Shelby-Kings Mountain, 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: Cleveland 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 Shelby-Kings Mountain, 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+11.5
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+34.9
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 23 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
60,738
30,963
18,837
10,905
33
2012
63,628
29,933
19,629
13,956
110
2016
63,825
26,810
20,472
16,334
209
2020
67,858
23,100
25,005
19,338
415
2022
67,714
21,080
25,623
20,604
407
2024
71,052
19,751
27,900
22,740
661
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+952 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +5,083 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC in Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−547
2012
−123
2013
−437
2014
+190
2015
−5
2016
+228
2017
+270
2018
+437
2019
+504
2021
+962
2022
+716
2023
+1,029
2024
+907
2025
+952
Shelby and Kings Mountain anchor a Cleveland County metro where working-class white voters and a growing Latino workforce have produced narrowing but consistently Republican margins in statewide races over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 68.7 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 45.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.9 points.
A population of 100,991, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,534 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Minden, LA and Danville, KY.
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How did Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 34.9 points (R+34.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 51,706 votes cast, 16,603 went Democratic and 34,654 went Republican.
When did Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC, North Carolina?
Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC, North Carolina has a population of 100,991 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC, North Carolina is $58,534 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
