2016 North Carolina precinct and election results shapefile. ## RDH Date retrieval 06/29/2021 ## Sources Election results and precinct shapefile from the NC State Board of Elections (https://www.ncsbe.gov/results-data) ## Fields metadata Vote Column Label Format ------------------------ Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is: G16PREDCli The first character is G for a general election, P for a primary, C for a caucus, R for a runoff, S for a special. Characters 2 and 3 are the year of the election. Characters 4-6 represent the office type (see list below). Character 7 represents the party of the candidate. Characters 8-10 are the first three letters of the candidate's last name. Office Codes AGR - Commissioner of Agriculture ATG - Attorney General AUD - Auditor COM - Comptroller COU - City Council Member DEL - Delegate to the U.S. House GOV - Governor H## - U.S. House, where ## is the district number. AL: at large. HOD - House of Delegates, accompanied by a HOD_DIST column indicating district number HOR - U.S. House, accompanied by a HOR_DIST column indicating district number INS - Commissioner of Insurance LAB - Commissioner of Labor LTG - Lieutenant Governor LND - Commissioner of Public Lands PRE - President PSC - Public Service Commissioner PUC - Public Utilities Commissioner RGT - State University Regent RRC - Railroad Commissioner SAC - State Court of Appeals SOS - Secretary of State SOV - Senate of Virginia, accompanied by a SOV_DIST column indicating district number SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction SSC - State Supreme Court TRE - Treasurer USS - U.S. Senate Party Codes D and R will always represent Democrat and Republican, respectively. See the state-specific notes for the remaining codes used in a particular file; note that third-party candidates may appear on the ballot under different party labels in different states. ## Fields G16PRERTRU - Donald Trump (Republican Party) G16PREDCLI - Hillary Clinton (Democratic Party) G16PRELJOH - Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party) G16PREOWRI - Write-in Votes G16USSRBUR - Richard Burr (Republican Party) G16USSDROS - Deborah Ross (Democratic Party) G16USSLHAU - Sean Haugh (Libertarian Party) G16GOVRMCC - Pat McCrory (Republican Party) G16GOVDCOO - Roy Cooper (Democratic Party) G16GOVLCEC - Lon Cecil (Libertarian Party) G16LTGRFOR - Dan Forest (Republican Party) G16LTGDCOL - Linda Coleman (Democratic Party) G16LTGLCOL - Jacki Cole (Libertarian Party) G16ATGRNEW - Buck Newton (Republican Party) G16ATGDSTE - Josh Stein (Democratic Party) G16TRERFOL - Dale R. Folwell (Republican Party) G16TREDBLU - Dan Blue III (Democratic Party) G16SOSRLAP - Michael LaPaglia (Republican Party) G16SOSDMAR - Elaine Marshall (Democratic Party) G16AUDRSTU - Chuck Stuber (Republican Party) G16AUDDWOO - Beth A. Wood (Democratic Party) G16AGRRTRO - Steve Troxler (Republican Party) G16AGRDSMI - Walter Smith (Democratic Party) G16INSRCAU - Mike Causey (Republican Party) G16INSDGOO - Wayne Goodwin (Democratic Party) G16LABRBER - Cherie Berry (Republican Party) G16LABDMEE - Charles Meeker (Democratic Party) G16LABOWRI - Write-in Votes G16SPIRJOH - Mark Johnson (Republican Party) G16SPIDATK - June Atkinson (Democratic Party) G16SSCREDM - Robert H. Edmunds (Non-partisan but Republican-aligned) G16SSCDMOR - Michael R. Mogran (Non-partisan but Democrat-aligned) G16SACRDIE - Richard Dietz (Republican Party) G16SACDROZ - Vince Rozier (Democratic Party) G16SACRMUR - Hunter Murphy (Republican Party) G16SACDEAG - Margaret Eagles (Democratic Party) G16SACUBUI - Donald Ray Blue (Unaffiliated) G16SACRHUN - Bob Hunter (Republican Party) G16SACDJON - Abe Jones (Democratic Party) G16SACRBER - Phil Berger, Jr. (Republican Party) G16SACDSTE - Linda Stephens (Democratic Party) G16SACRZAC - Valerie Zachary (Republican Party) G16SACDMCK - Rickye McKoy-Mitchell (Democratic Party) ## Processing Steps Until the 2016 general election North Carolina also produced another results-sorted data set that assigned votes by Census VTD. Since NC precinct boundaries are now produced using Census blocks and are therefore interchangeable with VTDs the series was discontinued. The statistical "noise" added to the results-sorted data was greater than that added to the precinct-sorted data in some counties and lesser than that added to the precinct-sorted data in other counties. For the 2016 general election 29 counties reported all votes by precinct in their initial precinct results. These precinct results were therefore used for the following counties. Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Burke, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Craven, Franklin, Graham, Granville, Hoke, Iredell, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Montgomery, Person, Randolph, Rockingham, Rowan, Rutherford, Stanly, Swain, Transylvania, Union, Vance, Warren, Yancey The results-sorted data had less noise than the precinct-sorted data in following 45 counties. Beaufort, Brunswick, Buncombe, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba*, Cumberland, Currituck, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Durham*, Forsyth, Greene, Guilford, Halifax*, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hyde, Jackson*, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir*, Lincoln, Macon, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Pitt*, Polk, Richmond, Sampson, Scotland, Stokes*, Surry*, Tyrrell, Wayne, Wilkes, Yadkin The precinct-sorted data had less noise than the results-sorted data in the following 26 counties. Anson, Ashe, Avery, Bertie*, Bladen, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret*, Chatham, Chowan, Columbus, Dare, Edgecombe, Gaston, Gates*, Hertford, Martin*, Mecklenburg*, Northampton*, Orange, Perquimans*, Robeson*, Wake, Washington, Watauga, Wilson In counties marked by asterisk some votes were still reported by vote center or countywide in the results-sorted or precinct-sorted data. These were distributed by candidate to precincts based on the precinct-level reported vote. The results-sorted or precinct-sorted results were further adjusted to match the certified countywide totals based on the precinct-level vote by candidate. For some counties the results-sorted data includes combined precincts are adds unsorted votes to one of the precinct line items. Where the results-sorted data otherwise contained less noise than the precinct-sorted data then the precinct-sorted data was used instead only for these precincts: Buncombe 05.1/56.2/68.1, Catawba 29, Cumberland CC17/CC31, Forsyth 402/403, Guilford G42B, New Hanover W03/W21, Scotland 09/10.