Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville) · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
83.2%
143,646 votes · D+66.4
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 82.2%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
67.6%
260,561 votes · R+36.7
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 57.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
1,008,847votes
56.5% of the vote · D+14.7
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 999,009 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
747,014votes
41.8% of the vote · D+14.7
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 711,221 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
John W. Davis1924
+58.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+33.5 · U.S. R+25.2
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · +54.4 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
+13.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+36.7 · U.S. R+23.2
Runner-up · Bob Dole, 1996 · +5.4 pts
U.S. House elections · 3 House
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U.S. House
On a multi-state Place, each row sums votes cast in the separate U.S. House races held inside the Place that year. It is a geographic vote total, not one contest or a seat tally.
Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville) · 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 Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville), by party and cycle.
Party
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Democratic
Obama18Clinton4549,381 votes · 22 of 22 countiesprimary
○no contest record
Clinton21Sanders1437,329 votes · 22 of 22 countiesprimary
Biden22508,765 votes · 22 of 22 countiesprimary
○no contest record
Republicannot ingested
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○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 · 2012D+21.6
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+14.7
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 6.9 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville)
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008 (partial)
1,769,603
897,972
482,396
387,874
1,361
2012 (partial)
2,013,392
961,969
527,178
517,981
6,264
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+25,903 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +283,043 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville) in Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville): net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+17,323
2012
+9,050
2013
+13,551
2014
+10,449
2015
+11,981
2016
+22,841
2017
+14,996
2018
+24,468
2019
+22,506
2021
+40,794
2022
+23,178
2023
+25,820
2024
+20,183
2025
+25,903
Home to Fort Liberty and three major research universities, this market blends a highly educated urban core with one of the country's largest active-duty military populations, producing consistently competitive margins in federal and statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 66.4 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 36.7 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 1.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.7 points.
A population of 3,393,797, a 53% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $83,280 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Richmond-Petersburg and Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News.
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How did Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville), North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville), North Carolina voted Democratic by 14.7 points (D+14.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,785,331 votes cast, 1,008,847 went Democratic and 747,014 went Republican.
When did Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville), North Carolina last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville), North Carolina voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville), North Carolina?
Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville), North Carolina has a population of 3,393,797 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville), North Carolina?
Median household income in Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville), North Carolina is $83,280 — above the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville), North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville), North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 28 went Democratic and 5 went Republican.
