No clear signs of a blue wave in NC

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No clear signs of a blue wave in NC – early voting patterns look a lot like 2014

BY CARLI BROSSEAU AND DAVID RAYNOR

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October 25, 2018 12:31 PM

Updated 8 hours 29 minutes ago

North Carolinians are turning in their ballots at about the same pace as during the 2014 midterm elections.

By the end of the first week of early voting, elections officials had accepted 716,463 ballots — about 10 percent of registered voters. That includes ballots cast in person at an early-voting site and those sent in by mail.

The number is slightly lower than at the close of the first week of early voting in 2014, when 735,205 ballots had been accepted.

There are a couple of important differences between the midterm elections in 2014 and 2018. This year is a “blue moon” election, which means there are no major statewide races to draw voters out to the polls. In 2014, there was a U.S. Senate race. But this year, voters will consider six constitutional amendments, which some pundits predicted would boost turnout. Another difference is that there were significantly fewer days of early voting in 2014.

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article220567670.html

More at link including an interactive state map of county by county results.

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