New Bern, NC · how this place’s counties split between candidates 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 there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in New Bern, 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+11.4
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+22.2
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 11 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in New Bern, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
84,683
38,692
27,447
18,511
33
2012
89,250
37,418
28,960
22,634
238
2016
89,352
33,321
29,742
25,877
412
2020
90,332
28,346
32,607
28,699
680
2022
90,663
25,922
33,505
30,573
663
2024
97,751
25,399
36,524
34,790
1,038
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+1,088 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −3,377 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in New Bern, NC in New Bern, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−81
2012
−1,026
2013
−2,158
2014
−1,064
2015
−2,108
2016
−756
2017
−477
2018
−204
2019
−511
2021
+670
2022
+834
2023
+1,339
2024
+1,077
2025
+1,088
New Bern anchors a small metro at the confluence of the Neuse and Trent rivers, where military-connected households from nearby Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station contribute to a consistently right-of-center baseline in federal and statewide contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 74.0 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 48.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.2 points.
A population of 124,304, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,793 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Goldsboro, NC and Warner Robins, GA.
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How did New Bern, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, New Bern, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 22.2 points (R+22.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 69,612 votes cast, 26,694 went Democratic and 42,115 went Republican.
When did New Bern, NC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which New Bern, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in New Bern, NC, North Carolina?
New Bern, NC, North Carolina has a population of 124,304 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New Bern, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in New Bern, NC, North Carolina is $64,793 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of New Bern, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in New Bern, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
