Waynesville, 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: Haywood 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 Waynesville, 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+10.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+25.0
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 14 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Waynesville, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
40,712
20,262
11,722
8,710
18
2012
43,197
19,504
12,592
11,009
92
2016
44,384
17,429
13,309
13,435
211
2020
46,496
14,415
15,828
15,885
368
2022
45,925
12,833
15,971
16,777
344
2024
48,250
11,966
17,171
18,620
493
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+489 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +8,232 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Waynesville, NC in Waynesville, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−60
2012
+73
2013
+516
2014
+366
2015
+693
2016
+924
2017
+843
2018
+1,110
2019
+630
2021
+790
2022
+545
2023
+734
2024
+579
2025
+489
Waynesville anchors Haywood County, a historically Democratic mountain enclave that has trended Republican over the past two decades while remaining a hub for retirees and outdoor-economy workers who complicate simple partisan sorting.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 57.1 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 32.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.5 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.0 points.
A population of 62,662, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,912 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Brevard, NC and Mountain Home, AR.
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How did Waynesville, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Waynesville, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 25.0 points (R+25.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 37,851 votes cast, 13,913 went Democratic and 23,393 went Republican.
When did Waynesville, NC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Waynesville, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Waynesville, NC, North Carolina?
Waynesville, NC, North Carolina has a population of 62,662 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Waynesville, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Waynesville, NC, North Carolina is $61,912 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Waynesville, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Waynesville, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
