Rockingham, 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: Richmond 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 Rockingham, NC, by party and cycle.
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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.
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voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024D+12.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+20.9
Rockingham, NC registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 33-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Rockingham, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
29,773
19,879
5,160
4,730
4
2012
31,030
19,524
5,412
6,053
41
2016
30,682
17,413
5,760
7,438
71
2020
29,411
13,941
6,917
8,414
139
2022
28,127
12,326
7,213
8,462
126
2024
29,465
11,593
8,053
9,575
244
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+34 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −1,902 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Rockingham, NC in Rockingham, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−24
2012
−330
2013
−214
2014
−376
2015
−315
2016
−375
2017
−214
2018
+49
2019
−64
2021
+42
2022
−29
2023
−174
2024
+88
2025
+34
Rockingham County sits along the Virginia border in North Carolina's Piedmont, where manufacturing's long decline has been met by commuter-belt expansion from the Greensboro-Winston-Salem corridor, gradually shifting the demographic and electoral composition of what was once reliably rural territory.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 83.4 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 23.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 6.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.9 points.
A population of 42,344, a 55% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $44,883 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Blytheville, AR and Forrest City, AR.
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How did Rockingham, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Rockingham, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 20.9 points (R+20.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 19,873 votes cast, 7,787 went Democratic and 11,931 went Republican.
When did Rockingham, NC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Rockingham, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Rockingham, NC, North Carolina?
Rockingham, NC, North Carolina has a population of 42,344 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rockingham, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Rockingham, NC, North Carolina is $44,883 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Rockingham, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Rockingham, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 28 went Democratic and 5 went Republican.
