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As of yesterday, the ninth of 17 early voting days, voters had cast 1,088,825 early votes in North Carolina.  By comparison — in all of North Carolina 2004 early voting, 1.1 million early votes were cast. The stats: Party: Democrats 58%, Republicans 25%, Unaffiliated 17%. Gender: Women 56%, Men 43% Race: Whites 66%, Blacks 30%

From WSJ's Washington Wire: Nearly half a million North Carolina voters have already cast their ballots, either with a mail-in absentee ballot or by casting one in person. That means nothing Republican presidential hopeful John McCain and his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, say or do between now and Election Day can change the choice made by about 9% of the … Read More

This time from North Carolina GOP politicians: Warming up a crowd in North Carolina on Saturday, Republican Rep. Robin Hayes offered the diagnosis that “liberals hate real Americans that work and achieve and believe in God.” His remarks came shortly after he had said he would “make sure we don’t say something stupid, make sure we don’t say something we don’t … Read More

It seems like McCain supporters in this state are doing their best to make sure that North Carolina comes off as some sort of hick state stuck in the days of segregation and prejudice. Obama called "socialist" and "Muslim" in Fayetteville diner (from Politico) Dead bear with Obama signs around its neck at Western Carolina University Groups of protesters (mostly white) shouting … Read More

Jill at Brilliant at Breakfast, as well as a few other sites, have taken pains to point out this about North Carolina ballots… VOTING A STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC TICKET WILL NOT RESULT IN A VOTE FOR OBAMA. YOU MUST MAKE YOUR PRESIDENTIAL SELECTION SEPARATELY. As Jill points out, “This is not a vote suppression issue, it’s just appallingly bad design and … Read More

(1)  Go to a one-stop voting site. (2)  Bring with you and present an acceptable form of identification. (3)  Fill out a voter application form. (4)  Vote Democratic!  But remember, voting straight ticket Democrat does not include the races for President or any of the judicial races, so don't forget Obama or any of your Democratic Judges. * First, cast … Read More

A reporter from The Greensboro Times Record got roughed up a little when covering Palin's visit to Elon.  Read about it.

What are you waiting for?  Do it.

Lookie at Pollster.com (which plots trends based on all the polls). Here’s the trend for September. My, my….

According to Public Policy Polling (pdf): Democrat Sen. Barack Obama has pulled into a tie with Republican John McCain in North Carolina, according to results released by Public Policy Polling Saturday. Each candidate has 46 percent and Libertarian Bob Barr had 5 percent. North Carolina has voted for Republican presidential candidates for the past three decades. Obama’s standing in the … Read More

It looked for a while like NC might become a swing state.  But the Palin-mania did well here, and it looks — right now — like NC is safely in the McCain column. BUT… not so fast. Let’s start on August 2, 2008, with the following numbers  of registered voters Democrats: 2,669,616 Republican: 1,937,735 And then the week by week additions: Week  … Read More

Candidate July 23-27 June 26-29 Pollster McCain 47 45 46 Obama 44 41 44 Barr 3 5 2.5 So Obama is still behind by a few points, but within the margin of error (832 LVs, July 23-27, MOE +/- 3.4%) From Public Policy Polling’s analysis: Obama leads 53-38 among respondents most concerned with the economy, and 58-32 with those whose … Read More