Granville County, North Carolina
Precinct data
Results by precinct
15 precincts · 32,109 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -WILTWILT | 1,740 | 3,392 | 72 | 5,204 | 33.4% | 65.2% | R+31.7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -MTENMTEN | 1,702 | 2,504 | 53 | 4,259 | 40.0% | 58.8% | R+18.8 |
| Precinct -CRDMCRDM | 1,908 | 1,877 | 62 | 3,847 | 49.6% | 48.8% | D+0.8 |
| Precinct -TYHOTYHO | 1,050 | 2,399 | 36 | 3,485 | 30.1% | 68.8% | R+38.7 |
| Precinct -BTNRBTNR | 1,107 | 942 | 29 | 2,078 | 53.3% | 45.3% | D+7.9 |
| Precinct -CORICORI | 796 | 1,064 | 15 | 1,875 | 42.5% | 56.7% | R+14.3 |
| Precinct -SASSSASS | 550 | 959 | 18 | 1,527 | 36.0% | 62.8% | R+26.8 |
| Precinct -SALMSALM | 668 | 842 | 9 | 1,519 | 44.0% | 55.4% | R+11.5 |
| Precinct -EAOXEAOX | 964 | 521 | 12 | 1,497 | 64.4% | 34.8% | D+29.6 |
| Precinct -CRDLCRDL | 944 | 454 | 18 | 1,416 | 66.7% | 32.1% | D+34.6 |
| Precinct -BEREBERE | 489 | 802 | 7 | 1,298 | 37.7% | 61.8% | R+24.1 |
| Precinct -WOELWOEL | 671 | 450 | 7 | 1,128 | 59.5% | 39.9% | D+19.6 |
| Precinct -SOOXSOOX | 835 | 271 | 9 | 1,115 | 74.9% | 24.3% | D+50.6 |
| Precinct -OKHLOKHL | 400 | 581 | 2 | 983 | 40.7% | 59.1% | R+18.4 |
| Precinct -ANTIANTI | 544 | 327 | 7 | 878 | 62.0% | 37.2% | D+24.7 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −6.4% |
| 1896 | +2.1% |
| 1900 | +18.0% |
| 1904 | +50.8% |
| 1908 | +36.0% |
| 1912 | +65.3% |
| 1916 | +45.1% |
| 1920 | +51.8% |
| 1924 | +65.3% |
| 1928 | +55.1% |
| 1932 | +89.3% |
| 1936 | +91.7% |
| 1940 | +89.7% |
| 1944 | +81.6% |
| 1948 | +77.1% |
| 1952 | +59.4% |
| 1956 | +46.6% |
| 1960 | +46.7% |
| 1964 | +27.3% |
| 1968 | +9.4% |
| 1972 | −34.5% |
| 1976 | +27.8% |
| 1980 | +22.1% |
| 1984 | −9.4% |
| 1988 | +3.8% |
| 1992 | +13.5% |
| 1996 | +9.8% |
| 2000 | +2.4% |
| 2004 | −2.3% |
| 2008 | +6.6% |
| 2012 | +4.5% |
| 2016 | −2.5% |
| 2020 | −6.6% |
| 2024 | −9.4% |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | R | 44.8%9,950 | 53.0%11,770 | 22,225 |
| 2020 | R | 45.8%14,368 | 50.0%15,687 | 31,359 |
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Granville County, NC registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 19-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
| Year | Total registered | Democratic | Republican | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 33,395 | 19,827 | 7,996 | 5,548 | 24 |
| 2012 | 36,812 | 20,364 | 8,854 | 7,500 | 94 |
| 2016 | 38,088 | 19,090 | 9,258 | 9,601 | 139 |
| 2020 | 40,343 | 17,684 | 10,662 | 11,786 | 211 |
| 2022 | 40,528 | 16,506 | 10,896 | 12,921 | 205 |
| 2024 | 42,205 | 15,681 | 11,682 | 14,482 | 360 |
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−214 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +3,656 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $70,022 in average income, against $74,789 for residents who stayed — 6% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean D+26.8 on average — 36 points more Democratic-leaning than Granville County, NC itself (R+9.4).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Wake County, NC359D+25.4
- Durham County, NC311D+61.7
- Vance County, NC156D+13.3
- Franklin County, NC107R+13.5
- Person County, NC42R+23.7
- Orange County, NC32D+50.8
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Wake County, NC289
- Durham County, NC195
- Vance County, NC191
- Franklin County, NC143
- Person County, NC58
- Alamance County, NC37
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −293 |
| 2012 | −17 |
| 2013 | +172 |
| 2014 | +233 |
| 2015 | +151 |
| 2016 | +465 |
| 2017 | +663 |
| 2018 | +569 |
| 2019 | +473 |
| 2021 | +433 |
| 2022 | +422 |
| 2023 | +502 |
| 2024 | +97 |
| 2025 | −214 |
Granville sits on North Carolina's Virginia border, blending small-city Oxford with farming townships. Its R+9.4 margin in 2024 reflects a gradual rightward shift in a county that as recently as 2008 swung Democratic by double digits.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 91.7 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 34.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.4 points.
A population of 60,877, a 55% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,111 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Vance County and Pasquotank County.
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Granville County, North Carolina. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/37077/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.