Not to worry, Democrats normally lead in early voting in NC, but Republicans are currently outperforming their 2012 numbers (when they won the state), so right now it’s pointing to a Trump victory.
In 2012 the early voting breakdown was:
Democrat - 47.6%
Republican - 31.5%
Currently it’s:
Democrat - 42.7%
Republican - 32.10%
So Dems are down 4.9% and Pubs are up .6%
Also noteworthy is that in 2012 blacks made up 27.4% of the early vote and so far this year they are making up only 21.8%. Another indicator that Hillary is under-performing.
The unaffiliated vote is up big, so that will be the real deciding factor. If Independents are breaking for Trump like all the polling has said for months, then he’ll win the state by a lot.
55% of unaffiliateds voted in GOP primary.
We are unaffiliated in NC. We voted for Trump.
Our county has voting machines with a scrolling paper tape that records your vote...you can look in the window and see the result of each check mark you make electronicly. So I know the vote was properly recorded.
Now, did the tape make it downtown to the board of elections? I have no proof but I am going to wager it did: otherwise the numbers reported here would not be as huge.
My suspicion is that unaffiliated are breaking for Trump in YUGE numbers. I think he easily carries NC and THEY know it. Its why they had purple lips down here so much, trying to blunt the wave. I just do not see it happening.
I DO hope Trump’s coattails can carry McCrory back as governor. I think Burr defeats Ross as well...Pat is the weakest link. I also think our House critters get returned.
On a more somber note, our car with the Trump sticker was keyed. The leetle bas-tards...My Trump yard signs survive, tho.