North Carolina general election results,
November 4th, 2008

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The county by county vote

The table below shows general election results per county, the county voter performance measures are also available.

The state map shows the counties that majority voted for Obama/Biden in blue, and McCain/Palin in red. Obama/Biden won 33 counties and lost 67.

County	Obama/Biden				McCain/Palin				Barr/Root				Total vote *
	Early vote	Election day	Total vote	% vote	Early vote	Election day	Total vote	% vote	Early vote	Election day	Total vote	% vote
Alamance	18,057	10,682	28,918	44.94	18,360	16,293	34,859	54.17	176	258	436	0.68	64,353
Alexander	0	5,153	5,167	29.95	0	11,746	11,790	68.33	0	187	187	1.08	17,254
Alleghany	1,301	716	2,021	38.40	1,738	1,378	3,124	59.36	48	31	79	1.50	5,263
Anson	4,233	2,105	6,456	60.15	1,602	2,524	4,207	39.20	13	30	43	0.40	10,733
Ashe	2,555	2,306	4,872	37.28	3,269	4,616	7,916	60.57	83	110	194	1.48	13,069
Avery	824	1,339	2,178	27.42	1,549	4,071	5,681	71.52	13	27	40	0.50	7,943
Beaufort	5,688	3,733	9,454	41.09	6,235	7,197	13,460	58.50	44	51	96	0.42	23,010
Bertie	4,158	2,086	6,365	65.20	1,708	1,630	3,376	34.58	13	9	22	0.23	9,763
Bladen	5,597	2,246	7,853	50.73	4,568	2,962	7,532	48.66	34	31	65	0.42	15,480
Brunswick	16,217	5,061	21,331	40.55	20,698	9,962	30,753	58.46	196	136	333	0.63	52,608
Buncombe	53,913	15,575	69,716	56.32	33,724	18,578	52,494	42.40	489	386	879	0.71	123,795
Burke	10,366	4,428	14,901	39.80	13,630	8,299	22,102	59.03	156	117	274	0.73	37,443
Cabarrus	16,629	14,567	31,546	40.45	17,486	27,854	45,924	58.88	159	319	493	0.63	77,994
Caldwell	0	12,081	12,081	34.36	0	22,526	22,526	64.08	0	331	331	0.94	35,155
Camden	1,060	527	1,597	33.13	1,756	1,366	3,140	65.13	27	28	55	1.14	4,821
Carteret	7,179	3,901	11,130	32.17	13,644	9,363	23,131	66.86	108	93	203	0.59	34,597
Caswell	3,216	2,317	5,545	51.05	2,144	3,053	5,208	47.95	34	49	83	0.76	10,862
Catawba	18,102	7,432	25,656	36.94	27,230	15,612	42,993	61.90	269	217	490	0.71	69,451
Chatham	0	17,862	17,862	54.32	0	14,668	14,668	44.61	0	237	237	0.72	32,880
Cherokee	2,194	1,581	3,785	30.07	4,174	4,444	8,643	68.67	38	62	100	0.79	12,586
Chowan	2,640	1,012	3,688	49.09	2,356	1,395	3,773	50.23	17	15	33	0.44	7,512
Clay	1,239	492	1,734	31.28	2,198	1,494	3,707	66.88	28	32	60	1.08	5,543
Cleveland	11,445	5,813	17,363	39.61	12,843	13,097	26,078	59.49	77	145	224	0.51	43,835
Columbus	7,158	3,890	11,076	45.61	5,898	7,055	12,994	53.51	51	84	137	0.56	24,282
Craven	13,718	5,500	19,352	43.39	14,942	9,748	24,901	55.83	134	89	225	0.50	44,598
Cumberland	49,544	24,407	74,693	58.55	22,730	28,911	52,151	40.88	177	259	444	0.35	127,575
Currituck	1,520	2,165	3,737	33.66	2,424	4,735	7,234	65.16	23	55	79	0.71	11,102
Dare	4,664	3,366	8,074	44.74	4,534	5,150	9,745	53.99	51	80	132	0.73	18,048
Davidson	12,368	10,036	22,433	32.71	22,606	22,745	45,419	66.23	228	308	536	0.78	68,581
Davie	4,171	2,007	6,178	30.33	7,956	6,025	13,981	68.64	62	88	150	0.74	20,368
Duplin	0	8,862	8,958	45.01	0	10,733	10,834	54.43	0	76	78	0.39	19,904
Durham	80,521	22,004	103,456	75.57	21,423	10,722	32,353	23.63	350	300	660	0.48	136,897
Edgecombe	13,329	4,038	17,403	67.12	4,683	3,735	8,445	32.57	28	28	56	0.22	25,930
Forsyth	57,972	32,800	91,085	54.83	34,896	38,524	73,674	44.35	332	587	925	0.56	166,133
Franklin	8,446	4,573	13,085	49.12	5,748	7,433	13,273	49.83	76	118	196	0.74	26,639
Gaston	21,017	10,230	31,384	37.18	30,561	21,655	52,507	62.21	208	263	474	0.56	84,402
Gates	1,590	1,235	2,830	52.21	845	1,694	2,547	46.99	4	17	21	0.39	5,420
Graham	730	534	1,265	30.33	1,274	1,544	2,824	67.71	16	23	39	0.94	4,171
Granville	9,325	3,689	13,074	52.88	6,496	4,880	11,447	46.30	69	58	128	0.52	24,725
Greene	2,569	1,205	3,796	46.85	2,168	2,089	4,272	52.72	14	12	26	0.32	8,103
Guilford	100,937	40,836	142,101	58.78	59,041	38,547	97,718	40.42	631	662	1,296	0.54	241,771
Halifax	10,213	5,834	16,047	63.96	4,364	4,597	8,961	35.71	18	29	47	0.19	25,091
Harnett	9,949	6,570	16,785	41.24	10,545	12,766	23,579	57.93	106	109	218	0.54	40,705
Haywood	7,829	4,898	12,730	45.36	7,791	7,115	14,910	53.12	107	128	235	0.84	28,067
Henderson	14,173	5,889	20,082	38.91	18,455	12,448	30,930	59.93	194	188	384	0.74	51,614
Hertford	5,466	2,013	7,513	70.54	1,629	1,454	3,089	29.00	9	15	24	0.23	10,650
Hoke	6,288	2,860	9,227	59.05	3,380	2,836	6,293	40.27	32	39	72	0.46	15,627
Hyde	332	893	1,241	50.26	232	971	1,212	49.09	2	9	11	0.45	2,469
Iredell	17,848	9,354	27,318	37.34	24,593	20,383	45,148	61.71	188	256	445	0.61	73,162
Jackson	5,718	3,010	8,766	51.97	4,040	3,789	7,854	46.57	58	71	129	0.76	16,866
Johnston	17,177	9,316	26,795	37.73	20,120	23,058	43,622	61.42	158	233	394	0.55	71,017
Jones	1,220	1,144	2,378	45.49	1,108	1,699	2,817	53.89	13	12	26	0.50	5,227
Lee	8,511	2,192	10,784	45.33	9,140	3,516	12,775	53.70	102	55	159	0.67	23,788
Lenoir	8,987	4,328	13,378	49.74	9,025	4,318	13,401	49.82	49	42	93	0.35	26,897
Lincoln	7,085	4,590	11,713	32.72	12,118	11,444	23,631	66.01	108	163	273	0.76	35,798
Macon	4,493	2,109	6,620	38.40	5,909	4,355	10,317	59.85	83	73	156	0.90	17,238
Madison	3,095	1,917	5,026	48.42	2,625	2,550	5,192	50.02	59	45	104	1.00	10,379
Martin	4,106	2,384	6,539	52.14	2,084	3,830	5,957	47.50	12	19	31	0.25	12,541
McDowell	4,392	2,122	6,571	35.74	6,815	4,570	11,534	62.73	90	79	169	0.92	18,386
Mecklenburg	154,209	98,454	253,958	61.82	72,663	80,349	153,848	37.45	697	1,195	1,908	0.46	410,817
Mitchell	1,483	739	2,238	28.52	2,909	2,563	5,499	70.09	26	27	53	0.68	7,846
Montgomery	2,362	2,513	4,926	43.94	2,308	3,820	6,155	54.91	22	60	82	0.73	11,210
Moore	12,774	4,762	17,624	38.88	16,278	10,906	27,314	60.26	153	115	269	0.59	45,328
Nash	17,161	5,857	23,099	49.02	14,104	9,556	23,728	50.36	82	101	185	0.39	47,118
New Hanover	31,192	17,455	49,145	48.82	27,637	22,428	50,544	50.21	219	340	571	0.57	100,665
Northampton	0	6,903	6,903	65.01	0	3,671	3,671	34.57	0	34	34	0.32	10,618
Onslow	13,741	5,576	19,499	38.84	17,910	12,066	30,278	60.31	152	131	289	0.58	50,203
Orange	42,752	10,957	53,806	71.83	12,143	8,083	20,266	27.05	288	230	522	0.70	74,910
Pamlico	2,103	717	2,838	42.28	2,534	1,275	3,823	56.96	24	13	37	0.55	6,712
Pasquotank	7,903	2,274	10,272	56.50	5,357	2,370	7,778	42.78	40	33	75	0.41	18,180
Pender	7,458	2,367	9,907	41.72	10,048	3,459	13,618	57.34	105	44	149	0.63	23,749
Perquimans	1,710	1,051	2,772	42.64	2,087	1,587	3,678	56.58	14	15	30	0.46	6,501
Person	6,070	2,346	8,446	45.33	6,170	3,839	10,030	53.83	70	38	109	0.59	18,632
Pitt	29,505	10,260	40,501	54.08	22,350	11,107	33,927	45.31	145	106	259	0.35	74,884
Polk	3,481	913	4,396	41.62	4,097	1,889	5,990	56.71	82	40	122	1.16	10,562
Randolph	0	16,280	16,414	28.23	0	40,644	40,998	70.51	0	493	496	0.85	58,147
Richmond	6,468	3,118	9,713	50.26	5,461	3,856	9,424	48.76	47	69	116	0.60	19,327
Robeson	10,669	11,647	23,058	56.47	4,473	12,410	17,433	42.69	51	154	211	0.52	40,834
Rockingham	11,126	5,915	17,255	41.47	12,609	10,977	23,899	57.43	149	175	330	0.79	41,612
Rowan	15,429	7,828	23,391	38.00	20,722	16,546	37,451	60.84	237	239	478	0.78	61,560
Rutherford	6,497	3,096	9,641	33.57	10,740	7,891	18,769	65.35	94	102	196	0.68	28,720
Sampson	284	11,477	11,836	45.46	768	13,189	14,038	53.91	4	100	104	0.40	26,038
Scotland	5,830	2,275	8,151	57.33	3,566	2,406	6,005	42.24	12	21	33	0.23	14,217
Stanly	5,771	3,044	8,878	31.14	11,649	7,544	19,329	67.81	94	92	188	0.66	28,506
Stokes	3,307	3,515	6,875	31.62	5,502	8,837	14,488	66.63	84	172	258	1.19	21,743
Surry	6,623	3,780	10,475	35.48	9,821	8,768	18,730	63.44	94	126	226	0.77	29,525
Swain	1,653	1,150	2,806	48.40	1,412	1,484	2,900	50.02	12	37	49	0.85	5,798
Transylvania	5,184	2,015	7,275	43.02	5,134	4,164	9,401	55.60	78	68	148	0.88	16,909
Tyrrell	501	431	933	48.85	513	447	960	50.26	3	11	14	0.73	1,910
Union	22,457	8,580	31,189	36.23	34,079	19,801	54,123	62.87	292	236	529	0.61	86,089
Vance	9,057	4,038	13,166	63.08	4,432	3,152	7,606	36.44	29	36	66	0.32	20,871
Wake	171,709	77,980	250,891	56.73	98,983	87,200	187,001	42.28	1,293	1,618	2,931	0.66	442,245
Warren	4,582	2,381	7,086	69.50	1,544	1,497	3,063	30.04	9	23	32	0.31	10,195
Washington	2,198	1,536	3,748	58.07	1,366	1,301	2,670	41.37	7	12	19	0.29	6,454
Watauga	10,652	3,859	14,558	51.31	7,834	5,466	13,344	47.03	129	102	232	0.82	28,372
Wayne	16,903	5,619	22,671	45.45	18,443	8,368	26,952	54.03	101	67	168	0.34	49,882
Wilkes	0	8,934	8,934	30.06	0	20,288	20,288	68.25	0	301	301	1.01	29,724
Wilson	13,984	5,545	19,652	52.84	10,546	6,742	17,375	46.72	58	65	123	0.33	37,191
Yadkin	1,804	2,698	4,527	26.40	3,625	8,730	12,409	72.37	34	105	140	0.82	17,147
Yancey	2,533	1,937	4,486	46.17	2,218	2,804	5,045	51.92	43	68	111	1.14	9,717
Totals:	1,382,199	747,637	2,142,651	49.70	1,077,145	1,039,232	2,128,474	49.38	10,937	14,587	25,722	0.60	4,310,789

* Total includes "WRITE IN" and accepted "PROVISIONAL" ballots that are not summarized above

Date updated: Saturday, November 29, 2008