N.C. may set record for early votes

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on October 25, 2008 - 1:43pm.
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Today, as we begin the second half of early voting, N.C. voters will set a record for total votes cast before election day.

As of yesterday, the ninth of 17 early voting days, voters had cast 1,088,825 early votes. In all of 2004 early voting, 1.1 million early votes were cast, Peter St. Onge of the Charlotte Observer reports.

Here's your enthusiasm breakdown of who's headed out to the polls thus far. A reminder, these numbers reflect only who has voted — NOT for whom they voted.

Party: Democrats 58%, Republicans 25%, Unaffiliated 17%.
Gender: Women 56%, Men 43%
Race: Whites 66%, Blacks 30%

Still a great deal of enthusiasm among Democrats, but as experts predicted, the numbers are beginning to even out a bit. Democrats fell below 60 percent for the first time in early voting.

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