| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 6,404 | 9,791 | 16,304 | |
| 2020 | R | 6,803 | 9,266 | 16,204 | |
| 2016 | R | 6,285 | 8,288 | 14,945 | |
| 2012 | R | 6,921 | 7,973 | 15,077 | |
| 2008 | R | 7,127 | 7,817 | 15,082 | |
| 2004 | R | 5,293 | 7,319 | 12,780 | |
| 2000 | R | 4,797 | 6,600 | 11,654 | |
| 1996 | R | 4,408 | 4,933 | 10,278 | |
| 1992 | R | 4,273 | 5,401 | 10,970 | |
| 1988 | R | 3,275 | 5,887 | 9,278 | |
| 1984 | R | 3,438 | 6,777 | 10,316 | |
| 1980 | R | 3,790 | 4,853 | 8,913 | |
| 1976 | R | 4,076 | 4,423 | 8,769 | |
| 1972 | R | 639 | 1,864 | 2,539 | |
| 1968 | R | 2,667 | 2,750 | 9,478 | |
| 1964 | R | 1,137 | 1,149 | 2,286 | |
| 1960 | D | 2,533 | 1,936 | 4,534 | |
| 1956 | D | 2,004 | 1,498 | 4,434 | |
| 1952 | D | 2,525 | 1,891 | 4,454 | |
| 1948 | D | 2,117 | 513 | 3,053 | |
| 1944 | D | 2,561 | 430 | 2,991 | |
| 1940 | D | 2,402 | 308 | 2,713 | |
| 1936 | D | 2,730 | 202 | 2,934 | |
| 1932 | D | 2,188 | 275 | 2,478 | |
| 1928 | D | 1,752 | 784 | 2,536 | |
| 1924 | D | 1,649 | 286 | 1,956 | |
| 1920 | D | 1,619 | 264 | 1,890 | |
| 1916 | D | 1,317 | 222 | 1,544 | |
| 1912 | D | 1,039 | 191 | 1,327 | |
| 1908 | D | 1,000 | 252 | 1,262 | |
| 1904 | D | 1,021 | 296 | 1,339 | |
| 1900 | R | 1,697 | 1,855 | 3,592 | |
| 1896 | R | 2,099 | 2,353 | 4,484 | |
| 1892 | R | 1,345 | 1,484 | 3,343 | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Mecklenburg sits along the North Carolina border in Virginia's Southside, a region marked by decades of tobacco-economy decline and an electorate that has shifted steadily rightward across federal and statewide races.
The shift began with civil rights. 1964 marked the realignment in Mecklenburg County, by a one points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-eight points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-one points.
The political shift has tracked, in Mecklenburg County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 62% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $57,045, and a 16% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cumberland County and Lee County.
