Trump won North Carolina in 2016 by about 4 percentage points, but with less than three weeks until the election, he faces an almost 3-point gap between himself and former Vice President. Both candidates are spending some of their final campaign days in the state, and more than 1.5 million people have already cast ballots there. As of Monday, Democratic Party turnout is 1.8 times higher than that for Republicans.
Of the total ballots cast, registered Democrats were responsible for 708,355, equivalent to about 46 percent of the votes, according to the United States Elections Project. Republicans, with 379,640 ballots cast, account for about 25 percent of the total votes, less than the 28 percent cast by voters with no party affiliation.
Despite concerns that people would be dissuaded from going to the polls because of the coronavirus, both Republicans and Democrats in North Carolina have cast more ballots in-person than by mail so far.Early-voting locations opened last Thursday. After three days, 918,228 in-person votes were cast, according to the Elections Project. Registered Democrats account for about 15 percent more in-person votes than Republicans.
President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a"Make America Great Again" rally at Pitt-Greenville Airport in Greenville, North Carolina, on October 15. The first three days of in-person early voting in the state saw more Democrats than Republicans turning out.At a rally in Greenville on Thursday, Trump said there was going to be a"red wave" and encouraged people to go out and vote in person.
"Well, don't clap too hard. Go out and vote," Trump said."We'll clap later, because these people are crazy."reached out to the Trump campaign for comment but did not receive a response in time for publication.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: YahooNews - 🏆 380. / 59 Read more »
Source: trtworld - 🏆 101. / 63 Read more »
Source: USATODAY - 🏆 100. / 63 Read more »
Source: USATODAY - 🏆 100. / 63 Read more »
Source: ABC - 🏆 471. / 51 Read more »
Source: YahooNews - 🏆 380. / 59 Read more »