Raleigh-Cary, 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 Raleigh-Cary, 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 · 2024D+8.6
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+16.3
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 7.7 points more Democratic than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Raleigh-Cary, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
693,684
297,697
221,029
174,332
626
2012
803,398
322,938
243,258
234,194
3,008
2016
871,883
324,092
249,175
293,590
5,026
2020
987,566
350,356
259,639
368,829
8,742
2022
1,016,439
349,083
251,871
407,350
8,135
2024
1,084,221
352,788
259,547
459,384
12,502
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+19,974 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +243,123 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Raleigh-Cary, NC in Raleigh-Cary, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+13,065
2012
+12,925
2013
+13,225
2014
+14,826
2015
+17,276
2016
+19,722
2017
+17,826
2018
+16,008
2019
+18,476
2021
+26,443
2022
+16,332
2023
+20,228
2024
+16,797
2025
+19,974
Raleigh-Cary has absorbed one of the fastest-growing educated workforces in the South, driven by tech and life-sciences expansion around Research Triangle Park, producing presidential margins that have tightened measurably over the past three cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 67.6 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 44.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.3 points.
A population of 1,487,302, a 57% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $100,665 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Richmond, VA and Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
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How did Raleigh-Cary, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Raleigh-Cary, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic by 16.3 points (D+16.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 820,925 votes cast, 469,267 went Democratic and 335,551 went Republican.
When did Raleigh-Cary, NC, North Carolina last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Raleigh-Cary, NC, North Carolina voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Raleigh-Cary, NC, North Carolina?
Raleigh-Cary, NC, North Carolina has a population of 1,487,302 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Raleigh-Cary, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Raleigh-Cary, NC, North Carolina is $100,665 — above the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Raleigh-Cary, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Raleigh-Cary, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 26 went Democratic and 8 went Republican.
