Mount Airy, 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: Surry 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 Mount Airy, 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+29.6
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+53.2
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 24 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Mount Airy, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
45,565
18,918
17,832
8,796
19
2012
44,880
16,915
17,966
9,887
112
2016
45,871
14,675
19,098
11,973
125
2020
47,206
11,426
21,413
14,150
217
2022
47,512
9,861
21,982
15,446
223
2024
49,366
8,940
23,557
16,528
341
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+228 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +573 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Mount Airy, NC in Mount Airy, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−205
2012
−191
2013
−514
2014
−80
2015
−399
2016
+117
2017
+285
2018
−51
2019
−72
2021
+238
2022
+621
2023
+256
2024
+340
2025
+228
Mount Airy, NC sits in the Carolinas. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 36.0 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 53.2 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 53.2 points.
A population of 71,425, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,656 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of North Wilkesboro, NC and Marion, NC.
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How did Mount Airy, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Mount Airy, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 53.2 points (R+53.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 37,508 votes cast, 8,613 went Democratic and 28,565 went Republican.
When did Mount Airy, NC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Mount Airy, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Mount Airy, NC, North Carolina?
Mount Airy, NC, North Carolina has a population of 71,425 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mount Airy, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Mount Airy, NC, North Carolina is $55,656 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Mount Airy, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Mount Airy, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 25 went Republican.
