[PleaseNoMore]

Is NC really a potential swing state in this year’s election?

[Dick Holmes]

Record N.C. Voter Rolls Might Help Dems

Among the trends:

* Black people, who make up about 22 percent of the state's population, account for more than 30 percent of new voters.

* Five urban counties -- Durham, Wake, Mecklenburg, Forsyth and Guilford -- account for more than a third of all new registrations. Almost half of the new black voters -- and four in 10 new Democrats -- come from those counties.

* Nearly 210,000 new voters are ages 18 to 24. Only one in five registered Republican.