NC Early Voting Update

[moose65]

Last edited Wed Oct 26, 2022, 08:29 PM - Edit history (1)

Early voting in NC began last week, on October 20. I thought it might be interesting to compare the Early Voting numbers with 2018, the last midterm election. A day-to-day comparison wouldn't tell us much, since the days are different due to how Election Day changes, and there are usually fewer votes on weekends. So I thought a total-vote comparison and an average-votes-per-day comparison would be better:

In 2018, after 6 days of Early Voting, 563,242 votes had been cast.

In 2022, after 6 days of Early Voting, 597,982 votes have been cast. Therefore, this year we have had 34,740 more votes cast after 6 days of Early Voting.

In 2018, the average number of votes per day after 6 days of EV was 93,874.

In 2022, the average number of voters per day after 6 days of EV is 99,664, a difference of 5,790 votes per day.

Things look good so far with Early Voting. However, the biggest change is in mail-in ballots that have been received. In 2018 (in the Before Times), at this point there had been 25,620 ballots received by mail. This year, the total so far is 68,330. That's a difference of 42,710.

Source: [link:https://carolinaelections.com/votetracker/|

I will update this periodically, if y'all find this of interest!

[Indykatie]

1. You Can See the Early Vote Stats for Every State at the Link Below

For me, the state with the most impressive stat is PA where Dems have cast 73% of early votes compared to 19% for the GOP.

https://rpubs.com/ElectProject/MI_early_vote_2022

[moose65]

3. That's a great resource!

Thanks for that!

[iluvtennis]

9. Yes! Thanks for the link. n/t

[niyad]

2. Very interesting. Please do keep us informed.

[unc70]

4. Mostly older people voting

In NC, saw elsewhere the percentage already voted is up from 2018,2020 at this point is down for younger voters.

[SheilaAnn]

5. Loss of Social Security is a great motivator. n/t

[CaptainTruth]

6. Thanks for posting!

[GreenWave]

7. Keep posting my wonderful neighbor to the South.

My area is deluged with hateful GOP TV propaganda for NC viewers reminiscent of the Third Reich. It would be wonderful to see them getting their cans kicked way down the road.

[Joinfortmill]

8. Wow. Vote by mail has huge jump.

[moose65]

17. Yes

2018 was in the Before Times, when vote-by-mail was still under the radar for most people in NC. We have had early voting for years, but relatively few people took advantage of vote-by-mail until 2020.

Funny - for 10 years Republicans passed laws in NC to make voting by mail easier, and advertising it to one of their core groups - senior citizens. Then suddenly in 2020 voting by mail became filled with fraud, because Democrats were using it more than Republicans.

[James48]

10. I'm still not sure what this means.

There are far more women then men voting absentee. I am not sure if that is because of Roe, or if it’s because women live longer than men. No idea how gender of voters is comparing to 2018.

[moose65]

13. I'll see if I can find that information

On women vs men.

[moose65]

18. So far this year......

This year so far, there have been about 45,000 more women than men who have already voted in NC.

At this same time in 2018, there were about 42,000 more women than men who had already voted.

[wendyb-NC]

11. Thank you

I was a poll observer on Saturday, October 22, it was steady, not mobbed, but pretty much a steady stream of voters during the 4 hours I was there. Your reporting is very encouraging.

[bullimiami]

12. Well I sent Cheri some $ and cast my one early vote all D here in Charlotte. Fingers crossed.

[BlackSkimmer]

14. I voted already, and so have most people I know.

Fingers crossed.

There've been some very nasty anti-Beasley ads unfortunately.

[liberalla]

15. Wow! That's impressive mail-in numbers!

[MyMission]

16. Excellent news

Please do keep us posted.

I haven't yet voted, need to review the school board candidates to see if there are any I care to vote for. We're told we can pick 3, but there was only one I thought I'd like to see elected. Will vote tomorrow or Friday.

Thanks.

[scipan]

19. You might find this interesting

Jon Ralston in NV is an old hand at doing the same sorts of comparisons as you are. A fellow number cruncher. He usually explains why.

https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/the-early-voting-blog-2022

[littlemissmartypants]

20. Please reference your data. Thank you. Your link is broken. ❤️

[moose65]

21. Fixed it!

Thanks! 😃

[littlemissmartypants]

23. Yay! Thank you...❤️

[unc70]

22. Reminder: over 300k more registered voters

The population in NC is growing relatively fast, so is the number of registered voters. Over 300,000 more registered voters in 2022 than in 2018. There are currently just over 7.4 million voters registered in NC. Growth about 1% a year!