[SeattleBruce]

"That's more than the 70,645 votes that had been cast at this point in the 2004 presidential elections."

Wow - early voting in NC heavier than during the 2004 presidential...

[Mr. K]

WHY ARE THEY ALLOWED TO REPORT THIS????

ARE THEY COUNTING VOTES ALREADY?

[equalitybeforethelaw]

Isn’t this racial profiling? Just askin.

[kabar]

Makes one wonder what the agenda of this report is. Perhaps, the MSM wants to energize the black vote by pointing out that “evil” white men are voting in greater numbers in the early voting.

[Edgar3]

I voted last Thursday - the minute that it opened. There were 8 people ahead of me. Quite eager, we were.

[The Citizen Soldier]

That's more than the 70,645 votes that had been cast at this point in the 2004 presidential elections. At the same point in 2006, 35,728 votes had been cast. By comparison 266,649 votes were cast during the first three days of 2008.

266,000 vs. avg of 55,000. Do you think there might have been just a hint of voter fraud here? Just saying...

[TSgt]

Many of these same crackers voted to put Obama in office as POTUS however this will still be spun as racism by white voters.

[kabar]

So far this year, registered Democrats are edging out Republicans, 31,910 to 27,623. In 2008, by contrast, Democrats were swamping Republicans by 3 to 1.

The heaviest early voting is in Brunswick County where there are hot campaigns for Congress and state and local offices.

With 72,173 people across the state casting early ballots and about 59,000 voters being either registered Dem or Rep, the other 13,000 are independents, which could be good news for the Reps given how independents are breaking two to one for the Reps nationally.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Lamestream media busy setting the stage for all of their “Racist Empire Strikes Back!” coverage commencing Nov. 3

[Pollster1]

What is their source for race? My voter registration does not list my race (HUMAN according to the census]. I am curious how they are guessing.

[Oberon]

I got a card in the mail from the Ashley Woolard campaign. Woolard is apparently the Republican challenger to G.K. Butterfield. What’s the scoop on Woolard? He’s young. Is he Tea Party or establishment?

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Not only is turnout heavier, but at the meeting last night, we also learned that the GOP share of turnout is up by about 20% over what it was at this point in 2008, and that the Dems are down about the same. Independents are up ever so slightly to fill in the gap.

[5thGenTexan]

Day 1 early voting in Dallas County, TX "crushed" the turnout records for all prior years. This county includes TX-30, where Pastor Stephen Broden (R) is challenging Eddie Bernice Johnson (D).

Two powerful messages from TX-30 kids who were denied scholarships here: http://defeateddiebernice.com.

[lentulusgracchus]

(Art.) ....The largest group of early voters in North Carolina is made up of white Republican men.....

Well, beat them with shovels until they stop!

Make them go home!

[albie]

Could the intent behind this report be that the white guys are coming in droves, so the rest of you can stay home?

[RockinRight]

I smell a bloodbath of apocolyptic proportions brewing.

[Nonstatist]

Obambi’s power is going to be reduced markedly. I wonder how the Man-Child is going to handle that?

[KansasGirl]

Why doesn’t the headline read, “Democrats Outnumber Republicans in Early Voting”?

[MitchellC]

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[southernnorthcarolina]

As a response to those who, near the top of this thread, expressed concerns as to voter privacy, given the demographic data which was released on the early voters:

In North Carolina, at least, it is a matter of public record what party (or unaffiliated) you are registered as; your address is a matter of public record; and it is a matter of public record whether you have voted or not as of a given day. So, if you have a "land" phone line, and are registered to vote but have not yet done so, you may expect nagging phone calls from whichever party you are registered as. If you voted early, HOW you voted is unknown to election officials or to anyone else, and will remain so. But WHETHER you voted is known, almost instantly. So, if you decide to seek public office in the future, and the records show you rarely or never bothered to vote, you may have a problem.

Now, determination of race and sex may be more complicated. You will note that the news article stated that such-and-such percentage of the early voters were white males. How did they know that? I do not recall whether my race and sex were recorded when I first registered (during the McKinley campaign, if I recall correctly), but I'm sure their data base includes census data, driver license data, and data from other sources. Obviously, the race of voters is known to the NC state government at the least; how else could the drawing of Congressional Districts such as the one below be explained?

The Voting Rights Act mandated minority districts, hence the extreme gerrymandering. So, whether these data emanate from voter registration, driver license, or census records, they, too are a matter of public record. A bit creepy, in my opinion, especially with regard to the ability to pull up voters' racial and gender profiles within hours of their votes.