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North Carolina Early Voting update Day 8 (good news, again-again)
North Carolina Board of Elections | October 23, 2020 | bort

Posted on 10/23/2020 6:29:46 AM PDT by bort

Day 8 of early voting brought more good news for Republicans in NC. Republicans cut 2 percentage points off of the Democrats' early voting lead, and for the second day in a row Rs out-voted Ds in early voting (Rs +6,687).

Republicans cast--93,163 early votes yesterday

Democrats cast---86,476 early votes yesterday

The Democrat early voting lead dropped to app. 340K

In 2016, Dems won early voting by 310K and LOST NC by 3.8 points. (continued)


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: earlyvoting; northcarolina
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Note: Black vote dropped again slightly to 20.99% of the electorate. In 2008, when Obama won NC by 1 point, the black share of the total vote was 23%.
1 posted on 10/23/2020 6:29:46 AM PDT by bort
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To: LS; Ravi; SpeedyInTexas; Coop; byecomey; au ng; Cathi

Ping


2 posted on 10/23/2020 6:30:19 AM PDT by bort
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To: bort

Keep up the fine work and get that Dem advantage below 300K! Still holding out hope for a 7-8 point POTUS victory in the Tarheel State.


3 posted on 10/23/2020 6:33:51 AM PDT by Coop (After 14 years, it's time for a new tagline)
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To: bort

Why this is SO huge:

The early vote in NC will be so much larger than in 2016, and the Election-Day vote according to all surveys will be enormously Republican; almost all growth in early voting is SUPPOSED to be Democrat. This suggests that Democrats are afraid or disinterested in voting. I’ve seen the same pattern in every state I could analyze so far (FL, GA, NC, OH, NV).

The only question is whether Democrats are lying about their intent to vote, or whether both parties are lying about WHEN they’ll vote (the Republicans overstating their desire to vote on Election Day as much as Democrats overstating their desire to vote early). The latter seems unlikely but is possible; early voting patterns suggested a Romney win, according to what we knew to look for THEN.

IOW: Be hopeful, but don’t get cocky, kid.


4 posted on 10/23/2020 6:40:28 AM PDT by dangus
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To: bort

That’s amazing! Thank you!!!


5 posted on 10/23/2020 6:40:41 AM PDT by byecomey
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To: dangus

Plugging my comic to that effect: https://joeisdone.github.io/comic.html


6 posted on 10/23/2020 6:41:16 AM PDT by byecomey
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To: dangus

I hope all the libs continue to hide in their basements from Covid!


7 posted on 10/23/2020 6:45:01 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: dangus

What it means is the polls run by the Drive-bys were, and still are, complete bullshit.

They lied.


8 posted on 10/23/2020 6:45:28 AM PDT by abb
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To: bort
Hmmmm, this thread is a bit unusual. No one has chimed in yet saying Trump has no hope of winning NC due to vote fraud.

I agree we must be vigilant and watchful for fraud, but sometimes the negativity gets to be nauseating.
9 posted on 10/23/2020 6:46:09 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: Dan in Wichita

Well, can you blame them? Voter fraud delivered NC, FL, PA, MI and WI to Pres. Hillary Clinton.


10 posted on 10/23/2020 6:56:26 AM PDT by Coop (After 14 years, it's time for a new tagline)
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To: bort; dangus; LS; SpeedyInTexas; byecomey; Coop
Great stuff!

GA is a few days ahead of NC with in-person voting. The black share of the vote has now dropped from 34.4% to 28.8%. I expect a similar pattern to continue to play out in NC.

I agreed with Dangus 100%. People could be mis-stating when they plan to vote (this will be something to watch for.

From 10/19 to 10/23 for NC:

4,950 people registered as a Dem and also voted at the same time.
5,277 people registered as a Rep and also voted at the same time.

That to me counts as a battle within a war - looks like we won the battle this week.
11 posted on 10/23/2020 7:01:17 AM PDT by Ravi
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Exit polls in GA say the voters there were 30% black in 2016. Seems like a disaster... for Biden, that is.


12 posted on 10/23/2020 7:04:28 AM PDT by byecomey
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To: Coop; bort

We need to get this much lower than a 310k dem margin by election day. In 2016, that 310k margin was after 1.2 million total early voters— 2.7 million have already been cast. If we assume something like 3.5 million will early vote then we need to get the margin down to 310k *1.2/3.5= 106k.


13 posted on 10/23/2020 7:08:36 AM PDT by wfu_deacons
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To: byecomey

Good catch!


14 posted on 10/23/2020 7:09:45 AM PDT by Ravi
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To: bort

What are the totals of dem lead as of today?


15 posted on 10/23/2020 7:10:03 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: wfu_deacons

Not when all the DEMs are pretty much either VBM voting or early voting. They will have no gas left in the tank - that’s been about the only consistent thing with the surveys on when DEMs plan to vote.


16 posted on 10/23/2020 7:11:07 AM PDT by Ravi
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I am really pleasantly surprised to see the GOP winning same-day registrations! I just wish Trump would quit visiting NC. Not to mention OH! Makes me wonder if they are seeing worrisome trends. NC can be explained due to Tillis’ tight Senate race. OH, not so much. Unless they’re trying to run up the score for the popular vote?


17 posted on 10/23/2020 7:12:29 AM PDT by Coop (After 14 years, it's time for a new tagline)
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To: Coop

Good point


18 posted on 10/23/2020 7:26:18 AM PDT by Ravi
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To: Coop

OH is right between PA and MI. Going to a Trump rally is an all day event anyway, what’s a couple hours of driving.


19 posted on 10/23/2020 7:26:35 AM PDT by byecomey
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To: byecomey

I have heard that argument. Could be. But why not rally in MI (or PA) where POTUS could promote John James or other down ballot candidates? Trump pulled ad $$$ from OH. These rallies could be to slow or stop Biden gains from all his advertising. I really don’t know.


20 posted on 10/23/2020 7:32:43 AM PDT by Coop (After 14 years, it's time for a new tagline)
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