North Carolina Congressional District 08

Congressional District Profile

Overview

District ID
NC-08
State
North Carolina
District Number
08
Total Candidates
82
Election Cycles
2026, 2024, 2022, 2020, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1990, 1988, 1986, 1984, 1982, 1980

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Voters

Registered Voters
548,525
Active Voters
478,535 (87.2%)

Party Registration

PartyVotersShare
Democratic144,94126.4%
Republican189,87034.6%
Unaffiliated210,44438.4%
Other parties3,2700.6%
No party recorded00.0%

Turnout by Cycle

CycleGeneralDemocratic PrimaryRepublican Primary
2025–202656,498 (10.3%)2,121 (0.4%)329 (0.1%)
2023–2024408,921 (74.5%)37,378 (6.8%)84,891 (15.5%)
2021–2022262,124 (47.8%)30,407 (5.5%)55,824 (10.2%)
2019–2020370,589 (67.6%)77,216 (14.1%)67,969 (12.4%)
2017–2018242,318 (44.2%)35,497 (6.5%)34,730 (6.3%)
2015–2016279,627 (51.0%)56,998 (10.4%)76,955 (14.0%)
2013–2014164,190 (29.9%)27,749 (5.1%)29,561 (5.4%)
2011–2012236,817 (43.2%)49,932 (9.1%)59,519 (10.9%)

Turnout counts today's registered voters with a counted ballot in the cycle's elections (the odd and even year), as a share of today's registered voters. Voters who have since left the rolls are not counted.

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Source: Civitech voter file snapshot as of 01/20/2026. These are registered voters, separate from the Census population figures. Counts under 10 are suppressed and shown as "<10".

Demographics

Total Citizen Population
730,980
Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP)
549,608

Citizen Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCitizensShare
Non-Hispanic675,50792.4%
Hispanic55,4767.6%
White461,42763.1%
Black126,10117.3%
Asian22,1923.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native41,3635.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander3170.0%
Two or More Races2,3950.3%

Citizen Voting Age Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCVAPShare
Non-Hispanic519,72794.6%
Hispanic29,8865.4%
White364,89166.4%
Black101,64418.5%
Asian16,3403.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native36,3866.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander2970.1%
Two or More Races1,4830.3%

Source: Redistricting Data Hub / U.S. Census Bureau CVAP Special Tabulation.

Candidates