This morning's News and Observer published statewide early voting turnout for North Carolina. Turnout percentage was higher this year than in the mid-term election four years ago. The news was especially good for Democrats.
Pamlico County's turnout was even better. Here's the comparison:
Party Percentage of One-Stop Votes Cast
Statewide Pamlico County
Democratic 47.8% 54.32%
Republican 33.3% 26.54%
Unaffiliated 18.8% 18.89%
As far as numbers go, in 2010 in this county 297 voters cast early ballots. This year, 810 Pamlico County citizens cast early votes, 2.78 times as many as voted in 2010.
That's a good start. Let's keep up the enthusiasm on election day tomorrow.
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It seems logical that unaffiliated voters would tend to have less enthusiasm for primaries, generally. Even though they are a growing number, the turnout among that group is still very low.
Also, Democrats are more likely to vote early. That is why the legislature compressed early voting. At least in Pamlico County it seems that tactic has not worked.
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