2026 results · North Carolina · county

Watauga County, North Carolina

Cooper carried Watauga County by 28.0 points in the Senate race, 22.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here (D+6.0). 2 races have votes counted here.

Watauga County on the national map

Votes counted, Senate: 24,051; 73% of the 32,934 votes for president in 2024
2026 margin: D+28.0
2024 president: D+6.0
Shift from 2024: 22.0 pts → D
In North Carolina: 17th of 100; The 17th best county for Cooper of the 100 counted; 48th for turnout against 2024.

Statewide races

North Carolina SenateRoy Cooper won · D+19.7 across the state
62.6% Roy Cooper34.6% Michael Whatley
D+28.024,051 votes
22.0 pts → D2024 D+6.0

The House

North Carolina 5th DistrictWatauga County's part of the district · still counting · D+0.1 across the district
62.5% Chuck Hubbard34.7% Virginia Foxx
D+27.823,969 votes
21.9 pts → D2024 D+5.9

Counts come from each race’s official source, named on its own page. Margins are the leading two candidates’ difference in points of all votes counted. 2024 is the presidential vote, Harris against Trump, on the same ground (for a House district, the county’s part of it). A county is not compared with 2024 until a quarter of its 2024 vote is counted. Ranks are among the state’s counties with votes counted in the same race.