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1876–2024
Outline of Alexander County, North Carolina
Alexander County·North Carolina

Alexander County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of the Piedmont's most lopsided presidential margins in 2024

18762024·38 elections
NC
Latest
R+60
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
36,412
2024 ACS
Most similar
Stanly County
NC · similarity 1.00
10 precincts · 20,677 votes cast
Trump · R+60
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−59.7%
4,06016,40420,677
2020R
−58.0%
4,14515,88820,236
2016R
−55.4%
3,76713,89318,271
2012R
−44.4%
4,61112,25317,196
2008R
−38.4%
5,16711,79017,254
2004R
−40.4%
4,61810,92815,600
2000D
+37.6%
9,2424,16613,492
1996R
−23.8%
3,9556,74811,730
1992R
−14.1%
4,8496,76413,626
1988R
−31.4%
4,1487,96812,154
1984R
−40.6%
3,5818,50212,107
1980R
−16.5%
4,5466,37611,109
1976D
+6.3%
5,2874,6619,975
1972R
−39.9%
2,4685,8658,506
1968R
−30.2%
1,8344,3798,416
1964R
−0.5%
3,7223,7607,482
1960R
−2.7%
3,9564,1758,131
1956R
−16.3%
2,7103,7676,477
1952R
−14.9%
2,6653,5976,262
1948R
−5.3%
2,0572,3144,823
1944R
−13.1%
2,2822,9715,253
1940D
+10.5%
2,7392,2174,956
1936D
+14.2%
3,2622,4515,713
1932D
+20.3%
2,9531,9524,933
1928R
−20.4%
1,7222,6054,327
1924R
−3.1%
2,2912,4374,748
1920R
−12.8%
2,0452,6434,688
1916R
−10.9%
9541,1872,141
1912D
+17.6%
8525231,872
1908R
−15.1%
7931,0741,867
1904R
−9.8%
7709371,708
1900R
−9.4%
7749381,738
1896D
+28.6%
1,1196201,742
1892D
+12.0%
5914201,426
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
4.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
38.8%
Mainline Protestant
7.2%
Other Christian
6.8%
Methodist
5.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
4.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Alexander County, nestled in the foothills west of Charlotte, delivered a 59.7-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, making it among the most one-sided counties in a state where statewide races routinely finish within a few points.

The Republican margin in Alexander County reached its widest at sixty points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was sixty points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Alexander County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $65,354, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 36,412 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Stanly County and Wilkes County.