North Carolina 2020 Governor Election

Roy Cooper vs. Dan Forest

Roy Cooper won the North Carolina 2020 governor election with 2,834,790 votes (51.5%), a margin of D+4.5.

Statewide Results

51.5%

47.0%

2,834,790

Roy Cooper (51.5%)

2,586,604

Dan Forest (47.0%)

Total Votes: 5,502,777|Margin: D+4.5

County Results

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County Results (100 counties)

County	Margin	2020 Pres	2024 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
DURHAM	D+65.2	D+62.4	D+61.7	179,595	D+6.3%
ORANGE	D+54.5	D+51.1	D+50.8	84,815	D+2.7%
MECKLENBURG	D+37.5	D+35.1	D+32.7	564,433	D+8.3%
HERTFORD	D+37.2	D+34.0	D+26.6	10,568	D+2.8%
EDGECOMBE	D+32.6	D+27.0	D+22.7	25,449	D+1.2%
WAKE	D+32.0	D+26.5	D+25.4	629,673	D+9.9%
WARREN	D+31.3	D+25.7	D+18.9	10,295	R+2.0%
GUILFORD	D+29.1	D+23.1	D+21.8	282,592	D+5.1%
VANCE	D+26.5	D+19.2	D+13.3	20,950	D+1.9%
HALIFAX	D+26.1	D+21.2	D+17.7	25,698	R+2.7%
NORTHAMPTON	D+26.0	D+20.6	D+14.5	10,084	D+0.7%
BUNCOMBE	D+25.7	D+21.1	D+24.7	160,442	D+3.7%
BERTIE	D+24.8	D+21.6	D+15.7	9,788	D+5.3%
CUMBERLAND	D+22.6	D+16.6	D+13.4	146,493	D+8.7%
FORSYTH	D+20.1	D+13.9	D+13.1	200,324	D+5.3%
HOKE	D+19.1	D+10.9	D+5.9	21,528	D+8.8%
CHATHAM	D+16.9	D+11.5	D+12.4	48,544	D+4.2%
WASHINGTON	D+14.7	D+9.9	D+6.2	6,191	D+2.8%
PITT	D+13.5	D+9.4	D+6.0	87,388	D+7.0%
WATAUGA	D+12.0	D+8.3	D+6.0	32,040	D+3.3%
ANSON	D+10.2	D+4.2	R+2.5	11,206	R+2.7%
WILSON	D+9.1	D+2.9	D+0.4	40,685	D+0.4%
NEW HANOVER	D+7.8	D+2.1	D+0.6	131,276	D+3.1%
NASH	D+7.0	D+0.2	R+1.8	52,194	D+2.4%
SCOTLAND	D+5.8	R+1.9	R+6.9	14,647	R+3.5%
PASQUOTANK	D+3.1	D+0.3	R+4.9	19,811	R+1.0%
GRANVILLE	D+1.1	R+6.6	R+9.4	31,548	D+0.3%
LENOIR	D+1.1	R+3.5	R+6.8	28,348	D+6.5%
MARTIN	D+1.0	R+5.0	R+10.3	12,513	D+3.0%
JACKSON	R+0.5	R+8.2	R+9.3	21,346	R+2.9%
ALAMANCE	R+1.1	R+8.4	R+8.1	85,935	D+6.8%
ROBESON	R+3.4	R+18.6	R+27.6	46,590	D+3.5%
CABARRUS	R+4.3	R+9.4	R+7.7	116,337	D+11.8%
LEE	R+4.9	R+14.9	R+17.4	28,861	D+1.8%
FRANKLIN	R+5.3	R+13.4	R+13.5	37,345	D+1.5%
RICHMOND	R+5.4	R+14.8	R+20.9	20,631	R+0.7%
WAYNE	R+6.3	R+11.7	R+16.4	55,316	D+5.7%
BLADEN	R+7.7	R+13.7	R+20.4	17,033	R+1.0%
TRANSYLVANIA	R+7.7	R+15.6	R+12.1	20,325	D+3.5%
GREENE	R+7.9	R+11.9	R+18.1	8,735	D+1.9%
GATES	R+8.2	R+13.8	R+21.6	5,933	D+2.0%
TYRRELL	R+9.1	R+15.7	R+21.5	1,802	D+7.7%
HYDE	R+9.7	R+14.9	R+22.1	2,483	D+1.1%
DARE	R+11.1	R+16.5	R+18.7	24,020	D+2.6%
CASWELL	R+11.2	R+18.5	R+24.5	12,020	R+4.6%
SWAIN	R+11.4	R+19.5	R+23.7	7,029	R+4.1%
CHOWAN	R+11.7	R+15.7	R+22.4	7,765	D+3.6%
HENDERSON	R+13.0	R+18.8	R+14.5	68,190	D+6.6%
CRAVEN	R+13.6	R+18.6	R+20.4	52,856	D+8.3%
PERSON	R+13.7	R+21.6	R+23.7	21,809	R+1.5%
MADISON	R+14.3	R+23.5	R+23.4	13,051	R+3.0%
JONES	R+14.4	R+19.6	R+25.7	5,512	D+4.2%
HARNETT	R+15.6	R+22.4	R+25.0	58,082	D+5.2%
SAMPSON	R+15.8	R+22.5	R+29.7	28,538	D+1.2%
BRUNSWICK	R+16.6	R+25.0	R+24.8	89,781	D+6.6%
JOHNSTON	R+17.2	R+24.3	R+21.5	111,074	D+8.4%
HAYWOOD	R+17.6	R+26.5	R+25.0	36,459	R+5.1%
DUPLIN	R+18.2	R+22.1	R+28.9	22,640	D+1.6%
MOORE	R+19.5	R+27.4	R+29.4	58,127	D+5.3%
POLK	R+19.7	R+25.7	R+25.1	12,299	R+1.6%
MONTGOMERY	R+19.9	R+31.8	R+37.8	12,826	R+2.5%
UNION	R+19.9	R+24.2	R+25.2	130,471	D+9.8%
COLUMBUS	R+20.6	R+27.9	R+33.9	26,245	R+1.6%
BEAUFORT	R+20.7	R+25.9	R+31.0	26,232	D+3.7%
GASTON	R+21.8	R+27.8	R+25.0	114,919	D+5.9%
ROCKINGHAM	R+22.4	R+32.0	R+35.8	47,652	R+2.1%
PAMLICO	R+23.5	R+28.0	R+32.0	7,626	D+3.0%
PENDER	R+24.3	R+29.9	R+34.9	34,005	R+0.7%
ONSLOW	R+25.4	R+30.2	R+35.8	71,478	D+8.0%
YANCEY	R+26.0	R+33.7	R+34.3	11,374	R+6.7%
CLEVELAND	R+26.4	R+32.8	R+34.9	51,124	R+0.5%
IREDELL	R+27.0	R+32.4	R+32.5	101,997	D+0.6%
PERQUIMANS	R+28.4	R+32.2	R+39.3	7,471	R+1.0%
ROWAN	R+29.0	R+35.7	R+35.8	73,219	D+1.3%
MACON	R+30.3	R+38.5	R+37.9	20,684	R+4.6%
CATAWBA	R+30.7	R+37.0	R+37.9	83,248	D+1.0%
BURKE	R+31.2	R+40.1	R+41.1	44,459	R+2.3%
ALLEGHANY	R+35.4	R+50.0	R+51.8	6,084	D+1.3%
ASHE	R+35.8	R+46.1	R+44.3	15,777	R+1.8%
CARTERET	R+36.2	R+42.0	R+43.0	42,524	D+5.2%
DAVIE	R+36.4	R+45.5	R+46.2	25,278	D+2.4%
RUTHERFORD	R+37.8	R+45.8	R+47.7	34,276	R+3.4%
DAVIDSON	R+38.6	R+47.5	R+46.9	88,430	D+0.6%
MCDOWELL	R+38.9	R+48.0	R+49.1	22,900	R+2.6%
SURRY	R+39.6	R+51.4	R+53.2	36,599	R+1.4%
LINCOLN	R+39.9	R+45.9	R+45.6	50,108	D+1.3%
CALDWELL	R+42.9	R+51.1	R+52.5	42,673	R+0.5%
CURRITUCK	R+43.1	R+46.2	R+47.8	16,025	D+3.3%
STANLY	R+43.2	R+51.1	R+50.8	33,816	D+0.4%
CAMDEN	R+44.0	R+46.6	R+50.7	5,913	R+1.9%
WILKES	R+45.1	R+56.6	R+59.5	35,350	D+0.2%
RANDOLPH	R+47.0	R+56.3	R+57.1	72,913	D+0.3%
CLAY	R+47.1	R+49.5	R+50.0	6,858	R+7.0%
AVERY	R+47.6	R+52.7	R+52.3	9,417	D+2.3%
STOKES	R+47.8	R+57.8	R+59.5	25,681	R+4.7%
ALEXANDER	R+49.5	R+58.0	R+59.7	20,187	R+2.0%
YADKIN	R+50.9	R+61.1	R+62.3	19,900	D+1.7%
GRAHAM	R+51.4	R+60.1	R+63.7	4,644	R+10.5%
CHEROKEE	R+52.5	R+55.1	R+57.2	16,351	R+8.5%
MITCHELL	R+52.6	R+57.8	R+55.7	9,001	R+4.2%

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County Results (100 counties)

County	Margin	2020 Pres	2024 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
DURHAM	D+65.2	D+62.4	D+61.7	179,595	D+6.3%
ORANGE	D+54.5	D+51.1	D+50.8	84,815	D+2.7%
MECKLENBURG	D+37.5	D+35.1	D+32.7	564,433	D+8.3%
HERTFORD	D+37.2	D+34.0	D+26.6	10,568	D+2.8%
EDGECOMBE	D+32.6	D+27.0	D+22.7	25,449	D+1.2%
WAKE	D+32.0	D+26.5	D+25.4	629,673	D+9.9%
WARREN	D+31.3	D+25.7	D+18.9	10,295	R+2.0%
GUILFORD	D+29.1	D+23.1	D+21.8	282,592	D+5.1%
VANCE	D+26.5	D+19.2	D+13.3	20,950	D+1.9%
HALIFAX	D+26.1	D+21.2	D+17.7	25,698	R+2.7%
NORTHAMPTON	D+26.0	D+20.6	D+14.5	10,084	D+0.7%
BUNCOMBE	D+25.7	D+21.1	D+24.7	160,442	D+3.7%
BERTIE	D+24.8	D+21.6	D+15.7	9,788	D+5.3%
CUMBERLAND	D+22.6	D+16.6	D+13.4	146,493	D+8.7%
FORSYTH	D+20.1	D+13.9	D+13.1	200,324	D+5.3%
HOKE	D+19.1	D+10.9	D+5.9	21,528	D+8.8%
CHATHAM	D+16.9	D+11.5	D+12.4	48,544	D+4.2%
WASHINGTON	D+14.7	D+9.9	D+6.2	6,191	D+2.8%
PITT	D+13.5	D+9.4	D+6.0	87,388	D+7.0%
WATAUGA	D+12.0	D+8.3	D+6.0	32,040	D+3.3%
ANSON	D+10.2	D+4.2	R+2.5	11,206	R+2.7%
WILSON	D+9.1	D+2.9	D+0.4	40,685	D+0.4%
NEW HANOVER	D+7.8	D+2.1	D+0.6	131,276	D+3.1%
NASH	D+7.0	D+0.2	R+1.8	52,194	D+2.4%
SCOTLAND	D+5.8	R+1.9	R+6.9	14,647	R+3.5%
PASQUOTANK	D+3.1	D+0.3	R+4.9	19,811	R+1.0%
GRANVILLE	D+1.1	R+6.6	R+9.4	31,548	D+0.3%
LENOIR	D+1.1	R+3.5	R+6.8	28,348	D+6.5%
MARTIN	D+1.0	R+5.0	R+10.3	12,513	D+3.0%
JACKSON	R+0.5	R+8.2	R+9.3	21,346	R+2.9%
ALAMANCE	R+1.1	R+8.4	R+8.1	85,935	D+6.8%
ROBESON	R+3.4	R+18.6	R+27.6	46,590	D+3.5%
CABARRUS	R+4.3	R+9.4	R+7.7	116,337	D+11.8%
LEE	R+4.9	R+14.9	R+17.4	28,861	D+1.8%
FRANKLIN	R+5.3	R+13.4	R+13.5	37,345	D+1.5%
RICHMOND	R+5.4	R+14.8	R+20.9	20,631	R+0.7%
WAYNE	R+6.3	R+11.7	R+16.4	55,316	D+5.7%
BLADEN	R+7.7	R+13.7	R+20.4	17,033	R+1.0%
TRANSYLVANIA	R+7.7	R+15.6	R+12.1	20,325	D+3.5%
GREENE	R+7.9	R+11.9	R+18.1	8,735	D+1.9%
GATES	R+8.2	R+13.8	R+21.6	5,933	D+2.0%
TYRRELL	R+9.1	R+15.7	R+21.5	1,802	D+7.7%
HYDE	R+9.7	R+14.9	R+22.1	2,483	D+1.1%
DARE	R+11.1	R+16.5	R+18.7	24,020	D+2.6%
CASWELL	R+11.2	R+18.5	R+24.5	12,020	R+4.6%
SWAIN	R+11.4	R+19.5	R+23.7	7,029	R+4.1%
CHOWAN	R+11.7	R+15.7	R+22.4	7,765	D+3.6%
HENDERSON	R+13.0	R+18.8	R+14.5	68,190	D+6.6%
CRAVEN	R+13.6	R+18.6	R+20.4	52,856	D+8.3%
PERSON	R+13.7	R+21.6	R+23.7	21,809	R+1.5%
MADISON	R+14.3	R+23.5	R+23.4	13,051	R+3.0%
JONES	R+14.4	R+19.6	R+25.7	5,512	D+4.2%
HARNETT	R+15.6	R+22.4	R+25.0	58,082	D+5.2%
SAMPSON	R+15.8	R+22.5	R+29.7	28,538	D+1.2%
BRUNSWICK	R+16.6	R+25.0	R+24.8	89,781	D+6.6%
JOHNSTON	R+17.2	R+24.3	R+21.5	111,074	D+8.4%
HAYWOOD	R+17.6	R+26.5	R+25.0	36,459	R+5.1%
DUPLIN	R+18.2	R+22.1	R+28.9	22,640	D+1.6%
MOORE	R+19.5	R+27.4	R+29.4	58,127	D+5.3%
POLK	R+19.7	R+25.7	R+25.1	12,299	R+1.6%
MONTGOMERY	R+19.9	R+31.8	R+37.8	12,826	R+2.5%
UNION	R+19.9	R+24.2	R+25.2	130,471	D+9.8%
COLUMBUS	R+20.6	R+27.9	R+33.9	26,245	R+1.6%
BEAUFORT	R+20.7	R+25.9	R+31.0	26,232	D+3.7%
GASTON	R+21.8	R+27.8	R+25.0	114,919	D+5.9%
ROCKINGHAM	R+22.4	R+32.0	R+35.8	47,652	R+2.1%
PAMLICO	R+23.5	R+28.0	R+32.0	7,626	D+3.0%
PENDER	R+24.3	R+29.9	R+34.9	34,005	R+0.7%
ONSLOW	R+25.4	R+30.2	R+35.8	71,478	D+8.0%
YANCEY	R+26.0	R+33.7	R+34.3	11,374	R+6.7%
CLEVELAND	R+26.4	R+32.8	R+34.9	51,124	R+0.5%
IREDELL	R+27.0	R+32.4	R+32.5	101,997	D+0.6%
PERQUIMANS	R+28.4	R+32.2	R+39.3	7,471	R+1.0%
ROWAN	R+29.0	R+35.7	R+35.8	73,219	D+1.3%
MACON	R+30.3	R+38.5	R+37.9	20,684	R+4.6%
CATAWBA	R+30.7	R+37.0	R+37.9	83,248	D+1.0%
BURKE	R+31.2	R+40.1	R+41.1	44,459	R+2.3%
ALLEGHANY	R+35.4	R+50.0	R+51.8	6,084	D+1.3%
ASHE	R+35.8	R+46.1	R+44.3	15,777	R+1.8%
CARTERET	R+36.2	R+42.0	R+43.0	42,524	D+5.2%
DAVIE	R+36.4	R+45.5	R+46.2	25,278	D+2.4%
RUTHERFORD	R+37.8	R+45.8	R+47.7	34,276	R+3.4%
DAVIDSON	R+38.6	R+47.5	R+46.9	88,430	D+0.6%
MCDOWELL	R+38.9	R+48.0	R+49.1	22,900	R+2.6%
SURRY	R+39.6	R+51.4	R+53.2	36,599	R+1.4%
LINCOLN	R+39.9	R+45.9	R+45.6	50,108	D+1.3%
CALDWELL	R+42.9	R+51.1	R+52.5	42,673	R+0.5%
CURRITUCK	R+43.1	R+46.2	R+47.8	16,025	D+3.3%
STANLY	R+43.2	R+51.1	R+50.8	33,816	D+0.4%
CAMDEN	R+44.0	R+46.6	R+50.7	5,913	R+1.9%
WILKES	R+45.1	R+56.6	R+59.5	35,350	D+0.2%
RANDOLPH	R+47.0	R+56.3	R+57.1	72,913	D+0.3%
CLAY	R+47.1	R+49.5	R+50.0	6,858	R+7.0%
AVERY	R+47.6	R+52.7	R+52.3	9,417	D+2.3%
STOKES	R+47.8	R+57.8	R+59.5	25,681	R+4.7%
ALEXANDER	R+49.5	R+58.0	R+59.7	20,187	R+2.0%
YADKIN	R+50.9	R+61.1	R+62.3	19,900	D+1.7%
GRAHAM	R+51.4	R+60.1	R+63.7	4,644	R+10.5%
CHEROKEE	R+52.5	R+55.1	R+57.2	16,351	R+8.5%
MITCHELL	R+52.6	R+57.8	R+55.7	9,001	R+4.2%

North Carolina 2020 Governor Election

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North Carolina 2020 Governor Election

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