United States presidential election in North Carolina, 2016

United States presidential election in North Carolina, 2016
North Carolina
November 8, 2016

 
Nominee Donald Trump Hillary Clinton
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York New York
Running mate Mike Pence Tim Kaine
Electoral vote 15 0
Popular vote 2,355,784 2,180,230
Percentage 49.9% 46.2%

County Results

  Trump—40-50%
  Trump—50-60%
  Trump—60-70%
  Trump—70-80%

  Clinton—40-50%
  Clinton—50-60%
  Clinton—60-70%
  Clinton—70-80%


President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

The 2016 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 general election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. North Carolina voters chose 15 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote.

Republican nominee Donald Trump won the state by 3.7% points, nearly doubling Republican nominee Mitt Romney's 2.04% margin of victory from 2012. It was one of the key statewide wins that ensured Trump's election as president.

On March 15, 2016, in the presidential primaries, North Carolina voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian parties' respective nominees for President. In North Carolina, registered members of each party only voted in their party's primary, while voters who were unaffiliated chose any one primary in which to vote.

Primary elections

Democratic primary

Four candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:[1][2]

Polling

According to a WRAL-TV/SurveyUSA poll conducted the week before the primary: "[Hillary] Clinton holds a commanding lead of 57 percent to 34 percent among likely Democratic voters over U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont." [3]

Results

County results of the North Carolina Democratic presidential primary, 2016.
  Hillary Clinton
  Bernie Sanders
Democratic primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hillary Clinton 616,758 54.59%
Democratic Bernie Sanders 460,434 40.75%
Democratic No Preference 37,200 3.29%
Democratic Others (total) 15,375 1.36%
Total votes 1,129,767 100%

Republican primary

Twelve candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:[1][2][5]

Republican primary results by county.
  Donald Trump
  Ted Cruz

Polling

According to a WRAL-TV/SurveyUSA poll conducted the week before the primary: "[Donald] Trump tops U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas 41 percent to 27 percent among likely GOP voters. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Ohio Gov. John Kasich trail far behind, at 14 and 11 percent, respectively." [3]

Results

North Carolina Republican primary, March 15, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Donald Trump 462,413 40.23% 29 0 29
Ted Cruz 422,621 36.76% 27 0 27
John Kasich 145,659 12.67% 9 0 9
Marco Rubio 88,907 7.73% 6 0 6
Ben Carson (withdrawn) 11,019 0.96% 1 0 1
No Preference 6,081 0.53% 0 0 0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn) 3,893 0.34% 0 0 0
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn) 3,071 0.27% 0 0 0
Rand Paul (withdrawn) 2,753 0.24% 0 0 0
Chris Christie (withdrawn) 1,256 0.11% 0 0 0
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) 929 0.08% 0 0 0
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) 663 0.06% 0 0 0
Jim Gilmore (withdrawn) 265 0.02% 0 0 0
Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0
Total: 1,149,530 100.00% 72 0 72
Source: The Green Papers

Trump managed to pull off a closer than expected win due to both Cruz and his campaigns performances in different metropolitan areas. Trump was strongest in the Charlotte, Fayetteville and Wilmington areas. Cruz did best in Greensboro, Asheville and the Research Triangle region, where North Carolina's major colleges and capitol of Raleigh are located.[6]

Libertarian primary

North Carolina Libertarian primary, 2016
North Carolina
March 15, 2016 (2016-03-15)

 
Candidate Gary Johnson No Preference
Home state New Mexico n/a
Popular vote 2,414 2,067
Percentage 41.48% 35.52%

 
Candidate John Hale Joy Waymire
Home state Kentucky California
Popular vote 329 268
Percentage 5.65% 4.61%

North Carolina results by county
  Gary Johnson
  No Preference
  Tie

Eleven candidates appeared on the Libertarian presidential primary ballot:[1][2]

Results

North Carolina Libertarian presidential primary, March 15, 2016[7]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Gary Johnson 2,414 41.48%
No Preference 2,067 35.52%
John David Hale 329 5.65%
Joy Waymire 268 4.61%
Austin Petersen 189 3.25%
Darryl Perry 118 2.03%
Steve Kerbel 109 1.87%
Derrick Michael Reid 74 1.27%
Cecil Ince 72 1%
Jack Robinson, Jr. 70 1.20%
Marc Allan Feldman 66 1.13%
Rhett Smith 43 0.74%
Total 5,739 100%

General Election

Polling

Candidates

In addition to Clinton, Johnson and Trump, Green Party nominee Jill Stein was granted write-in status by the North Carolina State Board of Elections, the only write-in candidate to qualify.[8][9]

Predictions

The following were final 2016 predictions from various organizations for North Carolina as of Election Day.

  1. Los Angeles Times: Leans Clinton[10]
  2. CNN: Tossup[11]
  3. Sabato's Crystal Ball: Leans Clinton[12]
  4. NBC: Tossup[13]
  5. Electoral-vote.com: Leans Clinton[14]
  6. RealClearPolitics: Tossup[15]
  7. Fox News: Tossup[16]
  8. ABC: Tossup[17]

Results

 United States presidential election in North Carolina, 2016
– Summary of results –
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Donald Trump 2,362,632 49.83%
Hillary Clinton 2,189,322 46.17%
Gary Johnson 130,127 2.74%
Write-in 47,386 1.00%
Jill Stein (write-in) 12,195 0.26%
Total 4,739,292 100%
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections The Green Papers

By county[18]

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 3
  3. 1 2 Burns, Matthew. "WRAL News poll: Trump, Clinton poised to win NC". WRAL.com. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  4. "NC SBE Election Contest Details". Er.ncsbe.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  5. "NC SBE Election Contest Details". Er.ncsbe.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  6. "Live results from the North Carolina primary". graphics.latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  7. "NC SBE Contest Results". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Government of North Carolina. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  8. News & Observer
  9. WFMY-TV
  10. "Our final map has Clinton winning with 352 electoral votes. Compare your picks with ours.". Los Angeles Times. 2016-11-06. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  11. "Road to 270: CNN's general election map - CNNPolitics.com". Cnn.com. 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  12. "Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » 2016 President". Centerforpolitics.org. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  13. Todd, Chuck. "NBC's Final Battleground Map Shows Clinton With a Significant Lead". NBC News. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  14. "ElectoralVote". ElectoralVote. 2000-12-31. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  15. "2016 Election Maps - Battle for White House". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  16. "Electoral Scorecard: Map shifts again in Trump's favor, as Clinton holds edge". Fox News. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  17. "The Final 15: The Latest Polls in the Swing States That Will Decide the Election". Abcnews.go.com. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  18. "North Carolina State Board of Elections". Retrieved November 14, 2012.
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