Half Moon leans Republican by roughly 28 points: about 36% of voters vote Democratic and 64% Republican.
About 84% of adults in Half Moon typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Half Moon, ~30% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~17% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Half Moon compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Half Moon leans more Republican than 12 of 48 neighbors.
Half Moon runs about 25 points more Republican than North Carolina as a whole.
Why Half Moon leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Half Moon, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 77% of households in Half Moon are family households, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Never-married share and voter turnout
Places with a low never-married share tend to turn out at a higher rate; Half Moon, NC sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Half Moon looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 96% of adults in Half Moon have completed high school, about 7 points above the North Carolina average of 88%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Fallon Naval Air Station, NV R+56
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- South Dos Palos, CA R+14
- Raymond, NE R+44
- Church Hill, MD R+29
- Roxana, IL R+22
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from North Carolina State Board of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.