North Carolina 1978 Senate Election

Name: North Carolina 1978 Senate Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

John Ingram vs. Jesse Helms

Jesse Helms won the North Carolina 1978 senate election with 619,151 votes (54.5%), a margin of R+9.0.

Statewide Results

45.5%

54.5%

516,663

John Ingram (45.5%)

619,151

Jesse Helms (54.5%)

Total Votes: 1,135,814|Margin: R+9.0

County Results

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County Results (100 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
RICHMOND	D+36.8	D+30.2	D+4.8	8,091	D+23.2%
ANSON	D+35.5	D+42.4	D+14.8	4,731	D+23.1%
GATES	D+31.5	D+42.6	D+13.5	1,507	R+14.1%
NORTHAMPTON	D+29.4	D+45.0	D+22.8	4,041	R+6.5%
WASHINGTON	D+23.7	D+21.1	D+6.5	2,802	D+11.1%
BLADEN	D+20.4	D+37.6	D+3.7	5,140	D+22.7%
ROBESON	D+20.0	D+42.5	D+8.2	12,156	D+3.1%
ORANGE	D+19.5	D+20.9	D+13.7	15,932	R+16.1%
HOKE	D+19.0	D+47.7	D+13.5	2,772	D+8.1%
TYRRELL	D+18.8	D+30.7	D+2.1	670	R+3.4%
BERTIE	D+18.6	D+38.5	D+15.6	2,878	D+13.8%
COLUMBUS	D+16.5	D+29.4	R+2.4	9,630	D+15.9%
CAMDEN	D+16.4	D+19.1	R+8.8	1,070	D+2.6%
HERTFORD	D+15.5	D+37.1	D+17.2	3,248	R+1.3%
SWAIN	D+13.3	D+15.1	R+0.3	3,438	D+12.2%
MADISON	D+13.1	D+9.6	R+10.1	5,140	D+7.4%
CURRITUCK	D+12.2	D+8.2	R+26.7	2,077	R+15.2%
SCOTLAND	D+10.7	D+34.1	R+0.6	3,285	D+6.0%
HAYWOOD	D+10.5	D+14.9	R+12.1	10,592	R+1.5%
PAMLICO	D+10.4	D+18.9	R+8.5	2,214	D+4.9%
PERQUIMANS	D+8.7	D+12.3	R+14.7	1,408	R+17.2%
WARREN	D+8.6	D+39.9	D+19.4	3,990	D+10.7%
JACKSON	D+8.0	D+7.7	R+12.2	7,830	D+1.1%
CHOWAN	D+5.4	D+19.7	R+11.1	1,678	R+10.4%
YANCEY	D+4.4	D+8.6	R+8.1	6,807	D+0.8%
PASQUOTANK	D+3.8	D+10.2	R+9.3	3,759	R+20.9%
CLEVELAND	D+3.3	D+5.9	R+24.8	10,843	D+15.3%
MCDOWELL	D+2.4	R+9.2	R+30.4	8,590	D+18.2%
RUTHERFORD	D+1.9	R+0.3	R+24.7	12,121	D+9.6%
MARTIN	D+1.6	D+29.5	R+4.9	4,017	D+3.4%
BRUNSWICK	D+1.4	D+6.6	R+17.6	9,660	D+5.4%
HYDE	D+1.3	D+20.0	R+8.7	1,262	D+9.3%
CHATHAM	D+1.1	D+13.1	R+7.1	7,187	R+2.7%
MONTGOMERY	D+0.9	D+6.9	R+14.3	5,544	D+5.4%
LINCOLN	D+0.8	R+7.1	R+35.5	13,818	D+5.7%
CASWELL	D+0.8	D+23.8	D+2.0	3,117	R+7.9%
CHEROKEE	R+0.1	R+10.4	R+27.6	6,763	D+3.8%
JONES	R+0.9	D+22.0	R+0.9	2,972	R+15.9%
ALLEGHANY	R+1.0	D+4.7	R+12.5	3,862	D+4.9%
DUPLIN	R+2.0	D+16.2	R+6.0	7,464	D+12.9%
ROCKINGHAM	R+2.1	D+2.1	R+25.5	15,441	R+5.9%
CUMBERLAND	R+2.5	D+1.2	R+16.5	25,345	D+4.2%
BEAUFORT	R+2.6	R+5.7	R+21.5	6,866	D+7.0%
DURHAM	R+2.8	D+11.9	D+5.0	25,151	R+13.6%
BUNCOMBE	R+2.9	R+2.4	R+23.5	35,605	R+4.2%
TRANSYLVANIA	R+3.0	R+8.9	R+30.1	6,280	R+0.3%
PENDER	R+3.4	D+18.1	R+7.7	4,723	D+6.5%
SURRY	R+4.2	R+5.6	R+29.9	13,449	D+5.5%
DARE	R+4.5	R+5.3	R+44.0	3,976	R+1.3%
GRAHAM	R+6.2	R+9.8	R+25.4	3,701	D+0.3%
BURKE	R+6.4	R+5.0	R+28.8	16,534	D+9.4%
ASHE	R+6.6	R+11.5	R+24.4	8,188	D+5.3%
EDGECOMBE	R+6.8	D+14.4	D+4.5	7,998	R+7.0%
CRAVEN	R+7.5	R+4.6	R+28.3	9,524	D+7.1%
STOKES	R+7.6	R+11.4	R+31.5	10,822	D+2.0%
PITT	R+7.7	R+0.9	R+16.9	14,454	R+5.2%
ONSLOW	R+8.3	R+8.9	R+41.7	9,479	D+0.3%
CALDWELL	R+8.4	R+18.9	R+39.8	12,652	D+10.6%
DAVIDSON	R+9.1	R+21.5	R+45.2	24,024	D+16.1%
GUILFORD	R+9.3	R+8.6	R+22.7	52,473	R+15.2%
WATAUGA	R+9.7	R+9.4	R+28.9	8,121	R+4.7%
UNION	R+9.7	D+5.4	R+41.0	10,632	R+1.4%
CARTERET	R+10.3	R+8.5	R+32.8	9,754	R+0.6%
STANLY	R+10.5	R+10.9	R+36.2	15,655	D+7.1%
GREENE	R+11.4	D+12.0	R+7.1	3,164	R+5.4%
MACON	R+11.6	R+6.9	R+30.1	6,424	R+10.1%
GASTON	R+11.9	R+13.5	R+46.9	23,366	D+12.8%
SAMPSON	R+12.1	D+5.6	R+7.8	14,609	D+1.7%
FRANKLIN	R+12.5	D+21.1	R+11.3	5,492	D+6.4%
POLK	R+12.5	R+11.5	R+30.0	4,407	R+6.7%
WILKES	R+13.2	R+27.2	R+46.2	20,840	D+13.2%
ALEXANDER	R+13.2	R+16.5	R+40.6	9,120	D+9.3%
FORSYTH	R+13.4	R+4.2	R+23.3	45,615	R+15.5%
MECKLENBURG	R+13.7	R+1.0	R+25.6	73,231	R+5.5%
ROWAN	R+14.0	R+22.2	R+40.6	18,639	D+3.8%
CLAY	R+14.3	R+22.9	R+25.4	3,315	R+2.1%
ALAMANCE	R+14.5	R+8.9	R+39.7	18,503	D+5.4%
GRANVILLE	R+14.8	D+22.1	R+9.4	6,370	R+2.6%
VANCE	R+16.9	D+12.3	R+7.5	6,251	R+1.7%
IREDELL	R+17.1	R+10.3	R+40.5	17,393	D+3.3%
HALIFAX	R+17.7	D+15.9	D+2.5	8,860	R+4.4%
HARNETT	R+17.9	D+9.2	R+22.3	10,056	D+9.3%
WAKE	R+18.1	R+0.7	R+23.5	70,111	R+10.6%
LEE	R+18.1	D+5.5	R+35.2	5,547	R+2.6%
CABARRUS	R+20.6	R+21.0	R+45.2	15,437	D+2.2%
MOORE	R+21.2	R+11.0	R+35.0	12,379	R+2.3%
WAYNE	R+21.8	R+14.3	R+28.4	13,125	R+2.3%
WILSON	R+23.2	R+1.7	R+18.9	9,339	R+2.0%
NEW HANOVER	R+23.4	R+11.1	R+30.7	18,310	R+13.0%
RANDOLPH	R+23.5	R+31.8	R+54.8	20,379	R+4.5%
HENDERSON	R+23.8	R+27.0	R+45.5	15,167	D+2.8%
CATAWBA	R+24.0	R+23.8	R+45.7	24,521	R+0.3%
LENOIR	R+26.3	R+12.9	R+21.7	10,345	R+22.0%
JOHNSTON	R+26.7	R+4.1	R+34.8	12,560	D+12.2%
DAVIE	R+28.3	R+30.5	R+47.6	7,000	D+5.7%
YADKIN	R+29.3	R+31.8	R+48.9	8,779	D+10.6%
NASH	R+33.3	R+14.6	R+33.6	11,819	R+10.3%
PERSON	R+37.5	D+11.0	R+24.8	3,813	R+15.0%
MITCHELL	R+39.1	R+40.8	R+57.2	3,715	D+15.2%
AVERY	R+44.8	R+37.7	R+60.2	2,860	D+10.2%

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