North Carolina 1948 Senate Election

Name: North Carolina 1948 Senate Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

J. Melville Broughton vs. John A. Wilkinson

J. Melville Broughton won the North Carolina 1948 senate election with 543,132 votes (71.0%), a margin of D+42.2.

Statewide Results

71.0%

28.8%

543,132

J. Melville Broughton (71.0%)

220,307

John A. Wilkinson (28.8%)

Total Votes: 764,559|Margin: D+42.2

County Results

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County Results (100 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
BERTIE	D+96.8	D+38.5	D+15.6	2,980	D+0.6%
MARTIN	D+95.5	D+29.5	R+4.9	4,717	R+0.7%
GREENE	D+95.1	D+12.0	R+7.1	2,505	R+1.0%
FRANKLIN	D+93.4	D+21.1	R+11.3	4,662	D+3.1%
EDGECOMBE	D+91.9	D+14.4	D+4.5	6,952	R+0.7%
CURRITUCK	D+91.7	D+8.2	R+26.7	1,278	R+4.9%
WARREN	D+91.5	D+39.9	D+19.4	2,633	R+5.1%
GATES	D+91.4	D+42.6	D+13.5	978	R+1.8%
JONES	D+91.2	D+22.0	R+0.9	1,318	D+5.6%
LENOIR	D+90.7	R+12.9	R+21.7	5,677	D+3.0%
NORTHAMPTON	D+90.6	D+45.0	D+22.8	3,756	R+7.2%
HERTFORD	D+90.4	D+37.1	D+17.2	2,234	R+7.7%
GRANVILLE	D+90.0	D+22.1	R+9.4	3,973	R+2.8%
NASH	D+89.9	R+14.6	R+33.6	8,243	D+4.7%
HALIFAX	D+89.7	D+15.9	D+2.5	6,848	R+5.0%
CHOWAN	D+89.4	D+19.7	R+11.1	1,204	R+7.1%
PITT	D+88.2	R+0.9	R+16.9	9,238	R+5.8%
VANCE	D+87.4	D+12.3	R+7.5	4,350	D+3.2%
WILSON	D+87.4	R+1.7	R+18.9	6,614	D+1.0%
ONSLOW	D+85.9	R+8.9	R+41.7	3,508	R+0.7%
SCOTLAND	D+85.9	D+34.1	R+0.6	2,622	R+5.2%
HOKE	D+85.9	D+47.7	D+13.5	1,603	R+9.1%
PERQUIMANS	D+84.7	D+12.3	R+14.7	965	R+3.7%
ANSON	D+83.5	D+42.4	D+14.8	3,510	R+8.8%
ROBESON	D+83.5	D+42.5	D+8.2	8,687	R+7.6%
CRAVEN	D+81.7	R+4.6	R+28.3	5,898	R+8.6%
CAMDEN	D+81.1	D+19.1	R+8.8	732	R+13.3%
PERSON	D+81.1	D+11.0	R+24.8	3,463	R+1.3%
BLADEN	D+79.3	D+37.6	D+3.7	3,696	R+3.2%
RICHMOND	D+78.5	D+30.2	D+4.8	5,750	R+4.6%
UNION	D+77.4	D+5.4	R+41.0	4,791	R+11.5%
CASWELL	D+76.7	D+23.8	D+2.0	2,210	D+3.5%
COLUMBUS	D+74.8	D+29.4	R+2.4	7,168	R+5.4%
PASQUOTANK	D+74.5	D+10.2	R+9.3	2,686	R+16.3%
WASHINGTON	D+74.5	D+21.1	D+6.5	1,986	R+9.2%
PENDER	D+73.5	D+18.1	R+7.7	1,924	R+21.7%
DUPLIN	D+73.4	D+16.2	R+6.0	6,913	R+1.7%
WAKE	D+69.5	R+0.7	R+23.5	23,387	R+13.6%
WAYNE	D+68.2	R+14.3	R+28.4	7,996	R+6.0%
CUMBERLAND	D+68.1	D+1.2	R+16.5	8,515	R+11.5%
LEE	D+67.4	D+5.5	R+35.2	4,135	R+4.8%
NEW HANOVER	D+66.7	R+11.1	R+30.7	10,399	R+16.7%
CLEVELAND	D+64.8	D+5.9	R+24.8	8,912	R+4.4%
DURHAM	D+64.6	D+11.9	D+5.0	16,614	R+8.6%
DARE	D+64.4	R+5.3	R+44.0	1,129	R+21.2%
ROCKINGHAM	D+62.1	D+2.1	R+25.5	11,981	D+15.4%
HARNETT	D+56.7	D+9.2	R+22.3	8,760	R+2.0%
ORANGE	D+55.3	D+20.9	D+13.7	5,518	R+13.4%
MECKLENBURG	D+54.1	R+1.0	R+25.6	31,319	R+18.9%
HYDE	D+52.4	D+20.0	R+8.7	970	R+22.5%
HAYWOOD	D+52.0	D+14.9	R+12.1	10,515	R+5.8%
JOHNSTON	D+51.5	R+4.1	R+34.8	12,671	D+24.0%
CARTERET	D+50.2	R+8.5	R+32.8	4,948	R+25.1%
BEAUFORT	D+49.8	R+5.7	R+21.5	5,671	R+23.7%
ALAMANCE	D+45.8	R+8.9	R+39.7	14,928	D+2.4%
FORSYTH	D+44.5	R+4.2	R+23.3	23,606	D+6.7%
TYRRELL	D+44.5	D+30.7	D+2.1	1,037	R+1.6%
GASTON	D+42.3	R+13.5	R+46.9	18,228	R+24.3%
BUNCOMBE	D+39.8	R+2.4	R+23.5	29,972	R+25.9%
GUILFORD	D+37.6	R+8.6	R+22.7	34,238	R+7.4%
CABARRUS	D+37.4	R+21.0	R+45.2	12,325	R+29.5%
PAMLICO	D+36.4	D+18.9	R+8.5	2,099	R+12.5%
CHATHAM	D+33.8	D+13.1	R+7.1	5,575	R+16.7%
SURRY	D+32.2	R+5.6	R+29.9	12,049	D+5.5%
MCDOWELL	D+30.0	R+9.2	R+30.4	6,893	R+38.8%
IREDELL	D+29.8	R+10.3	R+40.5	11,385	R+17.1%
MOORE	D+29.5	R+11.0	R+35.0	6,573	R+4.5%
ROWAN	D+29.3	R+22.2	R+40.6	15,107	R+23.0%
JACKSON	D+28.0	D+7.7	R+12.2	6,756	D+0.5%
RUTHERFORD	D+27.3	R+0.3	R+24.7	11,569	R+18.6%
YANCEY	D+25.6	D+8.6	R+8.1	5,905	D+17.9%
SWAIN	D+23.7	D+15.1	R+0.3	3,346	D+2.3%
POLK	D+23.2	R+11.5	R+30.0	3,966	R+2.3%
ALLEGHANY	D+21.7	D+4.7	R+12.5	3,114	R+34.9%
STOKES	D+17.6	R+11.4	R+31.5	7,828	D+6.7%
BRUNSWICK	D+17.5	D+6.6	R+17.6	4,555	D+10.4%
GRAHAM	D+16.9	R+9.8	R+25.4	2,639	D+20.0%
CALDWELL	D+15.7	R+18.9	R+39.8	10,805	R+19.6%
MACON	D+15.6	R+6.9	R+30.1	5,221	D+5.3%
MONTGOMERY	D+15.0	D+6.9	R+14.3	4,521	R+30.4%
BURKE	D+13.9	R+5.0	R+28.8	13,791	D+8.5%
CATAWBA	D+12.7	R+23.8	R+45.7	19,419	R+7.8%
TRANSYLVANIA	D+12.0	R+8.9	R+30.1	6,179	R+25.7%
LINCOLN	D+11.9	R+7.1	R+35.5	8,107	D+1.3%
DAVIDSON	D+11.9	R+21.5	R+45.2	16,932	D+2.8%
CHEROKEE	D+10.5	R+10.4	R+27.6	5,515	D+4.3%
ASHE	D+9.3	R+11.5	R+24.4	9,148	D+6.5%
CLAY	D+7.3	R+22.9	R+25.4	2,564	D+5.4%
ALEXANDER	D+6.0	R+16.5	R+40.6	4,786	D+12.2%
SAMPSON	D+4.6	D+5.6	R+7.8	10,383	D+18.7%
STANLY	D+2.4	R+10.9	R+36.2	11,395	R+8.0%
WATAUGA	D+1.1	R+9.4	R+28.9	7,379	D+3.4%
HENDERSON	R+0.4	R+27.0	R+45.5	9,238	R+31.4%
RANDOLPH	R+1.8	R+31.8	R+54.8	15,486	D+4.9%
DAVIE	R+6.7	R+30.5	R+47.6	4,842	R+0.7%
MADISON	R+10.1	D+9.6	R+10.1	5,754	D+13.2%
WILKES	R+10.4	R+27.2	R+46.2	14,422	R+4.1%
YADKIN	R+21.6	R+31.8	R+48.9	5,827	R+6.5%
MITCHELL	R+45.9	R+40.8	R+57.2	3,808	D+11.4%
AVERY	R+49.2	R+37.7	R+60.2	3,632	D+4.8%

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