North Carolina Congressional District 12

Congressional District Profile

Overview

District ID
NC-12
State
North Carolina
District Number
12
Total Candidates
86
Election Cycles
2026, 2024, 2022, 2020, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1996, 1994, 1992

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Voters

Registered Voters
525,553
Active Voters
431,591 (82.1%)

Party Registration

PartyVotersShare
Democratic233,34444.4%
Republican76,62514.6%
Unaffiliated211,65440.3%
Other parties3,9300.7%
No party recorded00.0%

Turnout by Cycle

CycleGeneralDemocratic PrimaryRepublican Primary
2025–2026107,653 (20.5%)33,796 (6.4%)2,836 (0.5%)
2023–2024352,359 (67.0%)57,753 (11.0%)28,822 (5.5%)
2021–2022200,010 (38.1%)47,740 (9.1%)16,605 (3.2%)
2019–2020310,480 (59.1%)105,044 (20.0%)21,102 (4.0%)
2017–2018195,719 (37.2%)42,572 (8.1%)10,514 (2.0%)
2015–2016223,704 (42.6%)71,694 (13.6%)32,369 (6.2%)
2013–2014124,282 (23.6%)24,831 (4.7%)11,955 (2.3%)
2011–2012188,448 (35.9%)44,155 (8.4%)25,717 (4.9%)

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
676,743
Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP)
519,412

Citizen Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCitizensShare
Non-Hispanic593,76187.7%
Hispanic82,98812.3%
White265,04139.2%
Black279,59741.3%
Asian26,1053.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native1,2280.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander2350.0%
Two or More Races3,6170.5%

Citizen Voting Age Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCVAPShare
Non-Hispanic477,03191.8%
Hispanic42,3868.2%
White227,39243.8%
Black222,13542.8%
Asian22,2904.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native4,3060.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1550.0%
Two or More Races2,1980.4%

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

Candidates