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Fahrenthold451

(436 posts)
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 12:28 PM Nov 2020

NC Dems lead In Person voting. Crushing Mail.

Something is going on in NC for reals. Unlike other battleground states, Dems have the lead for IN PERSON early voters. Granted the lead is .8% but Dems have a huge 25% lead in mail ballots.

https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/NC.html

Overall D lead of 255,000 votes +-
Bodes very well for Biden.

Curiously, NC is one of the few states where Rs have an advantage in the rate of return for their mail in ballots. (That's the percentage if those who turn in the ballot, not the actual numbers if ballots) Rs have a 2.7% advantage. IA is the other R Mail advantage state for rate of return.

https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/NC.html

In the other battlegrounds Dems requested far more ballots but they also are turning them in at a higher rate.

Fl 1.5 Dem advantage
AZ 5 D advantage
PA 11.4 advantage

Will be watching that PA number closely. Nate Silver said that the Rs could be hurt more by stopping the Mail ballots as they are sitting on their ballots longer. This is presumably because they don't even know that slow mail delivery is an issue. Fox ain't talking about it.

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exboyfil

(17,862 posts)
1. It would nice in Pennsylvania if they did screw themselves
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 12:32 PM
Nov 2020

By the Democratic voters getting ballots in significantly earlier because they were warned.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
4. That's an assumption. Many states (including mine and PA) never allowed absentee/mail-in before.
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 12:36 PM
Nov 2020

At least, not in any realistic way.

We are totally guessing how crazy people will behave in a novel election environment.

 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
6. party affiliation numbers don;t reflect actual voting as we KNOW in 2020
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 12:44 PM
Nov 2020

a big crossover of republicans to Biden and not so much with democrats to trump. THE SECRET WEAPON here is the unaffliated vote count as most under 30 voters register this way and we KNOW they break heavy to democrats. This demographic can blow the tidal wave higher in states like NC, Georgia, and TEXAS and can have an impact in IOWA as well

barbtries

(28,787 posts)
5. another reason i think this is good news:
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 12:39 PM
Nov 2020

virtually all of the Dems are voting for Biden, but a sizable number of Rs are too.

GO BLUE NC!!!!!!

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