Marion, 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: McDowell 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 Marion, 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+27.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+49.1
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 22 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Marion, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
29,280
11,868
10,376
7,030
6
2012
28,936
10,297
10,353
8,226
60
2016
29,466
8,820
11,036
9,490
120
2020
29,932
6,844
12,673
10,216
199
2022
29,866
5,992
12,861
10,840
173
2024
31,509
5,423
14,037
11,778
271
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+107 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +2,627 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Marion, NC in Marion, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−9
2012
+5
2013
+85
2014
+10
2015
−22
2016
−94
2017
+325
2018
+404
2019
+329
2021
+228
2022
+471
2023
+366
2024
+422
2025
+107
Marion anchors McDowell County, a historically working-class community whose economic identity traces to furniture and textile industries. The county has shifted toward Republican margins in recent cycles while retaining a modest Democratic base in municipal precincts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 41.0 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 49.8 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 49.1 points.
A population of 44,817, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,168 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Glasgow, KY and Greeneville, TN.
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In 2024, Marion, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 49.1 points (R+49.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 23,655 votes cast, 5,911 went Democratic and 17,520 went Republican.
When did Marion, NC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Marion, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Marion, NC, North Carolina?
Marion, NC, North Carolina has a population of 44,817 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Marion, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Marion, NC, North Carolina is $57,168 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Marion, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Marion, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 19 went Republican.
