North Carolina

Party registration totals from 2008 through 2026. Source: North Carolina state election board filings.

Last Reported Date: 5/23/26

Republican (2026)

2,325,125

29.9% of total

Democratic (2026)

2,314,223

29.8% of total

Independent (2026)

3,081,579

39.7% of total

Other Parties (2026)

50,961

0.7% of total

North Carolina — Party Registration Share

% of active registrants by party

North Carolina — Raw Registration Totals

Active registrants by party

North Carolina — Annual Registration Totals

Active registrants by party

Year	Republican	GOP %	Democratic	Dem %	Independent	Ind %	Other	Other %	Total	Filing Date
2026	2,325,125	29.9%	2,314,223	29.8%	3,081,579	39.7%	50,961	0.7%	7,771,888	5.23.26
2025	2,311,349	30.2%	2,311,408	30.2%	2,970,160	38.9%	50,926	0.7%	7,643,843	1.1.26
2024	2,368,532	30.0%	2,459,450	31.2%	2,972,586	37.7%	85,014	1.1%	7,885,582	1.1.25
2023	2,210,932	30.1%	2,413,448	32.8%	2,675,934	36.4%	54,044	0.7%	7,354,358	11.4.23
2022	2,223,681	30.0%	2,499,045	33.7%	2,636,610	35.6%	50,456	0.7%	7,409,792	11.5.22
2021	2,175,222	30.4%	2,491,840	34.8%	2,443,874	34.1%	47,282	0.7%	7,158,218	11.6.21
2020	2,231,586	30.3%	2,623,000	35.6%	2,452,000	33.3%	54,633	0.7%	7,361,219	11.3.20
2019	2,032,446	30.0%	2,491,457	36.8%	2,208,570	32.6%	43,049	0.6%	6,775,522	11.5.19
2018	2,112,130	29.8%	2,688,921	37.9%	2,252,808	31.8%	38,827	0.5%	7,092,686	11.6.18
2017	2,059,168	30.2%	2,643,176	38.8%	2,073,637	30.5%	33,863	0.5%	6,809,844	11.7.17
2016	2,086,942	30.2%	2,733,188	39.5%	2,065,687	29.9%	32,333	0.5%	6,918,150	11.8.16
2015	1,951,285	30.5%	2,628,215	41.0%	1,798,258	28.1%	27,484	0.4%	6,405,242	11.7.15
2014	2,012,572	30.4%	2,767,586	41.8%	1,821,583	27.5%	25,650	0.4%	6,627,391	11.4.14
2013	1,990,065	30.7%	2,763,885	42.7%	1,698,544	26.2%	22,173	0.3%	6,474,667	11.5.13
2012	2,052,250	30.9%	2,870,693	43.2%	1,706,924	25.7%	19,321	0.3%	6,649,188	11.6.12
2011	1,942,012	31.5%	2,718,027	44.0%	1,499,617	24.3%	12,017	0.2%	6,171,673	11.5.11
2010	1,958,503	31.6%	2,769,324	44.7%	1,463,624	23.6%	9,252	0.1%	6,200,703	11.2.10
2009	1,932,357	31.8%	2,768,464	45.5%	1,376,733	22.6%	6,057	0.1%	6,083,611	11.3.09
2008	2,002,416	32.0%	2,866,669	45.8%	1,392,011	22.2%	3,637	0.1%	6,264,733	11.4.08