North Carolina 1980 Governor Election

Name: North Carolina 1980 Governor Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

James B. Hunt Jr. vs. Beverly Lake

James B. Hunt Jr. won the North Carolina 1980 governor election with 1,143,145 votes (61.9%), a margin of D+24.4.

Statewide Results

61.9%

37.4%

1,143,145

James B. Hunt Jr. (61.9%)

691,449

Beverly Lake (37.4%)

Total Votes: 1,847,432|Margin: D+24.4

County Results

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County Results (100 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
GATES	D+78.7	D+42.6	D+13.5	3,297	R+2.5%
NORTHAMPTON	D+66.0	D+45.0	D+22.8	6,920	R+15.3%
HERTFORD	D+65.7	D+37.1	D+17.2	5,954	R+11.7%
HOKE	D+61.4	D+47.7	D+13.5	4,425	R+9.9%
PERQUIMANS	D+61.3	D+12.3	R+14.7	2,617	R+10.6%
TYRRELL	D+59.6	D+30.7	D+2.1	1,315	R+5.9%
BERTIE	D+59.2	D+38.5	D+15.6	5,491	R+16.4%
ANSON	D+59.0	D+42.4	D+14.8	6,975	R+10.3%
CHOWAN	D+56.4	D+19.7	R+11.1	3,743	R+12.9%
SCOTLAND	D+56.0	D+34.1	R+0.6	6,669	R+4.0%
CAMDEN	D+56.0	D+19.1	R+8.8	2,035	R+14.2%
PASQUOTANK	D+53.6	D+10.2	R+9.3	7,594	R+8.4%
ORANGE	D+53.0	D+20.9	D+13.7	27,756	D+15.4%
BLADEN	D+50.4	D+37.6	D+3.7	8,500	R+25.3%
ROBESON	D+50.2	D+42.5	D+8.2	25,691	R+28.8%
MARTIN	D+49.7	D+29.5	R+4.9	7,455	R+16.6%
CURRITUCK	D+48.2	D+8.2	R+26.7	3,607	R+20.2%
GRANVILLE	D+47.3	D+22.1	R+9.4	8,932	R+14.8%
RICHMOND	D+46.8	D+30.2	D+4.8	11,533	R+14.2%
DURHAM	D+46.3	D+11.9	D+5.0	47,251	D+17.1%
WILSON	D+45.0	R+1.7	R+18.9	16,971	R+10.2%
WASHINGTON	D+44.4	D+21.1	D+6.5	4,906	R+14.4%
WARREN	D+44.3	D+39.9	D+19.4	5,219	R+17.2%
HYDE	D+44.2	D+20.0	R+8.7	2,029	R+14.7%
COLUMBUS	D+44.2	D+29.4	R+2.4	16,057	R+25.1%
DARE	D+42.7	R+5.3	R+44.0	5,390	R+2.2%
CASWELL	D+42.2	D+23.8	D+2.0	5,618	R+23.4%
VANCE	D+41.5	D+12.3	R+7.5	10,160	R+10.6%
PITT	D+40.7	R+0.9	R+16.9	24,877	R+8.0%
EDGECOMBE	D+40.4	D+14.4	D+4.5	13,767	R+10.6%
HALIFAX	D+40.1	D+15.9	D+2.5	14,012	R+12.5%
JONES	D+40.0	D+22.0	R+0.9	3,534	R+27.4%
GREENE	D+39.9	D+12.0	R+7.1	5,129	R+20.1%
MECKLENBURG	D+38.2	R+1.0	R+25.6	140,431	D+16.0%
FRANKLIN	D+38.0	D+21.1	R+11.3	8,793	R+21.2%
PERSON	D+38.0	D+11.0	R+24.8	7,531	R+2.8%
DUPLIN	D+37.6	D+16.2	R+6.0	12,734	R+18.0%
LEE	D+36.4	D+5.5	R+35.2	10,681	D+3.3%
WAKE	D+35.8	R+0.7	R+23.5	106,795	D+9.8%
CHATHAM	D+35.6	D+13.1	R+7.1	12,905	D+3.4%
PENDER	D+34.6	D+18.1	R+7.7	7,270	R+18.4%
PAMLICO	D+34.1	D+18.9	R+8.5	3,690	R+20.1%
UNION	D+32.6	D+5.4	R+41.0	19,093	R+11.5%
CLEVELAND	D+30.8	D+5.9	R+24.8	23,150	R+18.9%
CUMBERLAND	D+30.6	D+1.2	R+16.5	44,897	R+18.1%
HARNETT	D+30.1	D+9.2	R+22.3	16,690	R+8.5%
NEW HANOVER	D+27.4	R+11.1	R+30.7	31,776	R+9.9%
CRAVEN	D+27.0	R+4.6	R+28.3	16,848	R+20.1%
WAYNE	D+25.5	R+14.3	R+28.4	22,729	R+2.1%
MONTGOMERY	D+25.3	D+6.9	R+14.3	7,855	R+5.1%
SWAIN	D+25.2	D+15.1	R+0.3	3,895	R+0.8%
JOHNSTON	D+25.0	R+4.1	R+34.8	20,406	R+9.5%
FORSYTH	D+24.6	R+4.2	R+23.3	85,137	D+2.6%
MADISON	D+23.9	D+9.6	R+10.1	5,983	R+0.6%
JACKSON	D+23.2	D+7.7	R+12.2	9,600	R+2.2%
SAMPSON	D+23.2	D+5.6	R+7.8	17,283	R+0.4%
GUILFORD	D+23.1	R+8.6	R+22.7	103,310	R+3.1%
HAYWOOD	D+22.8	D+14.9	R+12.1	17,076	R+18.4%
ROCKINGHAM	D+22.4	D+2.1	R+25.5	21,777	R+17.1%
RUTHERFORD	D+21.4	R+0.3	R+24.7	17,086	R+14.1%
ONSLOW	D+21.4	R+8.9	R+41.7	16,885	R+30.9%
LENOIR	D+20.7	R+12.9	R+21.7	17,143	R+23.0%
NASH	D+20.5	R+14.6	R+33.6	19,731	R+14.3%
ALLEGHANY	D+20.1	D+4.7	R+12.5	4,255	R+13.0%
BRUNSWICK	D+20.0	D+6.6	R+17.6	13,016	R+26.7%
BEAUFORT	D+19.9	R+5.7	R+21.5	12,581	R+22.1%
BUNCOMBE	D+19.1	R+2.4	R+23.5	54,181	R+6.4%
GASTON	D+18.2	R+13.5	R+46.9	45,512	R+13.2%
IREDELL	D+17.5	R+10.3	R+40.5	27,402	R+8.4%
SURRY	D+16.1	R+5.6	R+29.9	20,078	R+8.7%
TRANSYLVANIA	D+14.4	R+8.9	R+30.1	9,201	R+7.3%
LINCOLN	D+12.3	R+7.1	R+35.5	16,948	R+12.2%
MOORE	D+12.1	R+11.0	R+35.0	18,624	R+0.6%
YANCEY	D+12.0	D+8.6	R+8.1	7,446	R+13.0%
CARTERET	D+11.2	R+8.5	R+32.8	14,770	R+18.8%
POLK	D+10.4	R+11.5	R+30.0	6,201	R+8.8%
ALAMANCE	D+10.3	R+8.9	R+39.7	34,005	R+21.7%
MCDOWELL	D+10.3	R+9.2	R+30.4	11,017	R+22.1%
CABARRUS	D+9.7	R+21.0	R+45.2	25,901	R+10.2%
MACON	D+9.1	R+6.9	R+30.1	8,834	R+10.9%
WATAUGA	D+9.0	R+9.4	R+28.9	12,233	R+2.2%
STANLY	D+5.3	R+10.9	R+36.2	18,348	R+8.4%
STOKES	D+4.8	R+11.4	R+31.5	13,089	R+9.0%
ROWAN	D+4.5	R+22.2	R+40.6	31,727	R+16.6%
BURKE	D+4.3	R+5.0	R+28.8	25,005	R+17.9%
CHEROKEE	D+3.9	R+10.4	R+27.6	7,466	R+8.8%
GRAHAM	D+2.2	R+9.8	R+25.4	3,569	R+12.5%
HENDERSON	D+1.9	R+27.0	R+45.5	21,824	D+0.1%
CATAWBA	D+1.6	R+23.8	R+45.7	36,826	R+6.7%
ALEXANDER	D+0.5	R+16.5	R+40.6	10,880	R+14.5%
ASHE	D+0.3	R+11.5	R+24.4	10,227	R+7.4%
DAVIDSON	R+1.7	R+21.5	R+45.2	39,677	R+15.0%
CALDWELL	R+4.4	R+18.9	R+39.8	21,602	R+17.7%
RANDOLPH	R+5.2	R+31.8	R+54.8	31,098	R+10.1%
DAVIE	R+7.9	R+30.5	R+47.6	9,707	R+6.9%
CLAY	R+11.4	R+22.9	R+25.4	3,564	R+19.7%
WILKES	R+12.9	R+27.2	R+46.2	23,593	R+13.4%
YADKIN	R+15.8	R+31.8	R+48.9	11,440	R+10.5%
AVERY	R+22.1	R+37.7	R+60.2	4,947	R+5.5%
MITCHELL	R+28.8	R+40.8	R+57.2	6,029	R+5.4%

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