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NC Absentee Ballots Hit 1.7M & Are Ahead of 2012's Same Day Numbers
Old North State Politics ^ | 10/30/2016 | DR. MICHAEL BITZER

Posted on 10/30/2016 9:13:58 AM PDT by rb22982

An abbreviated version of today's posting: all North Carolina absentee ballots have hit over 1.7 million, with nearly 1.6 million accepted as early votes for the November 8 general election.

All Absentee Ballots:
The 1.7 million ballots, which accounts for all absentee ballots (mail-in and in-person) by sent date, represents a 6.8 percent increase over the same-day cumulative total from 2012's general election absentee voting period (1.59 million).

Total Early Votes: Registered Democrats are 4.2 percent behind their same day 2012 total numbers, while registered Republicans are 4.5 percent ahead of their numbers. Registered unaffiliated voters are 36.9 percent ahead of their same day all absentee ballot totals from 2012.

White voters are currently 72 percent of all absentee ballots cast, with black voters being 22 percent and all other races 6 percent. This represents a steady continuation of the trends that we have seen, with white voters over-performing their 2012 numbers and black voters under-performing their 2012 numbers.

While there are more ballots than four years ago, of the accepted in-person ballots so far, registered Democrats are slightly behind their 2012 same-day totals (down 4 percent), while registered Republicans are ahead (14 percent) and registered unaffiliated voters are well ahead (41 percent) of their same day numbers from four years ago.


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TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2016polls; 2016swingstates; earlyvote; nc; nc2016; trump
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Not much change from yesterday. Both Dems and Reps outperformed their trend yesterday, Reps a bit more. Indies continued at the same person. In NC, it's more important to look at the total in person early voting #s than the total early person #s as mail in ballots are small potatoes already and will get much, much smaller by the day. Depending on how you count independents, still looks like a 125-175k pickup, net for Trump vs Romney in 2012 (Romney won by 2%), vs in early voting in NC.
1 posted on 10/30/2016 9:13:58 AM PDT by rb22982
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To: rb22982

Newt man says Trump can’t lose NC unless it;s really massive Fraud


2 posted on 10/30/2016 9:18:43 AM PDT by scooby321 (o even lower)
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To: rb22982

Right now, Rs have about 55k more votes than 2012 in early in person voting, down about 23k votes in mail in, and Dems are down 28k votes. Net, that’s about 60k votes more for Trump at this point. Additionally, there have been an incremental 100k indy votes, 80% white, 48.3% male. I’m guessing Trump nets out at least 10k votes off these.


3 posted on 10/30/2016 9:19:37 AM PDT by rb22982
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And then, we have this BS Tweet this morning from NBC’s “National Political Director”

Mark Murray
Verified account
mmurraypolitics
3 hours ago

In NC, 29% of likely voters say they have already voted and they are breaking for Clinton, 61-33, per new NBC/WSJ/Marist poll


4 posted on 10/30/2016 9:19:43 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: RoseofTexas; SoFloFreeper; TakebackGOP

Beware these results.


5 posted on 10/30/2016 9:21:17 AM PDT by Ravi
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To: rb22982

Yep spot on.


6 posted on 10/30/2016 9:22:07 AM PDT by Ravi
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To: tcrlaf

I pray they all look stupid on election night when Trump wins.


7 posted on 10/30/2016 9:27:37 AM PDT by hsmomx3 (Love my Steelers!!)
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To: tcrlaf

BS.

NBC/WSJ/Marist??

It was the least accurate poll during the primaries.

Toss it out - bet its heavily D+ oversampled, too.


8 posted on 10/30/2016 9:27:45 AM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: tcrlaf

Unless 100% of Democrats and 85% of indies have voted for Clinton, that would be imposslble. (Currently, registered Democrats are 43 percent of all ballots, with registered Republicans at 31 percent and registered unaffiliated voters at 25 percent; but there are differences in the voting method.) And given that Indies are 80% white, I think it’s safe to say the poll is bogus.


9 posted on 10/30/2016 9:34:56 AM PDT by rb22982
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To: rb22982

I agree.

NBC/WSJ/Marist never got a single primary call right.

And when they’re calling NC for Clinton, you invariably know they’re wrong.


10 posted on 10/30/2016 9:39:49 AM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: rb22982

I agree, I think Indies are breaking to trump 2-to-1, based on comments from Michael Bitzer when he looked at who of the Indies voted in the 2016 primaries, and in what party primary. So Indies breaking for Trump by 10% margin is fairly conservative.


11 posted on 10/30/2016 9:40:11 AM PDT by right-wingin_It
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To: rb22982

Not that we already didn’t realize it, but these turnout results show us how the polling is absolute crap right now. TOTAL BREXIT SITUATION


12 posted on 10/30/2016 9:41:40 AM PDT by right-wingin_It
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To: rb22982

Trump hasn’t been ahead in a NC poll for over a month. I’m afraid this is the state that will clinch it for Clinton.


13 posted on 10/30/2016 9:54:42 AM PDT by nbenyo
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To: nbenyo

Why do you care about rigged polls?

They’re never going to show Trump ahead.


14 posted on 10/30/2016 9:56:58 AM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: nbenyo

Mitt won by 2 points in 2012. I expect Trump to do better in NC.

This isn’t 2012.


15 posted on 10/30/2016 9:58:05 AM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: rb22982

Don’t know about other media, but Shrillary has been pounding NC with radio ads. I hear 2-3 per hour, day after day as I listen at work. Nothing from Trump yet. Hope the low-info crowd doesn’t buy into that tripe.


16 posted on 10/30/2016 10:20:33 AM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: Zack Attack

I listen to satellite radio. I see about 1.5:1 TV ads for Clinton now but that’s an improvement from 10:1 a month ago (Charlotte area).


17 posted on 10/30/2016 10:38:27 AM PDT by rb22982
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To: goldstategop

Actually, they do show Trump ahead on other battleground states like Ohio and Florida.
North Carolina is the problem


18 posted on 10/30/2016 10:42:58 AM PDT by nbenyo
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19 posted on 10/30/2016 10:45:50 AM PDT by GilGil (E. Deplorabus Unum)
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To: tcrlaf

That’s proof right there that polls are delusional.


20 posted on 10/30/2016 12:49:59 PM PDT by TrumpCoat (Longtime lurker, numbers junkie)
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