Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes.
2018–20244 cycles · 4 audited
2024 turnout
83.7%7,908 participants ÷ 9,446 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off
+25.6 ptsPresidential-dependent
Drop-off vs state
+2.0 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026
58.1%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm
0%20%40%60%80%100%
77.6%
58.1%
2018202020222024
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Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
7,908
9,446 ± 596
83.7%
Audited
E/A
2022Mid
5,397
9,290 ± 610
58.1%
Audited
E/A
7,788
9,306 ± 653
83.7%
Audited
E/A
2018Mid
5,000
6,442 ± 384
77.6%
Audited
E/A
Sources and methods
2024: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 323/229.
2022: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 322/184.
2020: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 321/4.
2018: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 320/139.
presidential history
Party record book
Lake Norman of Iredell, NC · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
31.2%
2,450 votes · R+36.3
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 30.8%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
74.6%
3,023 votes · R+49.4
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 74.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
2,450votes
31.2% of the vote · R+36.3
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 2,385 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
5,300votes
67.5% of the vote · R+36.3
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 5,274 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
−34.8pts D vs U.S.
Place R+36.3 · U.S. R+1.5
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · −41.7 pts
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
+53.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+49.5 · U.S. D+3.9
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · +46.9 pts
U.S. House elections · 2 House
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Lake Norman of Iredell · 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. The figures below are Iredell County, North Carolina, the county containing Lake Norman of Iredell — Lake Norman of Iredell’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Lake Norman of Iredell, 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.
Lake Norman of Iredell has expanded rapidly as Charlotte-area residents seek lower land costs north of the metro, drawing a predominantly white-collar population whose voting patterns closely track the broader exurban shift toward competitive margins in once-reliably red Iredell County.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 49.5 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.9 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 36.3 points.
A population of 12,494, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $173,542 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Oak Ridge and Colleyville.
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Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
How did Lake Norman of Iredell, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lake Norman of Iredell, North Carolina voted Republican by 36.3 points (R+36.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,849 votes cast, 2,450 went Democratic and 5,300 went Republican.
How many people live in Lake Norman of Iredell, North Carolina?
Lake Norman of Iredell, North Carolina has a population of 12,494 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lake Norman of Iredell, North Carolina?
Median household income in Lake Norman of Iredell, North Carolina is $173,542 — above the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Lake Norman of Iredell, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Lake Norman of Iredell, North Carolina from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
