2018 North Carolina precinct and election results shapefile. ## RDH Date retrieval 06/30/2021 ## 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: G20PRERTRU The first character is G for a general election, C for recount results, P for a primary, S for a special, and R for a runoff. 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 A## - Ballot amendment, where ## is an identifier AGR - Commissioner of Agriculture ATG - Attorney General AUD - Auditor CFO - Chief Financial Officer CHA - Council Chairman COC - Corporation Commissioner COM - Comptroller CON - State Controller COU - City Council Member CSC - Clerk of the Supreme Court 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 - Insurance Commissioner LAB - Labor Commissioner LND - Commissioner of Public/State Lands LTG - Lieutenant Governor MAY - Mayor MNI - State Mine Inspector PSC - Public Service Commissioner PUC - Public Utilities Commissioner RGT - State University Regent SAC - State Appeals Court (in AL: Civil Appeals) SBE - State Board of Education SCC - State Court of Criminal Appeals SOC - Secretary of Commonwealth SOS - Secretary of State SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction SPL - Commissioner of School and Public Lands SSC - State Supreme Court TAX - Tax Commissioner TRE - Treasurer UBR - University Board of Regents/Trustees/Governors 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 G18SSCRJAC - Barbara Jackson (Republican Party) G18SSCRANG - Christopher (Chris) Anglin (Republican Party) G18SSCDEAR - Anita Earls (Democratic Party) G18SACRHEA - Andrew T. Heath (Republican Party) G18SACDARR - John S. Arrowood (Democratic Party) G18SACRGRI - Jefferson G. Griffin (Republican Party) G18SACRRAY - Sandra Alice Ray (Republican Party) G18SACDHAM - Tobias (Toby) Hampson (Democratic Party) G18SACRKIT - Chuck Kitchen (Republican Party) G18SACDCOL - Allegra Katherine Collins (Democratic Party) G18SACLMON - Michael Monaco, Sr. (Libertarian Party) ## Processing Steps North Carolina produces two sets of election results data. The precinct results are the unaltered results as initially reported by the counties. Many counties report early votes by vote center while provisional and other nonstandard ballots may be reported countywide. The precinct-sorted results are then produced within 30 days after the election. In the precinct-sorted data nearly all votes are assigned to precincts regardless of the manner by which the ballots were cast. However, North Carolina law requires the addition of statistical "noise" to the precinct-sorted data wherever any given vote by any specific voter may otherwise be deduced via cross referencing the various election-related data sets produced by the SBE. For the 2018 general election 39 counties reported all votes by precinct in their initial precinct results. The precinct-sorted data set was used instead for the counties listed below. Ashe, Avery, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Caswell, Chatham, Chowan, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare*, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Durham*, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Greene*, Halifax*, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hyde, Jackson, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Lincoln, Macon*, Martin*, Mecklenburg, Moore, Nash, New Hanover*, Northampton*, Orange, Pamlico, Pender, Perquimans*, Pitt*, Polk, Richmond, Rutherford, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly*, Stokes, Surry, Tyrrell, Wake, Washington*, Watauga, Wayne, Wilkes, Yadkin In counties marked by asterisk some votes were still reported by vote center or countywide in the precinct-sorted data. These were distributed by candidate to precincts based on the precinct-level reported vote. The precinct-sorted results were further adjusted to match the certified countywide totals based on the precinct-level vote by candidate.