Primary Turnout Trends by County

Turnout by voters in both political parties was up significantly compared to the 2004 primary election. With a highly contested Democratic presidential primary, turnout by Democrats was nearly three times higher than in 2004, and approximately three-fourths of voters requested Democratic ballots. Republican turnout was up more than 25 percent compared to 2004.

County	Turnout	Est. Percent of Voters who Selected the Dem. Primary	Est. Dem. Turnout*	Dem. Turnout in 2004 Primary	Est. Rep. Turnout*	Rep. Turnout Primary 2004
Statewide	37%	74%	51%	18%	24%	19%
Alamance	34%	72%	48%	15%	24%	18%
Alexander	32%	61%	47%	10%	24%	20%
Alleghany	44%	74%	56%	25%	30%	28%
Anson	40%	92%	48%	32%	17%	13%
Ashe	38%	60%	48%	17%	29%	18%
Avery	39%	24%	39%	11%	37%	31%
Beaufort	39%	77%	46%	31%	25%	36%
Bertie	43%	95%	47%	33%	13%	12%
Bladen	46%	92%	53%	31%	18%	14%
Brunswick	34%	71%	49%	20%	23%	15%
Buncombe	38%	81%	55%	17%	20%	12%
Burke	31%	71%	46%	13%	20%	19%
Cabarrus	31%	68%	47%	10%	21%	14%
Caldwell	31%	57%	43%	13%	24%	20%
Camden	29%	80%	42%	24%	13%	11%
Carteret	36%	63%	52%	17%	29%	22%
Caswell	41%	88%	52%	32%	16%	15%
Catawba	32%	55%	44%	11%	27%	26%
Chatham	47%	82%	60%	37%	23%	23%
Cherokee	24%	68%	33%	8%	16%	7%
Chowan	44%	76%	50%	14%	30%	12%
Clay	30%	65%	40%	22%	21%	21%
Cleveland	35%	80%	50%	16%	18%	15%
Columbus	41%	91%	51%	32%	17%	15%
Craven	23%	77%	35%	16%	19%	17%
Cumberland	33%	82%	47%	17%	18%	12%
Currituck	33%	71%	50%	21%	22%	8%
Dare	31%	77%	45%	25%	17%	14%
Davidson	29%	61%	45%	12%	21%	16%
Davie	42%	42%	55%	22%	38%	41%
Duplin	39%	83%	50%	25%	21%	15%
Durham	50%	90%	57%	22%	21%	16%
Edgecombe	42%	91%	49%	22%	19%	10%
Forsyth	39%	76%	57%	16%	24%	29%
Franklin	44%	77%	59%	27%	28%	19%
Gaston	27%	70%	42%	8%	18%	13%
Gates	40%	87%	51%	26%	16%	8%
Graham	35%	53%	43%	17%	31%	18%
Granville	42%	86%	56%	36%	21%	19%
Greene	46%	91%	56%	31%	19%	15%
Guilford	40%	72%	51%	16%	31%	22%
Halifax	41%	93%	48%	23%	17%	11%
Harnett	32%	74%	46%	17%	21%	16%
Haywood	41%	77%	53%	21%	26%	11%
Henderson	36%	55%	48%	11%	29%	21%
Hertford	43%	93%	49%	29%	17%	11%
Hoke	31%	89%	45%	20%	11%	9%
Hyde	46%	91%	48%	30%	20%	22%
Iredell	34%	60%	48%	12%	27%	21%
Jackson	33%	83%	48%	13%	16%	8%
Johnston	35%	66%	49%	11%	27%	15%
Jones	45%	87%	53%	24%	20%	16%
Lee	44%	74%	59%	24%	34%	20%
Lenoir	41%	82%	49%	28%	20%	20%
Lincoln	38%	56%	49%	11%	30%	22%
Macon	33%	66%	48%	14%	23%	14%
Madison	32%	75%	42%	22%	19%	13%
Martin	44%	90%	53%	33%	18%	17%
McDowell	29%	73%	43%	15%	18%	17%
Mecklenburg	34%	77%	48%	12%	21%	14%
Mitchell	36%	29%	47%	11%	31%	35%
Montgomery	43%	73%	52%	23%	31%	23%