Unaffiliated voters overtake Democrats, now largest voting bloc in North Carolina

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Tags: NCCapitol, North Carolina politics, 2022 elections, voting, voter registration
Posted March 12, 2022 2:02 p.m. EST
Updated March 12, 2022 2:04 p.m. EST

By Bryan Anderson, WRAL state government reporter
RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina State Board of Elections on Saturday said ... snip...

Of the more than 7.2 million registered voters today, nearly 2.5 million are unaffiliated. That’s 34.5% of all voters. There are almost 2.5 million Democrats and 2.2 million Republicans, according to state elections data.

Well, it looks like it finally happened in #ncpol:

Today's @ncsbe data of active, inactive, & temporary registered NC voters shows unaffiliated is now the largest group, surpassing Democratic & Republican within 7.2M+ voter pool

Raw data found here: https://dl.ncsbe.gov/?prefix=data/

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The state elections board released a report early Saturday showing 99 fewer registered unaffiliated voters than Democrats. In the afternoon, Pat Gannon, a spokesman for the board, said unaffiliated voters overtook Democratic voters when including those who are considered "temporary," which the state's weekly voter registration report doesn't cover.

"If an unregistered person submits a Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) or Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB), that person is registered with a voter status of 'Temporary,'" Gannon said. "This applies to military and overseas who submit a FPCA or FWAB."

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Data from the state elections board shows nearly 900,000 of the state’s more than 5 million voters in January 2004 were unaffiliated, or 17.7% of registered voters. Nearly 47.6% of voters were Democrats and 34.5% were Republicans.

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https://www.wral.com/unaffiliated-voters-overtake-democrats-now-largest-voting-bloc-in-north-carolina/20184005/