NC Early Vote Update 10/28 (looking good for Trump)

Old North State Politics ^ | 10/28/2016 | DR. MICHAEL BITZER

[Williams]

Question, how do you know the race of voters with any certainty? I understand the comparison to last time, but Philly.com had an article analyzing all these states and saying it’s all indicative of gains for Hillary.

[srmorton]

I have lived in NC most of my life and it has been reliably Republican for all of my voting years - except for 1976, the year in which I cast my first vote for POTUS for Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter narrowly won the state, and 2008. I am SO disgusted at the NAACP and their worthless president, Reverend James Barber. He and his organization have been lying about the great job Governor McCrory has been doing ever since he was elected in 2012 and they are the ones who are primarily responsible for the fact that the NC Voter ID law was overturned - just in time for them to try to steal the election for Hillary. I just saw a Yahoo article yesterday that Rev. Barber is threatening to contest the results of the election because the long lines that have been seen in the first few days of early voting were orchestrated to prevent AA from voting! In the 1976 election, my husband and I were living in Greensboro and I will never forget waiting in line for two and a half hours to vote.

[Jumper]

I voted one week ago on the first day of early voting, on Thursday afternoon. In the 4-prior elections, this polling station was nearly 95% black, but this time it was more like 60-40% Black-White, and nobody was talking at all - it was dead quiet in the line. Fayetteville NC is about 49-50% Black and rest is more like an international city with "Y'uge" mix of Fort Bragg foreign wives/families. Cumberland Co was about 65% democrat voters 20-years ago, but today the Pubies have closed the gap to pull even but independents represent about 38% or so.

I would say is going to win NC, and Ohio.

[deport]

I will never forget waiting in line for two and a half hours to vote.

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I was in a mall yesterday which was the first day of expanded EV and I bet the line
was that long. I didn’t pass in front of the EV facility so I don’t know how many
machines they had.

[rb22982]

Exactly

[mabarker1]

And NC CCW Holders will handle the thugs...

[SpeedyInTexas]

Thanks. Nice comprehensive report.

“black voters are 20 percent behind” jumped out at me. If “souls to the polls” doesn’t increase the AA numbers Bigly this weekend, NC maybe over.

[Calm_Cool_and_Elected]

Just got home from voting in Cary. Took about 30 min, line moved well.