2024 North Carolina Republican presidential primary

2024 North Carolina Republican presidential primary

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74 Republican National Convention delegates
Candidate Donald Trump Nikki Haley Home state Florida South Carolina Delegate count 62 12 Popular vote 793,978 250,838 Percentage 73.84% [1] 23.33% [1]
County results Trump   50 – 60%   60 – 70%   70 – 80%   80 – 90%   >90%

The 2024 North Carolina Republican presidential primary was held on March 5, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 74 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention were allocated on a proportional basis. ^[2] The contest was held on Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states. Trump's best showing was in Bladen County, winning 90.4% of the vote there, while Haley's was in Mecklenburg County, where she won 44.8% of the vote. ^[3]

Endorsements

Main article: Endorsements in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries

Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)

State judicial official

• Phil Berger Jr., Associate Supreme Court Justice (2021–present) ^[4]

State senators

• Bobby Hanig, District 3 (2023–present) and District 1 (2022–2023) ^[4]
• Jim Burgin, District 12 (2019–present) ^[4]
• Danny Britt, District 24 (2023–present) and District 13 (2017–2023) ^[4]

State representatives

• John Bell, District 10 (2013–present); Majority Leader (2016–present); Majority Whip (2014–2016) ^[5]
• Matthew Winslow, District 7 (2021–present) ^[4]
• Ken Fontenot, District 24 (2023–present) ^[4]
• Allen Chesser, District 25 (2023–present) ^[4]
• Jarrod Lowery, District 47 (2023–present) ^[4]
• Steve Ross, District 63 (2013–2021 and 2023–present) ^[4]
• Dennis Riddell, District 64 (2013–present) ^[4]
• Wayne Sasser, District 67 (2019–present) ^[4]
• David Willis, District 68 (2021–present) ^[4]
• Keith Kidwell, District 79 (2019–present) ^[4]
• Sam Watford, District 80 (2015–2019 and 2021–present) ^[4]
• Kevin Crutchfield, District 83 (2023–present) ^[4]
• Jeff McNeely, District 84 (2019–present) ^[4]
• Jason Saine, District 97 (2011–present) ^[4]
• Jennifer Balkcom, District 117 (2023–present) ^[4]

Mike Pence (withdrawn)

Former state executive official

• Art Pope, Budget Director (2013–2014); Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1992 ^[6]

Donald Trump

Statewide official

• Mark Robinson, Lieutenant Governor (2021–present); candidate for Governor in 2024 ^[7]

U.S. Senator

• Ted Budd, (2023–present) ^[8]

U.S. Representatives

• Madison Cawthorn, NC-11 (2021–2023) ^[9]
• Virginia Foxx, NC-05 (2005–present) ^[10]
• Richard Hudson, NC-08 (2013–present) ^[11]

State representative

• Tim Moore, District 111 (2003–present); Speaker (2015–present) ^[12]

Notable individuals

• Diamond, NewsMax host ^[13] (deceased)
• Ryan Fournier, Students for Trump co-founder ^[14]
• Silk, NewsMax host ^[13]

Maps

Endorsements by incumbent Republicans in the North Carolina Senate.

  Endorsed Ron DeSantis (3) (withdrawn)

  No endorsement (27)

Endorsements by incumbent Republicans in the North Carolina House of Representatives.

  Endorsed Ron DeSantis (15) (withdrawn)

  Endorsed Donald Trump (1)

  No endorsement (56)

Results

Despite losing statewide as well as every county, Haley was able to win the cities of Mecklenburg, Asheville, Durham, Chapel Hill and Carrboro. All highly college educated cities, as well as heavily Democrat. ^[15]

North Carolina Republican primary, March 5, 2024 ^[16]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Bound	Unbound	Total
Donald Trump	793,978	73.84%	62		62
Nikki Haley	250,838	23.33%	12		12
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)	14,740	1.37%
No Preference	7,448	0.69%
Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn)	3,418	0.32%
Chris Christie (withdrawn)	3,166	0.29%
Ryan Binkley (withdrawn)	916	0.09%
Asa Hutchinson (withdrawn)	727	0.07%
Total:	1,075,231	100.00%	74		74

Polling

Source of poll aggregation	Dates administered	Dates updated	Nikki Haley	Donald Trump	Other/ Undecided [a]	Margin
270ToWin [17]	February 5–7, 2024	February 15, 2024	21.5%	74.5%	4.0%	Trump +53.0
FiveThirtyEight [18]	through February 4, 2024	February 15, 2024	22.1%	74.7%	4.2%	Trump +52.6

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [b]	Margin of error	Chris Christie	Ron DeSantis	Nikki Haley	Asa Hutchinson	Mike Pence	Vivek Ramaswamy	Tim Scott	Donald Trump	Other	Undecided
Capen Analytics [19]	Feb 21, 2024	12,580 (LV)	± 5.0%	–	–	36%	–	–	–	–	64%	–	–
Public Policy Polling (D) [20]	Jan 5–6, 2024	619 (LV)	± 3.9%	3%	9%	12%	0%	–	4%	–	66%	0% [c]	5%
ECU Center for Survey Research [21]	Nov 29 – Dec 1, 2023	445 (LV)	± 5.4%	2%	10%	13%	1%	–	3%	–	63%	–	8%
Morning Consult [22]	Nov 1–30, 2023	1,342 (LV)	–	4%	14%	9%	1%	–	5%	1%	67%	0% [d]	–
Meredith College [23]	Nov 1–5, 2023	335 (LV)	± 3.5%	6%	14%	9%	0%	-	8%	3%	51%	2% [e]	6%
Morning Consult [22]	Oct 1–31, 2023	1,337 (LV)	–	3%	14%	8%	0%	4%	6%	2%	61%	0% [f]	2%
Morning Consult [22]	Sep 1–30, 2023	1,366 (LV)	–	3%	15%	8%	0%	5%	7%	2%	58%	0% [g]	2%
Meredith College [23]	Sep 16–19, 2023	350 (RV)	± 3.5%	3%	13%	6%	0%	5%	8%	3%	51%	6% [h]	7%
Morning Consult [22]	Aug 1–31, 2023	1,491 (LV)	–	3%	15%	6%	1%	5%	10%	2%	57%	0% [i]	1%
Morning Consult [22]	July 1–31, 2023	1,535 (LV)	–	3%	15%	5%	0%	6%	9%	3%	58%	0% [j]	1%
Morning Consult [22]	June 1–30, 2023	1,454 (LV)	–	2%	20%	5%	1%	7%	4%	3%	56%	1% [k]	1%
Opinion Diagnostics [24]	Jun 5–7, 2023	408 (LV)	± 4.8%	2%	22%	7%	1%	6%	1%	4%	44%	2% [l]	11%
				–	34%	–	–	–	–	–	50%	–	15%
Morning Consult [22]	May 1–31, 2023	1,453 (LV)	–	–	20%	6%	1%	6%	3%	2%	59%	3% [m]	1%
Morning Consult [22]	Apr 1–30, 2023	1,299 (LV)	–	–	23%	6%	0%	5%	1%	1%	58%	4% [n]	2%
SurveyUSA [25] [A]	Apr 25–29, 2023	707 (LV)	± 4.4%	–	22%	5%	1%	8%	2%	1%	55%	0% [o]	5%
Morning Consult [22]	Mar 1–31, 2023	1,31 (LV)	–	–	27%	9%	–	8%	0%	1%	51%	2% [p]	2%
Morning Consult [22]	Feb 1–28, 2023	1,185 (LV)	–	–	31%	7%	–	6%	–	1%	51%	3% [q]	1%
Morning Consult [22]	Jan 1–31, 2023	1,703 (LV)	–	–	30%	4%	–	7%	–	1%	52%	5% [r]	1%
Differentiators Data [26]	Jan 9–12, 2023	213 (LV)	± 4.5%	–	47%	4%	–	2%	–	–	35%	3% [s]	–
Morning Consult [22]	Dec 1–31, 2022	905 (LV)	–	–	31%	4%	–	7%	–	1%	50%	5% [t]	2%
Differentiators Data [27]	Dec 8–11, 2022	500 (LV)	± 4.5%	–	56%	–	–	–	–	–	35%	–	–
John Bolton Super PAC [28]	Jul 22–24, 2022	149 (LV)	–	1%	27%	–	–	6%	–	–	37%	12% [u]	16%
Atlantic Polling Strategies [29] [B]	Apr 25–28, 2022	534 (LV)	± 4.9%	–	23%	5%	–	4%	–	4%	52%	2% [v]	10%
Spry Strategies [30]	Apr 6–10, 2022	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	–	19%	8%	–	6%	–	1%	45%	9% [w]	12%
				–	32%	8%	–	9%	–	2%	–	18% [x]	31%
Cygnal (R) [31]	Apr 1–3, 2022	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	–	26%	8%	–	6%	–	–	45%	2% [y]	13%
Cygnal (R) [32]	Jan 7–9, 2022	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	–	19%	8%	–	5%	–	2%	47%	3% [z]	16%
	Jan 20, 2021	Inauguration of Joe Biden
BUSR/UNLV Lee Business School [33]	Nov 30 – Dec 2, 2020	221 (RV)	± 7.0%	–	–	6%	–	–	–	–	76%	13% [aa]	6%
				–	–	9%	–	48%	–	–	–	25% [ab]	18%

See also

• 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
• 2024 North Carolina Democratic presidential primary
• 2024 North Carolina elections
• 2024 United States presidential election
• 2024 United States presidential election in North Carolina
• 2024 United States elections

Notes

1. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
2. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
3. Ryan Binkley with 0%
4. Doug Burgum with 0%
5. "Someone else" with 2%; Ryan Binkley, Doug Burgum, Corey Stapleton with 0%
6. Doug Burgum and Will Hurd with 0%
7. Doug Burgum and Will Hurd with 0%
8. Ryan Binkley, Doug Burgum, Larry Elder, Will Hurd, Perry Johnson & "Someone else" with 1%; Corey Stapleton with 0%
9. Doug Burgum, Will Hurd, and Francis Suarez with 0%
10. Doug Burgum, Will Hurd and Francis Suarez with 0%
11. Liz Cheney with 1%; Greg Abbott, Doug Burgum, Will Hurd, Kristi Noem, and Francis Suarez with 0%
12. "Someone Else" with 2%
13. Liz Cheney with 2%; Greg Abbott with 1%; Kristi Noem and Glenn Youngkin with 0%
14. Liz Cheney with 2%; Kristi Noem and Mike Pompeo with 1%; Greg Abbott and Glenn Youngkin with 0%
15. Chris Sununu with 0%
16. Liz Cheney with 2%; Greg Abbott, Kristi Noem, Mike Pompeo and Glenn Youngkin with 0%
17. Liz Cheney with 2%; Ted Cruz with 1%; Greg Abbott, Kristi Noem, Mike Pompeo and Glenn Youngkin with 0%
18. Liz Cheney and Ted Cruz with 2%; Mike Pompeo with 1%; Greg Abbott, Kristi Noem, and Glenn Youngkin with 0%
19. Mike Pompeo with 2%
20. Liz Cheney with 3%; Ted Cruz with 2%; Greg Abbott, Kristi Noem, Mike Pompeo, and Glenn Youngkin with 0%
21. Marco Rubio with 5%; Ted Cruz and Liz Cheney with 3%; Mike Pompeo with 1%
22. Ted Cruz with 2%
23. Ted Cruz with 6%; Mike Pompeo with 2%; Kristi Noem with 1%
24. Ted Cruz with 11%; Mike Pompeo with 5%; Kristi Noem with 2%
25. Ted Cruz with 2%
26. Ted Cruz with 2%; Kristi Noem with 1%
27. Ted Cruz and Mitt Romney with 3%; Marco Rubio with 2%; "Someone else" with 5%
28. Ted Cruz and Mitt Romney with 9%; Marco Rubio with 3%; "Someone else" with 4%

Partisan clients

1. Poll conducted for the John Locke Foundation
2. Poll conducted for the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce

References

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5. Manchester, Julia (June 28, 2023). "DeSantis Backed by North Carolina House Majority Leader, 18 Other State Leaders". The Hill . Retrieved June 28, 2023.
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17. 270ToWin
18. FiveThirtyEight
19. Capen Analytics
20. Public Policy Polling (D)
21. ECU Center for Survey Research
22. Morning Consult
23. Meredith College
24. Opinion Diagnostics
25. SurveyUSA
26. Differentiators Data
27. Differentiators Data
28. John Bolton Super PAC
29. Atlantic Polling Strategies
30. Spry Strategies
31. Cygnal (R)
32. Cygnal (R)
33. BUSR/UNLV Lee Business School