Rocky Mount, 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 Rocky Mount, 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.
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+19.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+6.0
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 13 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Rocky Mount, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
101,374
64,091
25,818
11,429
36
2012
108,149
66,646
26,082
15,279
142
2016
105,411
61,658
25,167
18,339
247
2020
104,551
55,412
26,407
22,276
456
2022
102,868
51,191
26,169
25,091
417
2024
107,625
47,852
27,152
31,796
825
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+793 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −2,922 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Rocky Mount, NC in Rocky Mount, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−785
2012
−1,208
2013
−1,222
2014
−1,032
2015
−1,575
2016
−258
2017
−492
2018
−635
2019
−325
2021
+57
2022
+933
2023
+1,391
2024
+1,436
2025
+793
Rocky Mount straddles two counties with divergent partisan lean — majority-Black Edgecombe votes reliably Democratic while Nash County is more competitive — making the metro a useful bellwether for northeastern North Carolina's shifting coalition patterns.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 90.3 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 38.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.0 points.
A population of 144,952, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,673 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wilson, NC and Macon-Bibb County, GA.
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How did Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic by 6.0 points (D+6.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 76,922 votes cast, 40,410 went Democratic and 35,787 went Republican.
When did Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina?
Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina has a population of 144,952 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina is $58,673 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 27 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
