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| Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, North Carolina State Board of Elections)
White 4,799,695 Black 1,536,117 Am. Indian 56,634 Hispanic 166,964 Other 525,704 North Carolina has: 100 counties. Five largest counties: Mecklenburg, Wake, Guilford, Forsyth, Cumberland. Five largest cities: Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Durham. Government
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State
of North Carolina State Board of Elections Libertarian
Party of NC The
Charlotte Observer, p  The Tar Heel State |
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| Voting Eligible
Population*:
7,318,442. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 64.8%. Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 14, 2016. *Following Hurricane Matthew, a court ordered the deadline extended to Oct. 19 for 36 counties (+). Absentee voting by mail begins (depending on municipality): Sept. 9, 2016. Turnout by Voting Method >
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Overview: North
Carolina was a battleground state and saw intense
activity by the
Democratic and Republican campaigns. The tight race for governor
and tighter
than expected contest
for U.S. Senate also added interest. Democrats and
their allies
expressed concerns about voter suppression. Lower
turnout in the
black community and higher turnout among white voters
was a major
factor in Trump's success. He carried 76 counties
to 24 for
Clinton, garnering a
plurality of 164,315 votes (3.66 percentage points); at
49.83% of total
votes tallied he fell just below 50-percent of the vote. General Election Details Clinton | Trump BALLOT [PDF] |
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| Democrats 121 Delegates: 70 District, 23 At-Large, 14 PLEO and 14 Unpledged. details |
Republicans 72 Delegates: 3 RNC; 30 At-Large; 39 by CD (3 x 13 CD). details |
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| 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |
| Bush 43.34% |
Dole 48.73% |
Bush 56.03% |
Bush 56.02% |
Obama 49.70% |
Romney 50.39% |
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| Voting Eligible
Population*: 6,970,868. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 64.6%. Voter Registration Deadline: October 12, 2012 One-Stop Voting: October 18-November 3, 2012
Straight Party Voting Democratic: 1,418,430 Republican: 1,110,390 Libertarian: 25,146 Total: 2,553,966 |
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2012
Overview Democrats made an early play to keep North Carolina in the blue column, choosing Charlotte to host the 2012 Democratic National Convention. In contrast to 2008, when the McCain and the Republicans paid relatively little attention to the state until late in the campaign, Romney and the RNC were fully engaged. North Carolina was a contested battleground state, with full campaign staffs and plenty of ads, although it did not get as many candidate visits as other contested states and was seen as leaning Republican. By Oct. 18, the News & Observer reported, "Romney campaign begins moving staff out of NC, confident of victory."(+) Romney-Ryan won with a plurality of 92,004 votes (2.04 percentage points), carrying 70 counties to 30 for the Democratic ticket, and Republicans achieved gains up and down the ballot. General Election Details Obama | Romney BALLOT [PDF] |
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| Voting
Eligible Population*:
6,551,412. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 65.8%.
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2008
Overview Obama-Biden carried North Carolina for the Democrats for the first time since 1976, but it was close, by a plurality of just 14,177 votes (0.32 percentage points). Obama carried 33 counties to 67 for McCain. General Election Details Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader useful report -PDF |
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| Voting
Eligible Population*:
6,055,771. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 57.8%. Registration: Dem. 2,582,462 (46.78%) Rep. 1,903,199 (34.48%) Lib. 12,754 (0.23%) Unaffil. 1,021,648 (18.51%) ...Total 5,519,992 |
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2004
Overview The Democratic ticket has not carried North Carolina since Jimmy Carter did in 1976, but Sen. Kerry's selection of Sen. Edwards as his running mate put the Tar Heel State into play. However the result was nearly the same as in 2000, as Bush amassed a plurality of 435,317 votes (12.44 percentage points). General Election Details Kerry/Allies | Bush-Cheney '04 |
| General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000 |
| Voting
Eligible Population*:
5,744,241. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 50.7%. Registration: Dem. 2,588,137 (49.9%) Rep. 1,765,476 (34.0%) Lib. 6,909 (0.1%) Ref. 254 Unaffil. 831,857 (16.0%) ...5,186,094. |
In 1999, the NC General Assembly passed legislation to allow in-person, no-excuse absentee voting. A voter could vote at any designated Absentee One-Stop voting site in his or her county from Oct. 16 to Nov. 3, 2000. 393,152 people did so. In addition there were 72,447 civilian absentee by mail votes and 3,766 military absentee returns. |
2000
Overview North Carolina, which went Republican by a very narrow margin in 1992, and a close but wider margin in 1996, went solidly into the GOP column in 2000, as Bush-Cheney secured a plurality of 373,471 votes (12.83 percentage points). Bush carried 75 counties to 25 for Gore. Bush won every county in the western part of the state and all the counties along the coast; Gore carried a cluster of 8 counties in the SE and another cluster of 17 counties in the NE. North Carolina did not see much activity at the presidential level, with the exception of the second presidential debate, held on Oct. 11 at Wake Forest University. General Election Activity |
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| Notes: North Carolina's onerous ballot access requirements -- 51,324 signatures by May 17, 2000 -- resulted in a limited range of choices for the state's voters. After the Nader campaign fell short, it went to court seeking an injunction to put him on the ballot. U.S. District Judge W. Earl Britt turned down their request (Aug. 9 ruling), and an appeal to the 4th Circuit likewise proved unsuccessful (Sept. 15). |
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