| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 8,295 | 13,509 | 22,036 | |
| 2020 | R | 8,465 | 13,184 | 21,894 | |
| 2016 | R | 7,833 | 11,185 | 19,615 | |
| 2012 | R | 8,418 | 10,496 | 19,106 | |
| 2008 | R | 8,446 | 10,030 | 18,632 | |
| 2004 | R | 6,198 | 8,973 | 15,214 | |
| 2000 | D | 6,722 | 5,042 | 11,833 | |
| 1996 | R | 4,540 | 4,883 | 10,030 | |
| 1992 | R | 4,323 | 4,460 | 10,230 | |
| 1988 | R | 3,777 | 4,832 | 8,628 | |
| 1984 | R | 3,528 | 5,854 | 9,397 | |
| 1980 | D | 4,111 | 3,281 | 7,534 | |
| 1976 | D | 3,977 | 3,038 | 7,033 | |
| 1972 | R | 2,246 | 5,941 | 8,264 | |
| 1968 | D | 2,644 | 2,138 | 8,847 | |
| 1964 | D | 4,740 | 2,162 | 6,902 | |
| 1960 | D | 4,305 | 1,926 | 6,231 | |
| 1956 | D | 3,433 | 1,740 | 5,173 | |
| 1952 | D | 4,266 | 1,374 | 5,640 | |
| 1948 | D | 3,087 | 480 | 3,752 | |
| 1944 | D | 2,507 | 607 | 3,114 | |
| 1940 | D | 3,239 | 432 | 3,671 | |
| 1936 | D | 2,898 | 384 | 3,282 | |
| 1932 | D | 2,372 | 660 | 3,049 | |
| 1928 | D | 1,235 | 1,123 | 2,358 | |
| 1924 | D | 1,576 | 1,025 | 2,604 | |
| 1920 | D | 1,646 | 1,566 | 3,212 | |
| 1916 | D | 953 | 917 | 1,870 | |
| 1912 | D | 820 | 784 | 1,788 | |
| 1908 | R | 750 | 969 | 1,719 | |
| 1904 | D | 942 | 473 | 1,415 | |
| 1900 | D | 1,466 | 1,274 | 2,747 | |
| 1896 | D | 1,713 | 1,402 | 3,115 | |
| 1892 | R | 1,261 | 1,400 | 3,001 | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Person County sits in north-central North Carolina's Piedmont, where a largely rural, working-class electorate has returned Republican presidential candidates by double-digit margins in every cycle since 2000.
The shift began with civil rights. 2004 marked the realignment in Person County, by a eighteen points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-five points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-four points.
The political shift has tracked, in Person County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 65% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $63,300, and a 18% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cleveland County and Burke County.