Turnout is way up, but Republicans are outperforming their 2008 numbers. Sunday will see "souls to the polls" rallies, and a likely spike in the African-American percentage.
UPDATE: Here's an excellent site from tracking North Carolina voting: http://www.carolinatransparency.com/...
Total votes:
2008: 295,523
2012: 387,724
Party affiliation:
2008: 54% D; 29% R; 16% U
2012: 49% D; 32% R; 18% U
(Note: registration is 43% D; 31% R; 26% Unaffiliated)
Gender:
2008: 55% F; 44% M
2012: 55% F; 44% M
Race:
2008: 69% W; 27% B
2012: 67% W; 29% B
Here are the final 2008 NC early voting numbers:
Total votes: 2,618,419
Party affiliation: 52D; 30R; 18U
Gender: 56F; 43M
Race: 69 W; 27 B