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North Carolina Constitutional amendment: Maximum income tax rate of 3.5%

Maximum income tax rate of 3.5%. 2026 results by county, from North Carolina's official results file: For 61.9%, Against 38.1% statewide.

Statewide

Constitutional amendment to keep the State income tax rate from being raised higher than three and one-half percent (3.5%).

A vote for
Supports this amendment.
A vote against
Opposes it.
For 61.9% Against 38.1%

2,571,388 for and 1,580,808 against.

Session Law 2026-4

The state's unofficial totals. We don't call measures.

By county

100 counties: For has the most votes in 96, Against has the most votes in 4. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyForAgainstVotes
Alamance County59.5%40.5%66,944
Alexander County82.1%17.9%13,379
Alleghany County78.1%21.9%4,643
Anson County63.8%36.2%7,830
Ashe County70.3%29.7%11,656
Avery County78.3%21.7%6,662
Beaufort County75.2%24.8%19,592
Bertie County59.4%40.6%6,539
Bladen County80.7%19.3%11,716
Brunswick County76.2%23.8%85,034
Buncombe County45.7%54.3%128,941
Burke County75.6%24.4%29,543
Cabarrus County66.4%33.6%86,059
Caldwell County77.0%23.0%26,882
Camden County81.6%18.4%4,416
Carteret County78.5%21.5%34,772
Caswell County72.6%27.4%8,344
Catawba County73.2%26.8%58,539
Chatham County45.9%54.1%42,500
Cherokee County83.7%16.3%12,185
Chowan County75.9%24.1%5,706
Clay County79.0%21.0%5,644
Cleveland County75.3%24.7%34,165
Columbus County78.6%21.4%16,511
Craven County72.2%27.8%41,363
Cumberland County66.7%33.3%93,369
Currituck County83.1%16.9%12,495
Dare County70.3%29.7%18,637
Davidson County78.5%21.5%60,279
Davie County76.6%23.4%18,330
Duplin County75.2%24.8%15,696
Durham County28.9%71.1%150,118
Edgecombe County54.5%45.5%17,673
Forsyth County54.2%45.8%150,982
Franklin County66.0%34.0%32,897
Gaston County71.7%28.3%81,391
Gates County77.8%22.2%4,046
Graham County83.9%16.1%3,627
Granville County65.3%34.7%24,230
Greene County65.2%34.8%6,194
Guilford County55.2%44.8%214,835
Halifax County55.2%44.8%17,401
Harnett County72.1%27.9%44,972
Haywood County69.9%30.1%27,308
Henderson County64.9%35.1%56,114
Hertford County59.1%40.9%6,959
Hoke County73.0%27.0%15,510
Hyde County65.5%34.5%1,979
Iredell County74.9%25.1%74,755
Jackson County60.4%39.6%15,951
Johnston County68.1%31.9%87,676
Jones County79.1%20.9%3,823
Lee County63.4%36.6%21,049
Lenoir County65.0%35.0%19,268
Lincoln County75.5%24.5%37,841
Macon County74.7%25.3%15,962
Madison County65.9%34.1%10,436
Martin County66.0%34.0%8,860
McDowell County79.3%20.7%16,031
Mecklenburg County53.1%46.9%438,389
Mitchell County78.1%21.9%6,106
Montgomery County73.4%26.6%8,758
Moore County71.0%29.0%44,147
Nash County66.4%33.6%40,397
New Hanover County60.2%39.8%101,698
Northampton County58.5%41.5%6,860
Onslow County78.8%21.2%49,014
Orange County31.0%69.0%71,545
Pamlico County74.7%25.3%5,976
Pasquotank County74.5%25.5%14,499
Pender County75.6%24.4%25,259
Perquimans County79.3%20.7%5,532
Person County73.9%26.1%15,630
Pitt County59.0%41.0%62,202
Polk County68.5%31.5%9,975
Randolph County78.3%21.7%46,775
Richmond County70.1%29.9%13,225
Robeson County76.4%23.6%28,969
Rockingham County75.0%25.0%33,756
Rowan County71.6%28.4%49,922
Rutherford County78.8%21.2%22,468
Sampson County79.0%21.0%17,990
Scotland County66.7%33.3%10,196
Stanly County77.4%22.6%24,068
Stokes County79.7%20.3%17,403
Surry County80.3%19.7%23,802
Swain County70.9%29.1%5,013
Transylvania County60.2%39.8%15,988
Tyrrell County76.1%23.9%1,324
Union County76.3%23.7%97,607
Vance County58.7%41.3%14,382
Wake County51.2%48.8%519,667
Warren County61.8%38.2%7,932
Washington County53.1%46.9%4,418
Watauga County53.5%46.5%23,665
Wayne County72.6%27.4%38,211
Wilkes County81.9%18.1%23,138
Wilson County66.0%34.0%28,548
Yadkin County81.0%19.0%13,350
Yancey County71.1%28.9%8,133

The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.

Sources & scope

North Carolina's official results, file posted Nov 13, 5:05 PM. Unofficial until certified. North Carolina's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.