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moose65

(3,446 posts) Sat Oct 31, 2020, 09:47 AM Oct 2020

NC Voting Update: October 31 [View all]

October 15 was the first day of Early Voting in NC. After the sites closed on Friday, October 30, here are the updated totals:

Mail-in ballots received: 907,742
Early voting (16 days): 3,437,684

Total: 4,345,426

Party breakdown of those who have voted:

Democratic: 1,633,733
Republican: 1,378,537
Unaffiliated: 1,310,505
Libertarian: 18,905
Constitution: 1,946
Green: 1,760

59.2% of registered voters have already voted.

We have now reached 91.1% of the 2016 votes cast.

We have also surpassed the number of early and mail-in votes from 2016 by almost 1,200,000, with 1 day of Early Voting to go.

62.4% of the registered Democrats in NC have already voted.

Sources: https://carolinaelections.com/votetracker/gen2020 and https://www.ncsbe.gov/

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NC Voting Update: October 31 [View all] moose65 Oct 2020 OP

Unaffiliated voters are younger voters and likely break more to beachbumbob Oct 2020 #1

The kind of turnout we have seen is likely to blow up most LV models YessirAtsaFact Oct 2020 #3

Everything tells me this is a blow out election on all levels but nothing beachbumbob Oct 2020 #4

Yes, I also suffer from 2016 PTSD YessirAtsaFact Oct 2020 #7

I ignore 2016 is so NOT related to 2020, the concern this time is being sure beachbumbob Oct 2020 #9

Intellectually, I agree with everything you're saying YessirAtsaFact Oct 2020 #11

Thanks for posting this YessirAtsaFact Oct 2020 #2

I noticed that there are thousands Rice4VP Oct 2020 #5

At least some of the people who requested absentee ballots might have changed their mind. LisaL Oct 2020 #8

You CAN lwys vote in person after a request for a mail in ballot, they notate the polling roll book beachbumbob Oct 2020 #10

Same here in FL obamanut2012 Oct 2020 #12

Thanks. I wish they updated the numbers to Rice4VP Oct 2020 #13

At least some of those 3rd party voters are voting for Biden FakeNoose Oct 2020 #6

Good point about home being safe for a RePutinican NoMoreRepugs Oct 2020 #15

Was thinking along the same lines. WinstonSmith4740 Oct 2020 #19

62.4% is encouraging bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #14

my father-in-law was a lifelong Republican, now Unaffiliated in NC BernieBabies Oct 2020 #16

Ditto onetexan Oct 2020 #22

Quick check of NC BOE stats DeminPennswoods Oct 2020 #17

Thanks for the update! PatrickforO Oct 2020 #18

this is really good. barbtries Oct 2020 #20

19,000 Libertarian votes! Roisin Ni Fiachra Oct 2020 #21