Kamala D. Harris won Wake County with 61.7% of the vote, ahead of Donald J. Trump. 653,580 votes were counted. The party margin was a Democratic lead of 25.4 points. Compared with the previous presidential election in Wake County that is loaded, the margin moved 1.0 points toward Republicans.
Wake County leans Democratic by 26.2 points compared with the nation (our partisan lean index, based on president 2024 75% + 2020 25%).
Wake 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 13.2 points away from the national margin.
In 2024, 653,580 votes were cast in the biggest race, which is 81.5% of the 802,370 citizens aged 18 and over in Wake County.
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