In the 2016 presidential elections, the Solid North predictably acted like a motherless child. 

Former vice president Jejomar Binay, being a son of Cagayan Valley, got Northeast Luzon including Kalinga, Apayao, and Abra. 

Grace Poe, being the daughter of Fernando Poe Jr., got the rest of the pie, except for Ilocos Norte, which went for eventual winner Rodrigo Duterte. 

The vice presidency, however, was another story. 

Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. won big in all the provinces in Northern and Central Luzon. Leni Robredo beat him only in Tarlac, home turf of then President Benigno Simeon Aquino III, and by only 30,000 votes, and in Batanes where she got four times his votes. 

In his home province of Ilocos Norte, Marcos got 96.8% of all VP votes. 

In the Ilocos region, Marcos got 84.36% if the battle against Leni was one-on-one. In Cagayan Valley, Marcos's 2016 votes represented 85% of their  combined votes.

In the Cordillera, Marcos got "only" 79% of the votes if it were a two-way fight in 20016. His votes increased by 10% in 2022.  

In the rest of the Solid North, his dominance was clear.