A tobacco-country county that now decides races by fractions of a point
Wilson County sits in the coastal plain east of Raleigh, where a majority-minority population and a shrinking agricultural economy have pushed a once reliably Democratic stronghold to near-perfect equilibrium, with the 2024 presidential contest decided by fewer than 300 votes.
Contextual statewide polling for North Carolina. County pages stay rooted in county returns, but live statewide polling helps frame the current cycle.