NC Voting Update: October 27

[moose65]

October 15 was the first day of Early Voting in NC. After the sites closed on Monday, October 26, here are the updated totals:

Mail-in ballots received: 804,811
Early voting (12 days): 2,607,038

Total: 3,411,849

Party breakdown of those who have voted:

Democratic: 1,356,449
Republican: 1,041,160
Unaffiliated: 999,173
Libertarian: 12,534
Constitution: 1,291
Green: 1,242

46.6% of registered voters have already voted.

We have now reached 71.5% of the 2016 votes cast.

We have also surpassed the number of early and mail-in votes from 2016 by almost 265,000, with 5 days to go.

52% of the registered Democrats in NC have already voted.

Source: https://carolinaelections.com/votetracker/

[berni_mccoy]

1. If independents are breaking like the polls suggest

Then Biden is up big time, about 60-40 with over half the votes cast.

[beachbumbob]

6. could be, and decent Nov 3 day voting and Biden runs awy with NC

[mwooldri]

2. Republican voting doesn't seem too far behind.

Seems like 49% of registered Republicans have voted. However unaffiliated voters - 42% of those have voted.

It's IMO all about turning out the Democrats and hoping the unaffiliated break our way.

[idziak4ever1234]

3. Let's hope most of these are actually counted.

1million unaffiliated voters is crazy.

[moose65]

4. Not really!

North Carolina has more unaffiliated voters than those who are registered Republican. A lot of young voters (Generation Z) will not register with either party.

[octoberlib]

10. A lot of moderate Republicans left the GOP after the crazies took over the General Assembly in NC.

They were showing up at Moral Mondays saying " This isn't the Republican party I remember".

[FakeNoose]

5. Unaffiliated doesn't mean undecided

In most states (including my state of Pennsylvania) you'll find that there are more people who are undeclared for either party, than there are registered as party members.

Among those unaffiliated, there are also a good number who don't bother to vote in normal times. But 2020 isn't normal and a lot of those people are taking the time to vote this year. What's bringing them out? I'll bet dollars to donuts, it's not because they love Chump.

[beachbumbob]

8. nothing suggest the unaffiliated are not heavily voting democratic, esecially when looking at

demographics and voting preferences of the under 30 yr old voter

[FakeNoose]

9. Yes, and it's a good opportunity for us

... to sign up some new members to the Democratic Party!

[moose65]

11. They'll be counted

The NC Board of Elections as well as each individual county board are controlled by Democrats.

[idziak4ever1234]

12. FABULOUS!

[Marius25]

7. According to a CBS/YouGov poll

of people who have already voted, Biden is winning 8% of Republicans and 56% of independents in NC. If those numbers are accurate, Biden has about a 1 million vote lead so far in early voting.