United States presidential election in North Carolina, 2016

United States presidential election in North Carolina, 2016
North Carolina
November 8, 2016
 
Nominee TBA Donald Trump
(presumptive)
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York
Running mate TBA TBA

Incumbent President

Barack Obama
Democratic

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

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]

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." [6]

Results

North Carolina Republican primary, March 15, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Donald Trump 462,465 40.23% 29 0 29
Ted Cruz 422,651 36.76% 27 0 27
John Kasich 145,678 12.67% 9 0 9
Marco Rubio 88,915 7.73% 6 0 6
Ben Carson (withdrawn) 11,019 0.96% 1 0 1
No Preference 6,079 0.53% 0 0 0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn) 3,899 0.34% 0 0 0
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn) 3,073 0.27% 0 0 0
Rand Paul (withdrawn) 2,753 0.24% 0 0 0
Chris Christie (withdrawn) 1,259 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: 1,149,648 100.00% 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.[7]

Libertarian primary

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

Results

Libertarian primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Gary Johnson 2,390 41.62%
Libertarian No Preference 2,037 35.47%
Libertarian John David Hale 326 5.68%
Libertarian Barbara Waymire 266 4.63%
Libertarian Austin Petersen 185 3.22%
Libertarian Darryl W. Perry 117 2.04%
Libertarian Other Candidates (total) 422 7.34%
Total votes 5,743 100%

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 WRAL: NC approves 27 candidates for presidential primary ballots
  2. 1 2 3 NC State Board of Elections presidential primary candidates' list (preliminary)
  3. ↑ WRAL.com
  4. ↑ NC State Board of Elections
  5. ↑ NC State Board of Elections
  6. ↑ WRAL.com
  7. ↑ "Live results from the North Carolina primary". graphics.latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  8. ↑ NC State Board of Elections

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