Kamala D. Harris won Buncombe County with 61.5% of the vote, ahead of Donald J. Trump. 160,510 votes were counted. The party margin was a Democratic lead of 24.7 points. Compared with the previous presidential election in Buncombe County that is loaded, the margin moved 3.6 points toward Democrats.
Buncombe County leans Democratic by 24.2 points compared with the nation (our partisan lean index, based on president 2024 75% + 2020 25%).
Buncombe County voted for the winner of the national popular vote in 5 of 7 presidential elections from 2000 to 2024. On average its margin sat 11.9 points away from the national margin.
In 2024, 160,510 votes were cast in the biggest race, which is 75.4% of the 212,770 citizens aged 18 and over in Buncombe County.
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