,906, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,148 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fort Leonard Wood, MO and Kingsland, GA.
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How did Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 35.8 points (R+35.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 81,681 votes cast, 25,684 went Democratic and 54,960 went Republican.
When did Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina?
Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina has a population of 207,906 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina is $68,148 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
