North Carolina 1972 Governor Election

Hargrove Skipper Bowles Jr. vs. James E. Holshouser Jr.

James E. Holshouser Jr. won the North Carolina 1972 governor election with 767,470 votes (51.0%), a margin of R+2.5.

Statewide Results

48.5%

51.0%

729,104

Hargrove Skipper Bowles Jr. (48.5%)

767,470

James E. Holshouser Jr. (51.0%)

Total Votes: 1,504,785|Margin: R+2.5

County Results

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County Results (100 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
GATES	D+65.7	D+42.6	D+13.5	2,343	D+17.5%
NORTHAMPTON	D+59.3	D+45.0	D+22.8	6,325	D+6.9%
PERQUIMANS	D+48.8	D+12.3	R+14.7	1,961	D+18.9%
CURRITUCK	D+47.2	D+8.2	R+26.7	2,220	D+4.6%
CHOWAN	D+46.4	D+19.7	R+11.1	2,807	D+16.1%
CAMDEN	D+43.9	D+19.1	R+8.8	1,480	D+7.7%
PASQUOTANK	D+42.7	D+10.2	R+9.3	5,919	D+17.0%
HOKE	D+41.1	D+47.7	D+13.5	3,379	R+8.5%
HERTFORD	D+40.2	D+37.1	D+17.2	4,492	R+6.4%
JONES	D+39.0	D+22.0	R+0.9	2,760	D+26.5%
ROBESON	D+38.1	D+42.5	D+8.2	18,865	R+13.4%
BERTIE	D+37.4	D+38.5	D+15.6	4,572	D+1.4%
MARTIN	D+36.8	D+29.5	R+4.9	6,048	D+0.5%
EDGECOMBE	D+35.3	D+14.4	D+4.5	12,838	D+16.6%
BLADEN	D+32.3	D+37.6	D+3.7	6,410	R+1.7%
TYRRELL	D+30.5	D+30.7	D+2.1	1,095	R+14.3%
HALIFAX	D+30.4	D+15.9	D+2.5	12,925	D+10.3%
WARREN	D+29.9	D+39.9	D+19.4	4,304	R+3.3%
FRANKLIN	D+28.1	D+21.1	R+11.3	7,881	D+17.0%
WASHINGTON	D+26.0	D+21.1	D+6.5	4,098	D+5.3%
GREENE	D+25.9	D+12.0	R+7.1	3,678	D+4.5%
PAMLICO	D+24.8	D+18.9	R+8.5	2,772	D+14.7%
DARE	D+21.7	R+5.3	R+44.0	2,607	R+0.0%
HYDE	D+21.0	D+20.0	R+8.7	1,507	R+6.0%
NASH	D+19.7	R+14.6	R+33.6	17,451	D+19.9%
COLUMBUS	D+19.5	D+29.4	R+2.4	11,745	R+0.4%
DUPLIN	D+18.8	D+16.2	R+6.0	10,088	D+7.7%
UNION	D+18.7	D+5.4	R+41.0	14,375	D+2.5%
RICHMOND	D+17.9	D+30.2	D+4.8	9,141	R+12.6%
WILSON	D+17.4	R+1.7	R+18.9	16,114	D+14.3%
BEAUFORT	D+16.9	R+5.7	R+21.5	9,852	D+12.4%
SCOTLAND	D+16.1	D+34.1	R+0.6	5,406	R+33.7%
GRANVILLE	D+15.0	D+22.1	R+9.4	8,448	D+2.1%
ORANGE	D+14.7	D+20.9	D+13.7	23,785	R+13.5%
LENOIR	D+14.0	R+12.9	R+21.7	14,778	D+12.6%
PERSON	D+13.1	D+11.0	R+24.8	8,027	D+3.0%
CASWELL	D+12.6	D+23.8	D+2.0	4,841	R+29.5%
PITT	D+12.5	R+0.9	R+16.9	19,907	R+4.1%
CRAVEN	D+10.4	R+4.6	R+28.3	12,450	D+14.6%
LEE	D+10.2	D+5.5	R+35.2	7,659	R+5.2%
CHATHAM	D+10.2	D+13.1	R+7.1	9,282	D+0.5%
VANCE	D+9.4	D+12.3	R+7.5	9,547	R+7.8%
WAYNE	D+7.9	R+14.3	R+28.4	18,846	D+10.9%
ONSLOW	D+7.9	R+8.9	R+41.7	12,790	D+19.6%
DURHAM	D+7.9	D+11.9	D+5.0	41,054	R+1.0%
HAYWOOD	D+7.9	D+14.9	R+12.1	13,891	R+16.4%
PENDER	D+7.0	D+18.1	R+7.7	4,680	R+19.2%
MADISON	D+5.2	D+9.6	R+10.1	5,719	D+0.5%
JACKSON	D+4.1	D+7.7	R+12.2	8,077	R+3.5%
SWAIN	D+4.1	D+15.1	R+0.3	3,277	R+10.2%
CUMBERLAND	D+4.1	D+1.2	R+16.5	34,107	R+14.3%
CARTERET	D+3.7	R+8.5	R+32.8	11,668	D+3.7%
YANCEY	D+1.9	D+8.6	R+8.1	5,581	R+6.8%
GUILFORD	D+1.3	R+8.6	R+22.7	87,886	R+10.0%
ANSON	D+0.6	D+42.4	D+14.8	5,818	R+34.6%
MONTGOMERY	D+0.4	D+6.9	R+14.3	6,765	R+4.4%
CLEVELAND	D+0.1	D+5.9	R+24.8	19,285	R+15.1%
HARNETT	R+0.4	D+9.2	R+22.3	13,526	D+3.4%
SAMPSON	R+0.6	D+5.6	R+7.8	14,633	D+1.9%
BUNCOMBE	R+2.1	R+2.4	R+23.5	45,476	R+15.1%
CHEROKEE	R+2.2	R+10.4	R+27.6	6,611	D+5.0%
ALLEGHANY	R+2.6	D+4.7	R+12.5	3,594	R+7.8%
LINCOLN	R+4.0	R+7.1	R+35.5	13,869	R+1.1%
ROCKINGHAM	R+4.1	D+2.1	R+25.5	20,428	R+12.1%
MACON	R+4.2	R+6.9	R+30.1	6,040	R+9.5%
MOORE	R+5.2	R+11.0	R+35.0	13,260	R+7.2%
POLK	R+5.4	R+11.5	R+30.0	4,969	R+6.5%
BRUNSWICK	R+5.8	D+6.6	R+17.6	8,936	R+20.1%
WAKE	R+6.0	R+0.7	R+23.5	80,059	R+10.1%
RUTHERFORD	R+6.4	R+0.3	R+24.7	14,220	R+18.7%
GRAHAM	R+6.6	R+9.8	R+25.4	2,857	R+0.4%
JOHNSTON	R+7.3	R+4.1	R+34.8	17,375	D+3.1%
NEW HANOVER	R+7.3	R+11.1	R+30.7	25,769	R+13.4%
TRANSYLVANIA	R+8.3	R+8.9	R+30.1	8,383	R+11.9%
GASTON	R+9.5	R+13.5	R+46.9	36,432	R+4.2%
IREDELL	R+11.2	R+10.3	R+40.5	22,939	R+8.7%
SURRY	R+11.3	R+5.6	R+29.9	15,972	R+7.5%
STOKES	R+12.5	R+11.4	R+31.5	10,811	R+9.3%
MCDOWELL	R+13.6	R+9.2	R+30.4	9,271	R+19.0%
MECKLENBURG	R+14.3	R+1.0	R+25.6	105,805	R+24.7%
FORSYTH	R+14.4	R+4.2	R+23.3	68,733	R+15.2%
CLAY	R+15.7	R+22.9	R+25.4	2,411	R+7.7%
ASHE	R+15.9	R+11.5	R+24.4	9,357	R+8.6%
ROWAN	R+16.8	R+22.2	R+40.6	27,637	R+14.8%
BURKE	R+17.9	R+5.0	R+28.8	21,043	R+10.6%
STANLY	R+18.5	R+10.9	R+36.2	18,205	R+3.3%
CABARRUS	R+18.7	R+21.0	R+45.2	24,062	R+11.3%
ALAMANCE	R+19.8	R+8.9	R+39.7	29,477	R+36.9%
ALEXANDER	R+20.3	R+16.5	R+40.6	8,685	R+4.0%
CALDWELL	R+20.8	R+18.9	R+39.8	18,366	R+9.2%
DAVIDSON	R+22.6	R+21.5	R+45.2	33,467	R+10.6%
WATAUGA	R+23.0	R+9.4	R+28.9	9,693	R+4.2%
RANDOLPH	R+24.7	R+31.8	R+54.8	25,084	R+1.6%
HENDERSON	R+26.9	R+27.0	R+45.5	15,309	R+3.5%
CATAWBA	R+27.7	R+23.8	R+45.7	32,591	R+6.8%
DAVIE	R+34.6	R+30.5	R+47.6	7,513	R+10.4%
WILKES	R+35.8	R+27.2	R+46.2	18,258	R+6.9%
YADKIN	R+43.1	R+31.8	R+48.9	8,655	R+8.0%
MITCHELL	R+56.9	R+40.8	R+57.2	5,082	R+12.5%
AVERY	R+60.8	R+37.7	R+60.2	4,296	R+14.1%

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