North Carolina

House Districts: 13
Voting Age Population
  2002:  6,301,000
  2000:  5,797,000   
  1998:  5,685,000 
  1990:   5,022,488 
Redistricting, 2001-2002
 Monopoly (D) / VRA		 Presidential Vote  
  2000:   Gore 43, Bush 56, Nader 0
  1996:   Clinton 44, Dole 49, Perot 7 
  1992:   Clinton 43, Bush 43, Perot 14
U.S. House: 7 GOP, 6 Dem
Seat Changes '02: 1 (+1D)
Facts in Focus:
  North Carolina 1982 to 2002

 
How North Carolina Ranked in 2002
Democracy Index: 21st
Margin of Victory:  25th
Landslide Index: 23rd		 Seats-to-Votes Distortion: 5th
Representation Index: 33rd
Voter Participation: 30th
For definitions of terms, please see this report's glossary page.
 

   

2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
 Democracy Index

23.8

��

 

 

 Voter Turnout

35.6%

 

 

 

 

 Representation Index

23.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Wasted Votes

33.2%

 

 

 

 

 % of Wasted R / D Votes

29.2 / 33.7

 

 

 

 

 Drop-Off Voters

3.7%

 

 

 

 

 Avg. Margin Of Victory

35.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Votes for (R�D�O%)

54-43-3

 

 

 

 

 Seats for (R�D�O%)

54-46-0

 

 

 

 Seat Changes

 1 (+1D)

 

 

 

 

 High % Turnout, District

��

 

 

 

 

 Low % Turnout, District

��

 

 

 

 


1992 1994 1996 1998 2000
 Democracy Index

��

��

25.0

21.6

21.7

 Voter Turnout

50%

30%

46%

33%

47.9%

 Representation Index

30.8%

18.1%

28.2%

22.1%

32.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Wasted Votes

39%

39%

38%

34%

34.2%

 % of Wasted R / D Votes

51 / 26

21 / 63

36 / 39

28 / 37

27.7 / 35.6

 Drop-Off Voters

3.1%

NA

.1%

5.4%

4.6%

 Avg. Margin Of Victory

24%

24%

25%

35%

36.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Votes for (R�D�O%)

48�51�2

57�43�0

53�45�2

53�43�3

54.4�42.9�2.5

 Seats for (R�D�O%)

33�67�0

67�33�0

50�50�0

58�42�0

58�42�0

 Seat Changes

��

4

2

1

0

 High % Turnout, District

��

45 (11)

67 (8)

52 (4)

75.7 (4)

 Low % Turnout, District

��

21 (12)

41 (1)

30 (6)

44.2 (1)

Results 2002-2010 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
 U.S. House (R�D)

7-6

 

 

 

 

 Landslide Index

76.9%

 

 

 

 

 Scale of Competitiveness

 

 

 

 

 

 Tight: < 5

0

 

 

 

 

 Competitive: 5-10

1

 

 

 

 

 Comfortable: 10-20

2

 

 

 

 

 Landslide: 20-40

5

 

 

 

 

 No Contest: 40+

5

 

 

 

 

 Uncontested

2

 

 

 

 

 Incumbents

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Running / Total Seats

11 / 13

 

 

 

 Re-Election / Total Incumbent

11 / 11

 

 

 

 

 Landslide / Total Incumbent

9 / 11

 

 

 

 

 R. Landslide / R. Incumbent

6 / 7

 

 

 

 

 D. Landslide / D. Incumbent

3 / 4

 

 

 

 

 Untouchable Repeat Landslide

5

 

 

 

 

 Uncontested Primary

10

 

 

 

 

 Elected Women

1

 

 

 

 

 Elected Minorities

2B

 

 

 

 
Results 1992-2000 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000
 U.S. House (R�D)

4�8

8�4

6�6

7�5

7�5

 Landslide Index

58%

50%

58%

58%

75%

 Scale of Competitiveness

 

 

 

 

 

 Tight: < 5

1

4

0

1

0

 Competitive: 5-10

2

0

2

0

0

 Comfortable: 10-20

2

2

3

4

3

 Landslide: 20-40

5

4

4

4

7

 No Contest: 40+

2

1

3

0

0

 Uncontested

0

1

0

3

2

 Incumbents

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Running / Total Seats

10 / 12

9 / 12

11 / 12

11 / 12

12 / 12

 Re-Election / Total Incumbent

10 / 10

7 / 9

9 / 11

11 / 11

12 / 12

 Landslide / Total Incumbent

5 / 10

5 / 9

7 / 11

7 / 11

9 / 12

 R. Landslide / R. Incumbent

3 / 4

3 / 3

5 / 7

5 / 6

6 / 7

 D. Landslide / D. Incumbent

2 / 6

2 / 6

2 / 4

2 / 5

3 / 5

 Untouchable Repeat Landslide

2

4

5

6

7

 Uncontested Primary

4

6

11

8

10

 Elected Women

1

2

2

2

3

 Elected Minorities

2B

2B

2B

2B

2B


Results 1982-1990 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990
 U.S. House (R�D)

2�9

5�6

3�8

3�8

4�7

 Landslide Index

54%

36%

36%

64%

55%

 Scale of Competitiveness

 

 

 

 

 

 Tight: < 5

2

6

3

3

1

 Competitive: 5-10

1

0

1

0

0

 Comfortable: 10-20

2

1

3

1

4

 Landslide: 20-40

3

3

2

5

5

 No Contest: 40+

3

1

2

0

1

 Uncontested

0

0

0

2

0

 Incumbents

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Running / Total Seats

10 / 11

10 / 11

10 / 11

11 / 11

11 / 11

 Re-Election / Total Incumbent

8 / 10

7 / 10

8 / 10

11 / 11

10 / 11

 Landslide / Total Incumbent

5 / 10

4 / 10

3 / 10

7 / 11

6 / 11

 R. Landslide / R. Incumbent

1 / 4

1 / 1

0 / 3

3 / 3

3 / 3

 D. Landslide / D. Incumbent

4 / 6

3 / 9

3 / 7

4 / 8

3 / 8

 Untouchable Repeat Landslide

4

4

2

4

6

 Uncontested Primary

4

4

7

11

7

 Elected Women

0

0

0

0

0

 Elected Minorities

0

0

0

0

0

 
Facts in Focus for North Carolina 1982 to 2002
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