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RFK Jr. and allies challenge two-party system in North Carolina elections
RFK Jr. is still campaigning for president in the 2024 election, but he’s now running under the We The People political party in North Carolina.
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More than 40,000 N.C. voters have changed their political party this year
Data from the N.C. State Board Elections shows that 41,795 North Carolina voters have changed their party affiliation since the beginning of 2022. More than half of those, 23,374, are now unaffiliated voters, instead of a Democrat, Republican, or Libertarian. Republicans were the only N.C. party to gain more voters than they lost, with nearly 5,000 N.C. Democrats becoming Republicans so far this year.
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62% of unaffiliated voters chose Republican ballot in N.C. early voting
According to data from the N.C. Board of Elections, 577,232 voters cast a ballot early, with 290,226 of those voters requesting a Democrat ballot and 284,568 voters requesting a Republican ballot, giving Democrats a 50.3% to 49.3% edge. But for context, in 2020, 68% of early ballots requested were for the Democratic primary.
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N.C. unaffiliated choosing GOP over Dem ballots at nearly double rate
In a typical election year, the assumption is that Democrats will dominate early voting and Republicans will catch up on Election Day. But in 2022, at least during the primary, this usual pattern has gone out the window. Republican ballots are running even with Democrat ballots as of May 9. And this elimination of Democrats’...
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Unaffiliated voters surpass Democrats in N.C.
Unaffiliated voters have overtaken Democrats as the largest voting group in North Carolina, according to the latest data from the N.C. State Board of Elections. The number of unaffiliated voters now stands at 2,503,997, compared to 2,496,434 Democrats and 2,192,073 Republicans. There are 48,654 registered Libertarians. That shift reflects a growing trend in recent years...
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N.C. unaffiliated voters souring on Biden, split on masks, vaccine
A new poll of North Carolina unaffiliated voters shows President Joe Biden is tanking with voters who claim no allegiance to any political party. Between August 13-15, 2021 Spry Strategies contacted nearly 500 households of registered, self-described unaffiliated voters. Voters were only included in the poll results if they also confirmed they were registered as...
