North Carolina — 1912 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1912 presidential electionNorth Carolina · PresidentWilsonD+47.3
How it voted
Share of the 1912 vote
| Woodrow Wilson ✓Democratic | 59.2% | 144,407 |
|---|---|---|
| OtherAll other candidates | 28.8% | 70,273 |
| William H. TaftRepublican | 11.9% | 29,129 |
1912presidential margin
D+60R+60
100 counties, each filled by 1912 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Gold marks a county an independent or third-party candidate carried.
North Carolina cast 12 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (100 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Alamance County, NC | Democratic | D+50.4 |
| Alexander County, NC | Democratic | D+17.6 |
| Alleghany County, NC | Democratic | D+39.8 |
| Anson County, NC | Democratic | D+78.7 |
| Ashe County, NC | Democratic | D+34.6 |
| Avery County, NC | Other / independent | D+6.0 |
| Beaufort County, NC | Democratic | D+52.2 |
| Bertie County, NC | Democratic | D+91.2 |
| Bladen County, NC | Democratic | D+65.7 |
| Brunswick County, NC | Democratic | D+32.8 |
| Buncombe County, NC | Democratic | D+50.4 |
| Burke County, NC | Democratic | D+48.8 |
| Cabarrus County, NC | Democratic | D+36.4 |
| Caldwell County, NC | Democratic | D+34.8 |
| Camden County, NC | Democratic | D+64.9 |
| Carteret County, NC | Democratic | D+49.0 |
| Caswell County, NC | Democratic | D+61.0 |
| Catawba County, NC | Democratic | D+45.5 |
| Chatham County, NC | Democratic | D+51.6 |
| Cherokee County, NC | Democratic | D+8.1 |
| Chowan County, NC | Democratic | D+75.4 |
| Clay County, NC | Other / independent | D+45.7 |
| Cleveland County, NC | Democratic | D+67.3 |
| Columbus County, NC | Democratic | D+55.7 |
| Craven County, NC | Democratic | D+83.3 |
| Cumberland County, NC | Democratic | D+51.7 |
| Currituck County, NC | Democratic | D+96.9 |
| Dare County, NC | Democratic | D+22.2 |
| Davidson County, NC | Democratic | D+18.9 |
| Davie County, NC | Democratic | D+0.7 |
| Duplin County, NC | Democratic | D+60.3 |
| Durham County, NC | Democratic | D+58.8 |
| Edgecombe County, NC | Democratic | D+84.1 |
| Forsyth County, NC | Democratic | D+21.4 |
| Franklin County, NC | Democratic | D+78.5 |
| Gaston County, NC | Democratic | D+53.2 |
| Gates County, NC | Democratic | D+58.6 |
| Graham County, NC | Democratic | D+17.2 |
| Granville County, NC | Democratic | D+65.3 |
| Greene County, NC | Democratic | D+65.8 |
| Guilford County, NC | Democratic | D+53.2 |
| Halifax County, NC | Democratic | D+91.2 |
| Harnett County, NC | Democratic | D+47.6 |
| Haywood County, NC | Democratic | D+52.1 |
| Henderson County, NC | Democratic | D+12.8 |
| Hertford County, NC | Democratic | D+75.0 |
| Hoke County, NC | Democratic | D+77.2 |
| Hyde County, NC | Democratic | D+55.3 |
| Iredell County, NC | Democratic | D+53.8 |
| Jackson County, NC | Democratic | D+39.6 |
| Johnston County, NC | Democratic | D+27.5 |
| Jones County, NC | Democratic | D+75.5 |
| Lee County, NC | Democratic | D+29.9 |
| Lenoir County, NC | Democratic | D+71.0 |
| Lincoln County, NC | Democratic | D+51.1 |
| Macon County, NC | Democratic | D+44.4 |
| Madison County, NC | Other / independent | D+17.6 |
| Martin County, NC | Democratic | D+67.5 |
| McDowell County, NC | Democratic | D+32.1 |
| Mecklenburg County, NC | Democratic | D+76.4 |
| Mitchell County, NC | Other / independent | D+14.0 |
| Montgomery County, NC | Democratic | D+43.4 |
| Moore County, NC | Democratic | D+43.3 |
| Nash County, NC | Democratic | D+63.7 |
| New Hanover County, NC | Democratic | D+82.9 |
| Northampton County, NC | Democratic | D+90.4 |
| Onslow County, NC | Democratic | D+55.0 |
| Orange County, NC | Democratic | D+41.4 |
| Pamlico County, NC | Democratic | D+55.5 |
| Pasquotank County, NC | Democratic | D+72.6 |
| Pender County, NC | Democratic | D+75.6 |
| Perquimans County, NC | Democratic | D+45.6 |
| Person County, NC | Democratic | D+2.0 |
| Pitt County, NC | Democratic | D+63.4 |
| Polk County, NC | Democratic | D+39.2 |
| Randolph County, NC | Democratic | D+47.3 |
| Richmond County, NC | Democratic | D+78.0 |
| Robeson County, NC | Democratic | D+72.5 |
| Rockingham County, NC | Democratic | D+36.0 |
| Rowan County, NC | Democratic | D+53.4 |
| Rutherford County, NC | Democratic | D+54.8 |
| Sampson County, NC | Other / independent | D+30.5 |
| Scotland County, NC | Democratic | D+88.9 |
| Stanly County, NC | Democratic | D+47.6 |
| Stokes County, NC | Republican | R+10.8 |
| Surry County, NC | Republican | R+7.5 |
| Swain County, NC | Other / independent | D+29.6 |
| Transylvania County, NC | Democratic | D+41.1 |
| Tyrrell County, NC | Democratic | D+11.7 |
| Union County, NC | Democratic | D+72.0 |
| Vance County, NC | Democratic | D+64.5 |
| Wake County, NC | Democratic | D+64.0 |
| Warren County, NC | Democratic | D+76.4 |
| Washington County, NC | Democratic | D+11.5 |
| Watauga County, NC | Democratic | D+23.6 |
| Wayne County, NC | Democratic | D+62.7 |
| Wilkes County, NC | Other / independent | D+28.8 |
| Wilson County, NC | Democratic | D+69.6 |
| Yadkin County, NC | Republican | R+3.7 |
| Yancey County, NC | Democratic | D+47.6 |
North Carolina results by county
100 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamance County | Woodrow Wilson+485 | 2,13254.3% | 1,64741.9% | 1503.8% | 3,929 |
| Alexander County | Woodrow Wilson+329 | 85245.5% | 49726.5% | 52327.9% | 1,872 |
| Alleghany County | Woodrow Wilson+396 | 65258.4% | 25622.9% | 20818.6% | 1,116 |
| Anson County | Woodrow Wilson+1,362 | 1,48786.0% | 1186.8% | 1257.2% | 1,730 |
| Ashe County | Woodrow Wilson+401 | 1,64348.9% | 1,24236.9% | 47814.2% | 3,363 |
| Avery County | Other+735 | 21716.6% | 95272.8% | 13810.6% | 1,307 |
| Beaufort County | Woodrow Wilson+996 | 1,60564.0% | 60924.3% | 29511.8% | 2,509 |
| Bertie County | Woodrow Wilson+1,510 | 1,57193.8% | 613.6% | 432.6% | 1,675 |
| Bladen County | Woodrow Wilson+629 | 1,14067.7% | 51130.3% | 332.0% | 1,684 |
| Brunswick County | Woodrow Wilson+321 | 77751.4% | 45630.1% | 28018.5% | 1,513 |
| Buncombe County | Woodrow Wilson+1,330 | 3,71656.9% | 2,38636.6% | 4266.5% | 6,528 |
| Burke County | Woodrow Wilson+77 | 1,36550.5% | 1,28847.7% | 481.8% | 2,701 |
| Cabarrus County | Woodrow Wilson+154 | 1,73846.8% | 1,58442.7% | 38910.5% | 3,711 |
| Caldwell County | Woodrow Wilson+449 | 1,62749.5% | 1,17835.8% | 48214.7% | 3,287 |
| Camden County | Woodrow Wilson+241 | 30374.8% | 6215.3% | 409.9% | 405 |
| Carteret County | Woodrow Wilson+616 | 1,15360.4% | 53728.1% | 21811.4% | 1,908 |
| Caswell County | Woodrow Wilson+551 | 70578.0% | 455.0% | 15417.0% | 904 |
| Catawba County | Woodrow Wilson+235 | 2,11050.4% | 1,87544.8% | 2034.8% | 4,188 |
| Chatham County | Woodrow Wilson+307 | 1,65253.9% | 1,34543.9% | 702.3% | 3,067 |
| Cherokee County | Woodrow Wilson+172 | 90642.8% | 47722.5% | 73434.7% | 2,117 |
| Chowan County | Woodrow Wilson+586 | 66382.9% | 779.6% | 607.5% | 800 |
| Clay County | Other+15 | 37247.9% | 38749.9% | 172.2% | 776 |
| Cleveland County | Woodrow Wilson+1,408 | 2,35169.7% | 94327.9% | 812.4% | 3,375 |
| Columbus County | Woodrow Wilson+776 | 1,66861.4% | 89232.9% | 1555.7% | 2,715 |
| Craven County | Woodrow Wilson+1,629 | 1,81987.1% | 1909.1% | 793.8% | 2,088 |
| Cumberland County | Woodrow Wilson+798 | 1,67860.1% | 88031.5% | 2358.4% | 2,793 |
| Currituck County | Woodrow Wilson+614 | 62297.8% | 81.3% | 60.9% | 636 |
| Dare County | Woodrow Wilson+159 | 39755.5% | 8011.2% | 23833.3% | 715 |
| Davidson County | Woodrow Wilson+975 | 2,48448.2% | 1,16522.6% | 1,50929.3% | 5,158 |
| Davie County | Woodrow Wilson+13 | 82341.6% | 34617.5% | 81040.9% | 1,979 |
| Duplin County | Woodrow Wilson+688 | 1,75761.5% | 1,06937.4% | 331.2% | 2,859 |
| Durham County | Woodrow Wilson+992 | 2,19762.3% | 1,20534.2% | 1243.5% | 3,526 |
| Edgecombe County | Woodrow Wilson+1,725 | 1,85189.0% | 1266.1% | 1024.9% | 2,079 |
| Forsyth County | Woodrow Wilson+1,353 | 3,04248.1% | 1,59125.2% | 1,68926.7% | 6,322 |
| Franklin County | Woodrow Wilson+1,509 | 1,85681.6% | 34715.3% | 713.1% | 2,274 |
| Gaston County | Woodrow Wilson+986 | 2,33359.5% | 1,34734.3% | 2446.2% | 3,924 |
| Gates County | Woodrow Wilson+439 | 61869.3% | 17920.1% | 9510.7% | 892 |
| Graham County | Woodrow Wilson+155 | 41646.2% | 22324.8% | 26129.0% | 900 |
| Granville County | Woodrow Wilson+1,218 | 1,56174.5% | 34316.4% | 1929.2% | 2,096 |
| Greene County | Woodrow Wilson+742 | 89476.4% | 15213.0% | 12410.6% | 1,170 |
| Guilford County | Woodrow Wilson+1,782 | 3,83060.4% | 2,04832.3% | 4607.3% | 6,338 |
| Halifax County | Woodrow Wilson+2,165 | 2,30092.9% | 1355.5% | 421.7% | 2,477 |
| Harnett County | Woodrow Wilson+323 | 1,36453.4% | 1,04140.8% | 1485.8% | 2,553 |
| Haywood County | Woodrow Wilson+1,201 | 2,06862.9% | 86726.4% | 35410.8% | 3,289 |
| Henderson County | Woodrow Wilson+291 | 1,09248.0% | 38216.8% | 80135.2% | 2,275 |
| Hertford County | Woodrow Wilson+637 | 74281.7% | 10511.6% | 616.7% | 908 |
| Hoke County | Woodrow Wilson+563 | 62685.9% | 405.5% | 638.6% | 729 |
| Hyde County | Woodrow Wilson+336 | 63662.8% | 30029.6% | 767.5% | 1,012 |
| Iredell County | Woodrow Wilson+1,479 | 2,52863.7% | 1,04926.4% | 3929.9% | 3,969 |
| Jackson County | Woodrow Wilson+476 | 1,21053.6% | 73432.5% | 31513.9% | 2,259 |
| Johnston County | Woodrow Wilson+1,422 | 2,75753.3% | 1,08320.9% | 1,33525.8% | 5,175 |
| Jones County | Woodrow Wilson+510 | 63579.9% | 12515.7% | 354.4% | 795 |
| Lee County | Woodrow Wilson+411 | 86262.8% | 604.4% | 45132.8% | 1,373 |
| Lenoir County | Woodrow Wilson+1,221 | 1,56877.0% | 34717.0% | 1226.0% | 2,037 |
| Lincoln County | Woodrow Wilson+199 | 1,28053.1% | 1,08144.9% | 492.0% | 2,410 |
| Macon County | Woodrow Wilson+179 | 1,02051.1% | 84142.2% | 1346.7% | 1,995 |
| Madison County | Other+423 | 89733.9% | 1,32049.9% | 43016.2% | 2,647 |
| Martin County | Woodrow Wilson+1,022 | 1,25182.6% | 342.2% | 22915.1% | 1,514 |
| McDowell County | Woodrow Wilson+254 | 1,03747.9% | 78336.2% | 34315.9% | 2,163 |
| Mecklenburg County | Woodrow Wilson+3,396 | 3,96782.3% | 57111.8% | 2845.9% | 4,822 |
| Mitchell County | Other+331 | 38529.5% | 71654.9% | 20315.6% | 1,304 |
| Montgomery County | Woodrow Wilson+166 | 1,01250.5% | 84642.3% | 1447.2% | 2,002 |
| Moore County | Woodrow Wilson+472 | 1,16755.2% | 69532.9% | 25211.9% | 2,114 |
| Nash County | Woodrow Wilson+1,244 | 1,86270.2% | 61823.3% | 1726.5% | 2,652 |
| New Hanover County | Woodrow Wilson+1,881 | 2,02189.1% | 1074.7% | 1406.2% | 2,268 |
| Northampton County | Woodrow Wilson+1,568 | 1,62593.7% | 533.1% | 573.3% | 1,735 |
| Onslow County | Woodrow Wilson+351 | 90159.4% | 55036.3% | 664.4% | 1,517 |
| Orange County | Woodrow Wilson+172 | 99750.0% | 82541.4% | 1728.6% | 1,994 |
| Pamlico County | Woodrow Wilson+345 | 69462.1% | 34931.2% | 746.6% | 1,117 |
| Pasquotank County | Woodrow Wilson+788 | 97278.8% | 18414.9% | 776.2% | 1,233 |
| Pender County | Woodrow Wilson+699 | 96777.1% | 26821.4% | 191.5% | 1,254 |
| Perquimans County | Woodrow Wilson+419 | 64770.4% | 444.8% | 22824.8% | 919 |
| Person County | Woodrow Wilson+36 | 82045.9% | 18410.3% | 78443.8% | 1,788 |
| Pitt County | Woodrow Wilson+1,867 | 2,30374.6% | 43614.1% | 34711.2% | 3,086 |
| Polk County | Woodrow Wilson+173 | 67550.8% | 50237.7% | 15311.5% | 1,330 |
| Randolph County | Woodrow Wilson+850 | 2,66554.9% | 1,81537.4% | 3707.6% | 4,850 |
| Richmond County | Woodrow Wilson+1,134 | 1,31983.2% | 18511.7% | 825.2% | 1,586 |
| Robeson County | Woodrow Wilson+2,046 | 2,70676.9% | 66018.8% | 1544.4% | 3,520 |
| Rockingham County | Woodrow Wilson+1,110 | 1,93956.0% | 82923.9% | 69420.0% | 3,462 |
| Rowan County | Woodrow Wilson+1,152 | 2,74859.4% | 1,59634.5% | 2806.1% | 4,624 |
| Rutherford County | Woodrow Wilson+613 | 2,18056.9% | 1,56740.9% | 822.1% | 3,829 |
| Sampson County | Other+1,256 | 1,26532.7% | 2,52165.1% | 842.2% | 3,870 |
| Scotland County | Woodrow Wilson+676 | 75189.9% | 759.0% | 91.1% | 835 |
| Stanly County | Woodrow Wilson+154 | 1,70250.7% | 1,54846.1% | 1053.1% | 3,355 |
| Stokes County | William H. Taft+306 | 1,14440.5% | 2328.2% | 1,45051.3% | 2,826 |
| Surry County | William H. Taft+358 | 1,91939.9% | 60912.7% | 2,27747.4% | 4,805 |
| Swain County | Other+92 | 76641.5% | 85846.5% | 22011.9% | 1,844 |
| Transylvania County | Woodrow Wilson+93 | 63149.5% | 53842.2% | 1078.4% | 1,276 |
| Tyrrell County | Woodrow Wilson+73 | 29747.5% | 10416.6% | 22435.8% | 625 |
| Union County | Woodrow Wilson+1,310 | 1,78675.9% | 47620.2% | 923.9% | 2,354 |
| Vance County | Woodrow Wilson+970 | 1,20475.0% | 23414.6% | 16810.5% | 1,606 |
| Wake County | Woodrow Wilson+2,467 | 3,99668.8% | 1,52926.3% | 2824.9% | 5,807 |
| Warren County | Woodrow Wilson+875 | 98786.2% | 464.0% | 1129.8% | 1,145 |
| Washington County | Woodrow Wilson+119 | 50348.6% | 14914.4% | 38437.1% | 1,036 |
| Watauga County | Woodrow Wilson+112 | 93342.9% | 82137.8% | 42019.3% | 2,174 |
| Wayne County | Woodrow Wilson+1,178 | 2,29365.5% | 1,11531.8% | 952.7% | 3,503 |
| Wilkes County | Other+935 | 1,63636.1% | 2,57156.7% | 3317.3% | 4,538 |
| Wilson County | Woodrow Wilson+1,180 | 1,74173.0% | 56123.5% | 823.4% | 2,384 |
| Yadkin County | William H. Taft+78 | 71333.9% | 59928.5% | 79137.6% | 2,103 |
| Yancey County | Woodrow Wilson+76 | 1,11250.4% | 1,03646.9% | 602.7% | 2,208 |
Nominees: Woodrow Wilson (D) · William Howard Taft (R) · Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)
North Carolina's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1912 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +11.6% |
| 1896 | +5.8% |
| 1900 | +8.5% |
| 1904 | +20.1% |
| 1908 | +8.7% |
| 1912 | +47.3% |
| 1916 | +16.4% |
| 1920 | +13.5% |
| 1924 | +19.4% |
| 1928 | −9.9% |
| 1932 | +40.6% |
| 1936 | +46.8% |
| 1940 | +48.1% |
| 1944 | +33.4% |
| 1948 | +25.3% |
| 1952 | +7.8% |
| 1956 | +1.3% |
| 1960 | +4.2% |
| 1964 | +12.3% |
| 1968 | −10.3% |
| 1972 | −40.6% |
| 1976 | +11.0% |
| 1980 | −2.1% |
| 1984 | −24.0% |
| 1988 | −16.3% |
| 1992 | −0.8% |
| 1996 | −4.7% |
| 2000 | −12.8% |
| 2004 | −12.4% |
| 2008 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | −2.0% |
| 2016 | −3.7% |
| 2020 | −1.3% |
| 2024 | −3.2% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1912 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.