Early voting in NC started on October 15, so as of yesterday we’ve been voting for 8 days. Here is a comparison of the first 8 days of early voting in 2016 and this year.
NC EARLY VOTING 2016 VS 2020
DAY |
2016 |
2020 |
1 |
165,947 |
347,307 |
2 |
155,752 |
322,928 |
3 |
68,893 |
170,637 |
4 |
19,838 |
85,443 |
5 |
169,445 |
300,953 |
6 |
158,496 |
279,239 |
7 |
145,347 |
249,230 |
8 |
238,772 |
214,533
|
TOTAL |
1,122,490 |
1,970,270 |
More than 800,000 more people have voted early this time around than at the same point in 2016. Also, the number of mail-ballots received so far absolutely dwarfs 2016: over 725,000 mail-in ballots so far this time, versus fewer than 200,000 in the entire election cycle in 2016.
About 37% of the registered voters in NC have already voted.
BlueNC!!