Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC · how this place’s counties split between candidates 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 there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, 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 · 2024D+24.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+6.9
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 17 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
205,744
134,616
45,898
25,152
78
2012
218,084
137,711
46,498
33,596
279
2016
215,757
128,906
45,261
41,112
478
2020
213,951
115,880
47,226
49,939
906
2022
208,783
107,009
46,570
54,386
818
2024
214,239
100,427
48,376
63,850
1,586
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+856 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −9,125 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC in Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−1,534
2012
−2,227
2013
−2,330
2014
−1,764
2015
−2,160
2016
−1,052
2017
−1,113
2018
−1,441
2019
−554
2021
−255
2022
+749
2023
+1,840
2024
+1,860
2025
+856
Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC sits in the Carolinas. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 90.5 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 35.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.9 points.
A population of 288,848, a 42% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,393 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Columbia-Sumter-Orangeburg, SC and Memphis-Clarksdale-Forrest City, TN-MS-AR.
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How did Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic by 6.9 points (D+6.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 150,147 votes cast, 79,572 went Democratic and 69,220 went Republican.
When did Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC, North Carolina last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC, North Carolina voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC, North Carolina?
Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC, North Carolina has a population of 288,848 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC, North Carolina is $55,393 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 29 went Democratic and 4 went Republican.
