Former President Donald Trump showed on Tuesday, March 5 – Super Tuesday, that is – that he is highly popular among Republican voters across the country; and that proved to be the case in Guilford County as well, where Trump pulled in just over 69 percent of the votes cast for president in the Republican Primary.
That’s an impressive victory. However, it does show that Trump is not quite as popular in Guilford County as he is statewide. In all votes across North Carolina in that race, he pulled in 790,750 votes, which gave him nearly 74 percent of the total votes cast. Last woman standing challenger Nikki Haley finished with just over 23 percent statewide.
The remaining votes were split among other candidates who had already pulled out of the race, as well as the No Preference votes.
In Guilford County, the only other Republican presidential candidate to pull in over 1 percent was Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Next came No Preference, which beat out all of the remaining candidates in votes cast by Guilford County voters.
The complete list of how Republican candidates and former candidates fared in the county is as follows…
Donald Trump 30,298 69.39%
Nikki Haley 11,969 27.41%
Ron DeSantis 652 1.49%
No Preference 350 0.80%
Chris Christie 171 0.39%
Vivek Ramaswamy 147 0.34%
Asa Hutchinson 39 0.09%
Ryan Binkley 36 0.08%
The vote totals are yet to be certified, and some provisional ballots are not included in the election night numbers. However, the results show a crystal clear picture of who Guilford County Republicans want to see as their next president.
As impressive as that victory was, in Guilford County, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. trounced his only opponent, No Preference. The president got 39,783 votes from county voters, which gave Biden an 89.81 percent victory over his less than formidable opponent.
Unlike Trump, Biden did better in Guilford County than he did statewide. Across all votes in the state, Biden received 87.32 percent to No Preference’s 12.68 percent.
Guilford County is among friends in regards to this primary outcome.
Of the fifteen state elections that day, every county in SEVEN of those states, including North Carolina went for President Donald J Trump.
Just the facts, ma’am.
Of course Trump is leading. After all, who wouldn’t want a liar, thief, rapist, ego maniac as our nation’s leader? Wake up people: this man is maniacal. It’s time folks thought about what’s good for our country and not just the Republican Party. Republicans would elect Charles Manson if he were still alive…provided he’s Republican. Shameful.
Well said Glenn…I am glad someone uses their brain. I’d rather vote for a dog than Trump. At least Kennedy and Biden are mature and professional. The State of the Union address was on point on 3/7/24, calling out the lying Republicans on live T.V with their deception and Trump. i am so glad Biden exposed those clowns.
Biden – Harris is more shameful
Unfortunately, we weren’t given the choice of RFK, Jr. which was my choice, so once again I didn’t get to vote for the person I really wanted to. This is the third primary that I’ve not been able to vote for the candidate I preferred because they weren’t allowed on the ballot or had been dumped off by the first two states’ primaries. Voting is no longer fun or interesting. At this point what have the other states got to vote for other than local elections? I’m old and tired of the political system. Perhaps age brings wisdom, which brings sadness.
The voters have the say comes November. So we will get what we vote for. If you don’t vote, it’s your fault if you don’t get what you want.