NC Senate · Wake County
NC Senate District 16
Raleigh (part) · Cary (part) · Unincorporated (part) · Durham · 45 precincts
144,865 registered voters across 45 precincts, with 69,759 unaffiliated (48.2%), growing by 7,247 new registrants this year.
- Public records
- Official sources
- Aggregates only
- #3 of 6 by 2024 turnout
- #2 by unaffiliated share
- #4 by new registrants per 1,000
Ranked against the other NC Senate districts at the Sep 14, 2026 file.
This week here
- 75.8% turnout in 2024, up from 52.8% in 2022, running above the county's 74.7% and 49.9% marks.
- 58% of 7,247 new registrants filed as no party, well above the 48.2% no-party share on the full rolls.
- 52.8% of new registrants are under 30, versus 21.7% across the existing rolls here.
Turnout
Cycle over cycle
General-election turnout by cycle for NC Senate District 16, against the Wake County average.
Turnout = ballots cast by today’s registered voters ÷ current registration (current-map basis).
| Election | District | County | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 General | 109,22275.8% | 641,06274.7% | +1.1 |
| 2022 General | 76,13352.8% | 428,03749.9% | +2.9 |
| 2020 General | 96,63567.1% | 556,54464.9% | +2.2 |
| 2018 General | 66,83746.4% | 371,15543.3% | +3.1 |
| 2016 General | 73,18750.8% | 415,53048.4% | +2.4 |
Source: NCSBE voter history.
Every registered voter here, ranked by likelihood to vote.
Sample shown with synthetic data. Real voter records never appear on public pages.
See candidate toolsRegistration & demographics
Who’s registered here
Aggregates from the NCSBE voter file: party, age, race, and gender. The Asian total is enhanced by our CommunityIQ model (estimated, noted below the chart); everything else is the self-reported record.
Asian total enhanced by VoteIQ’s proprietary CommunityIQ model, which estimates likely heritage from voter names. Figures are estimates. How this works
- Democratic
- Republican
- Unaffiliated
- Other parties
| Age | DEM | REP | UNA | OTH | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18–29 | 9,317 | 3,761 | 18,082 | 293 | 31,453 |
| 30–44 | 14,257 | 5,345 | 21,652 | 503 | 41,757 |
| 45–64 | 13,042 | 7,859 | 18,610 | 251 | 39,762 |
| 65+ | 12,066 | 8,358 | 11,415 | 54 | 31,893 |
Each band is measured against its own total, so a smaller band still shows its mix. Bars share a 0 to 100 percent scale. The count beside each band’s largest group is shown on the chart; the table above carries every count. Shares may not add to 100 after rounding. Source: NCSBE
7,247 people have registered here in 2026.
| Measure | New in 2026 | Standing roll |
|---|---|---|
| Chose Unaffiliated | 4,20558% | 69,75948.2% |
| Under 30 | 3,82352.8% | 31,45321.7% |
The two columns have different denominators: 7,247 people registered here in 2026, against a standing roll of 144,865 registered voters. Shares may not add to 100 after rounding. Source: NCSBE
All 69,759 unaffiliated voters here carry a modeled lean and a turnout score.
Sample shown with synthetic data. Real voter records never appear on public pages.
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Who’s switching parties
Voters here who changed their party registration between the two most recent voter files. Aggregates only, never voter records.
| Party left | Dem | Rep | Una |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dem | n/a | 1 | 8 |
| Rep | 0 | n/a | 11 |
| Una | 17 | 4 | n/a |
The biggest move this week: 17 voters went from unaffiliated to Democratic.
45 party changes recorded in this week’s file. The grid covers moves among the three largest affiliations.
Precincts
The 45 precincts
Precinct-level aggregates are public record. Tap a precinct on the map, or switch the lens; the table ranks the largest.
| Precinct | Registered | ’24 turnout |
|---|---|---|
| 08-03 | 7,207 | 5,23573.2% |
| 11-01 | 6,847 | 4,79570.8% |
| 07-10 | 5,891 | 4,37774.4% |
| 11-02 | 5,531 | 4,11074.8% |
| 04-13 | 5,281 | 4,30782.1% |
78,566 doors here. Walk lists group them street by street.
Sample shown with synthetic data. Real voter records never appear on public pages.
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Largest neighborhoods
The subdivisions with the most registered voters here, by household geography. Aggregates only, never voter records.
Based on geocoded residential addresses (k≥10 suppressed). Coverage expands as more voters are geocoded.
Homes
Homes and turnout
Whether a voter owns or rents is one of the steadier signals behind turnout, and it is not on the voter file. These figures come from Wake County parcel records matched to the file, so a share of voters here has no match at all and is counted separately.
Shares are of all 144,865 registered voters here, the not matched group included.
voters here, 32% of the district, live at an address recorded as an apartment or other multi-family building.
Apartment status is a separate record from ownership, so these voters also appear in the tenure split.
Countywide, owner-occupied households turned out 16.6 points higher than rentals in 2024.
That is a Wake County figure, not this district’s. We do not publish a turnout gap for individual districts.
Not matched is a real category, not a rounding error: 38,389 voters here, 26.5% of the district, have no usable parcel match and are shown as unknown. Those voters stay in the totals above and are never reassigned to owner or renter. Source: Wake County parcel records matched to the NCSBE voter file.
Shares are of all 144,865 registered voters here. Each voter is grouped by the way they have most often cast a ballot in past elections. This describes what already happened; it is not a prediction of how anyone will vote next time. No recent vote history means no ballot is recorded for that voter in the elections covered here. Those voters are registered and eligible to vote. Shares may not add to 100 after rounding. Source: NCSBE
On the ballot · 2026
Who’s running
Candidates as filed with the State Board of Elections. VoteIQ does not endorse candidates.
7,247 voters registered here this year. Verified candidates get each week's list, with addresses.
Sample shown with synthetic data. Real voter records never appear on public pages.
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How we count: district aggregates from the NCSBE weekly voter file. Turnout is the current electorate’s participation in past cycles (current-map basis), never a forecast.
Source: NCSBE voter file & candidate filings · registered = active + inactive (matches the Wake BoE total). Aggregates only.