Pinehurst-Southern Pines, 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: Moore 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 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, 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+22.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+29.4
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 7.2 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
58,936
18,466
25,335
15,089
46
2012
64,407
18,670
26,933
18,592
212
2016
66,146
16,969
27,045
21,801
331
2020
74,320
16,594
30,928
26,171
627
2022
75,751
15,852
31,308
27,979
612
2024
79,456
15,262
32,902
30,458
834
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+2,206 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +22,170 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+742
2012
+845
2013
+1,156
2014
+1,391
2015
+1,150
2016
+1,238
2017
+1,863
2018
+1,443
2019
+2,023
2021
+3,034
2022
+2,459
2023
+1,396
2024
+1,224
2025
+2,206
The Pinehurst-Southern Pines area has shifted noticeably as affluent retirees and remote workers relocate to Moore County, gradually tightening margins in a region that once voted in lopsided Republican supermajorities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 43.3 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 43.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.4 points.
A population of 104,876, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $86,080 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of St. George, UT and Morehead City, NC.
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How did Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 29.4 points (R+29.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 61,819 votes cast, 21,449 went Democratic and 39,633 went Republican.
When did Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC, North Carolina?
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC, North Carolina has a population of 104,876 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC, North Carolina is $86,080 — above the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 20 went Republican.
