ELECTION 2004: North Carolina

DFU

[doug from upland]

Put info and links about North Carolina here.

[TaxRelief]

NC Constitutional Amendment I Against 1369704
NC Constitutional Amendment I For 1433869
NC Constitutional Amendment II Against 649142
NC Constitutional Amendment II For 2288757
NC Constitutional Amendment III Against 909172
NC Constitutional Amendment III For 1930760

[Constitution Day]

Nice work!

(Who the heck are Maximilian Longley and Walter F. Rucker?)

[JWinNC]

I worked Monday and Tuesday in Orange Co. I had a great time. I enjoy getting out and meeting everyone on both sides. There was one obnoxious Dem working at my poll. I expect he is whistling a different tune today.

On the negative side:
I'm really disappointed at the turnout in my precinct. I also think the Republican party in NC is failing. We've got to get better and do better. I'm in liberal territory, so maybe my view is skewed. I have not looked at the data, but my impression is that we can thank the unaffiliated voters and crossover Dems for helping us with Bush and Burr. I don’t think we won those two on Republican or conservative strength.

jw

[snopercod]

I'm in liberal territory, so maybe my view is skewed.

Hell yes it's skewed. Out West here in Transylvania County, we had a sixty-eight percent turnout, and the Republicans swept every single office by a large margin. Bush won with 61% of the vote. That other candidate whose name I have already forgotten only got a girly 38%. Badnarik got 1%, and Nader got a grand total of 15 write-in votes.

From president to county supervisor, dog catcher and everything in between the Republicans won by humiliating (to the RATS) margins.

[TaxRelief]

Republican turnout was either (a) atrocious or (b) low because of deliberate understaffing of heavy Republican precincts which caused long lines in the morning, thereby discouraging Republicans or (c)decreased, because of polls showing Bush would easily win.

[TaxRelief]

Were you shocked by the final results? It's hard to believe that Republican turnout could have been so low, and Dem turnout so high.

What brought them out?

[TaxRelief]

What happened when you returned at 2? Was it still crowded?

[TaxRelief]

Why was turnout so low? We really lost big time with the low turnout. Now we can look forward to years of annual whopping tax increases.

[JWinNC]

"From president to county supervisor, dog catcher and everything in between the Republicans won by humiliating (to the RATS) margins."

That's great! My county being liberal was the opposite. All that does not surprize me. What gets me is what we continue to lose (or fail to win) at the State level. We lost:

Governor
Lt. Governor
Attorney general
Commissioner of insurance
Secretary of state
Superintendent of public instruction
Treasurer
6 of 13 in the US House
34 of 64 in the State House
22 of 37 in the State Senate
and
Amendments I, II and III all passed

On a State level the Dems continue to win.

jw

[jrestrepo]

I was not surprised by Bush but I was surprised by Gov Sleazy being reelected.

[JWinNC]

The election day turnout in my precinct was only ~34.7%.

36% of registered Rs
34% of reg DEMs
27% of reg Ls
and 33% of reg unaffiliated

That was really poor considering the race.

[snopercod]

Well, all I can say is that when you run a RINO like Ballantine against a socialist like Easley, the socialist always wins.

[JWinNC]

I wouldn't call Ballentine a RINO, but you got a point and a good one to boot. On some issues it seemed like Easley actually got to the right of Ballantine. I went with Cobey in the primary. Do you think he would have done better?

jw

[clyde asbury]

Presidential results, by county:

  2004 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

North Carolina

2004-11-04 21:44:04 GMT

(i) = incumbent

= winner

= runoff

President

County	Precincts	Bush	Kerry	Badnarik
Total	2769/2769	1,919,932 56.11%	1,488,315 43.50%	13,297 .39%
Alamance	37/37	32,914 61.64%	20,334 38.08%	153 .29%
Alexander	17/17	10,678 69.40%	4,657 30.27%	52 .34%
Alleghany	7/7	2,844 59.75%	1,898 39.87%	18 .38%
Anson	11/11	3,788 41.39%	5,350 58.45%	15 .16%
Ashe	17/17	7,254 61.68%	4,453 37.87%	53 .45%
Avery	19/19	5,589 75.65%	1,772 23.98%	27 .37%
Beaufort	21/21	12,355 63.86%	6,936 35.85%	57 .29%
Bertie	12/12	3,018 38.58%	4,770 60.97%	35 .45%
Bladen	17/17	6,145 50.44%	6,009 49.32%	29 .24%
Brunswick	23/23	22,819 60.43%	14,809 39.22%	130 .34%
Buncombe	71/71	51,686 50.14%	50,903 49.38%	493 .48%
Burke	31/31	16,075 61.06%	10,153 38.57%	98 .37%
Cabarrus	42/42	40,270 67.17%	19,464 32.46%	221 .37%
Caldwell	24/24	20,799 67.64%	9,839 32.00%	110 .36%
Camden	3/3	2,271 62.96%	1,329 36.85%	7 .19%
Carteret	34/34	16,904 69.36%	7,369 30.24%	97 .40%
Caswell	11/11	4,873 51.63%	4,543 48.14%	22 .23%
Catawba	40/40	39,017 67.60%	18,520 32.09%	179 .31%
Chatham	22/22	12,712 49.84%	12,679 49.71%	114 .45%
Cherokee	16/16	7,382 66.87%	3,617 32.77%	40 .36%
Chowan	6/6	2,240 45.41%	1,780 36.08%	913 18.51%
Clay	9/9	3,185 65.94%	1,620 33.54%	25 .52%
Cleveland	28/28	22,509 61.45%	14,028 38.30%	93 .25%
Columbus	26/26	10,585 51.02%	10,101 48.69%	60 .29%
Craven	26/26	32,385 62.50%	19,229 37.11%	203 .39%
Cumberland	65/65	48,042 51.87%	44,328 47.86%	245 .26%
Currituck	11/11	5,954 66.96%	2,887 32.47%	51 .57%
Dare	16/16	9,247 60.12%	6,075 39.49%	60 .39%
Davidson	42/42	41,780 70.88%	16,962 28.78%	201 .34%
Davie	14/14	12,343 74.20%	4,225 25.40%	66 .40%
Duplin	19/19	9,468 58.13%	6,780 41.62%	41 .25%
Durham	61/61	34,124 31.75%	72,986 67.90%	374 .35%
Edgecombe	21/21	7,990 38.97%	12,478 60.86%	35 .17%
Forsyth	101/101	74,743 54.34%	62,333 45.32%	476 .35%
Franklin	17/17	11,341 55.22%	9,127 44.44%	68 .33%
Gaston	46/46	34,492 69.19%	15,186 30.46%	174 .35%
Gates	5/5	1,920 47.48%	2,117 52.35%	7 .17%
Graham	4/4	2,687 66.48%	1,270 31.42%	85 2.10%
Granville	14/14	9,438 51.17%	8,962 48.59%	44 .24%
Greene	10/10	3,790 58.81%	2,648 41.09%	7 .11%
Guilford	160/160	97,905 49.46%	99,223 50.12%	831 .42%
Halifax	30/30	7,996 41.34%	11,322 58.54%	23 .12%
Harnett	22/22	20,649 64.49%	11,289 35.26%	79 .25%
Haywood	29/29	14,607 56.32%	11,222 43.27%	108 .42%
Henderson	35/35	27,390 64.95%	14,608 34.64%	171 .41%
Hertford	13/13	2,827 36.38%	4,903 63.09%	41 .53%
Hoke	13/13	5,180 47.64%	5,663 52.08%	30 .28%
Hyde	7/7	1,222 53.76%	1,042 45.84%	9 .40%
Iredell	29/29	37,841 67.99%	17,673 31.75%	142 .26%
Jackson	18/18	7,283 51.80%	6,700 47.66%	76 .54%
Johnston	34/34	31,304 68.36%	14,384 31.41%	108 .24%
Jones	7/7	2,564 58.10%	1,837 41.63%	12 .27%
Lee	13/13	11,443 60.83%	7,319 38.91%	48 .26%
Lenoir	22/22	12,745 57.11%	9,539 42.75%	31 .14%
Lincoln	29/29	19,878 67.88%	9,318 31.82%	88 .30%
McDowell	17/17	10,484 66.26%	5,274 33.33%	64 .40%
Macon	15/15	9,416 63.00%	5,465 36.57%	64 .43%
Madison	12/12	5,113 54.72%	4,178 44.71%	53 .57%
Martin	13/13	5,302 51.12%	5,055 48.74%	14 .13%
Mecklenburg	190/190	154,177 47.85%	167,051 51.85%	972 .30%
Mitchell	9/9	7,218 77.61%	2,054 22.09%	28 .30%
Montgomery	14/14	5,619 57.05%	4,212 42.76%	19 .19%
Moore	23/23	24,149 64.52%	13,186 35.23%	93 .25%
Nash	26/26	13,709 57.31%	10,167 42.51%	43 .18%
New Hanover	46/46	44,804 55.87%	35,103 43.78%	282 .35%
Northampton	18/18	3,163 36.24%	5,558 63.68%	7 .08%
Onslow	23/23	25,396 69.55%	10,996 30.12%	121 .33%
Orange	43/43	20,673 32.46%	42,683 67.03%	323 .51%
Pamlico	8/8	3,650 60.93%	2,320 38.73%	20 .33%
Pasquotank	13/13	6,546 48.51%	6,895 51.09%	54 .40%
Pender	17/17	9,917 58.72%	6,928 41.02%	44 .26%
Perquimans	7/7	2,964 59.82%	1,971 39.78%	20 .40%
Person	14/14	8,928 59.04%	6,152 40.69%	41 .27%
Pitt	38/38	28,099 53.43%	24,386 46.37%	105 .20%
Polk	10/10	4,846 57.35%	3,516 41.61%	88 1.04%
Randolph	40/40	37,109 74.45%	12,575 25.23%	160 .32%
Richmond	16/16	7,604 47.94%	8,229 51.88%	30 .19%
Robeson	41/41	15,471 47.26%	17,172 52.45%	94 .29%
Rockingham	31/31	22,450 61.33%	14,068 38.43%	87 .24%
Rowan	46/46	34,549 67.42%	16,517 32.23%	181 .35%
Rutherford	24/24	16,190 66.29%	8,106 33.19%	126 .52%
Sampson	23/23	12,374 56.76%	9,389 43.07%	38 .17%
Scotland	10/10	5,097 44.54%	6,330 55.31%	17 .15%
Stanly	24/24	17,744 69.87%	7,567 29.79%	86 .34%
Stokes	20/20	13,404 69.97%	5,702 29.77%	50 .26%
Surry	29/29	17,241 67.63%	8,153 31.98%	100 .39%
Swain	5/5	2,591 51.49%	2,416 48.01%	25 .50%
Transylvania	18/18	9,172 61.29%	5,707 38.14%	86 .57%
Tyrrell	6/6	850 34.98%	727 29.92%	853 35.10%
Union	43/43	42,266 70.36%	17,639 29.36%	168 .28%
Vance	16/16	6,870 43.90%	8,749 55.90%	31 .20%
Wake	197/197	172,563 51.26%	162,750 48.35%	1,300 .39%
Warren	14/14	2,737 35.45%	4,973 64.42%	10 .13%
Washington	6/6	2,465 45.58%	2,931 54.20%	12 .22%
Watauga	20/20	12,485 52.72%	11,064 46.72%	132 .56%
Wayne	30/30	23,826 62.44%	14,267 37.39%	64 .17%
Wilkes	29/29	18,935 70.66%	7,783 29.04%	79 .29%
Wilson	25/25	16,287 53.80%	13,924 46.00%	60 .20%
Yadkin	12/12	12,220 77.30%	3,544 22.42%	45 .28%
Yancey	11/11	4,769 52.31%	4,315 47.33%	33 .36%

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[snopercod]

I don't know. All I know is that you can't fight socialism with liberalism.

Frankly, the only reason I voted for Ballentine was that he wasn't Easley.

[clyde asbury]

Notice that Tyrrell County has more votes for Badnarik than for either Kerry or President Bush.

[TaxRelief]

Which way did you vote? Badnarik (out of gratitude for the FReep site?)

**chuckle**

[clyde asbury]

Which way did you vote?

Let's see .. Dem, Dem, Lib, and Republican.

In other words, lowercase-i independent. I'm a political mutt, OK?

How about you?

"Demming" write-ins don't count.

[TaxRelief]

I wrote in "Taxrelief Demming" in every lib-only option situation.

Actually, I did vote Libertarian for Governor.

[clyde asbury]

  2004 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

North Carolina

2004-11-05 00:46:07 GMT

(i) = incumbent

= winner

= runoff

President - 2769 of 2769 Precincts Reporting

	Name	Party	Votes	Pct
	Bush, George (i)	Rep	1,910,936	56.07
	Kerry, John	Dem	1,484,158	43.55
	Badnarik, Michael	Lib	13,224	.39

Governor - 2769 of 2769 Precincts Reporting

	Name	Party	Votes	Pct
	Ballantine, Patrick	Rep	1,462,353	43.20
	Easley, Mike (i)	Dem	1,871,856	55.30
	Howe, Barbara	Lib	50,858	1.50

U.S. Senate - 2769 of 2769 Precincts Reporting

	Name	Party	Votes	Pct
	Burr, Richard	Rep	1,742,182	51.61
	Bowles, Erskine	Dem	1,586,968	47.01
	Bailey, Tom	Lib	46,606	1.38

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