[Teacher317]

"One of these things is not like the other,
one of these things doesn't belong..."

See if you can spot the problem here...

2016 Election results for North Carolina...

President:
GOP: 2.34 M
DEM: 2.16 M

Senator:
GOP: 2.37 M
DEM: 2.10 M

State Treasurer:
GOP: 2.34 M
DEM: 2.10 M

Lieutenant Governor:
GOP: 2.37 M
DEM: 2.07 M

Governor:
GOP: 2.28 M
DEM: 2.28 M

About 4.44 M total votes in most races,
and 4.50 M in the Presidential race...
but 4.56 M in the Governor's race...
with the numbers not matching much with even the Lt Gov race...
About 90,000 of the GOP Pres/Sen/Treas/Lt Gov votes suddenly went DEM for the Gov spot,
and another 100,000 votes suddenly appeared that didn't really vote for any other office at all...

Hmmmmmmmmmmm...

[Teacher317]

And this...

NC Vote totals...

2004 PRES 3,407,479
2004 GOV 3,385,067 ... 22,412 fewer votes cast in the Gov race than in the Presidential race...

2008 PRES 4,258,507
2008 GOV 4,222,965 ... 35,542 fewer votes

2012 PRES 4,499,039
2012 GOV 4,474,892 ... 24,147 fewer votes

2016 PRES 4,629,472
2016 GOV 4,658,566 ... 29,094 MORE votes cast for Governor than President... hmmmmmmm