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This is part of our series looking at North Carolina’s registered voters. Other stories include an in-depth look at North Carolina’s Democrat voters and an in-depth look at North Carolina’s unaffiliated voters. As of October 25th, 2026, North Carolina had 7.8 million registered voters. Of these, 2,330,371 million, or 30%, were registered as a Republican. Age Younger voters are the least likely to register as Republican and display a higher affinity for registering unaffiliated. Just…
This is part of our series looking at the demographics of North Carolina’s registered voters. Other stories include an in-depth look at North Carolina’s Republican voters and an in-depth look at North Carolina’s Democrat voters. As of October 25th, 2026, North Carolina had 7.8 million registered voters. Of these, 3,170,178 million, or 40%, were registered unaffiliated. This post examines the characteristics of North Carolina’s unaffiliated voters. Age Younger voters are the most likely to register…
This is part of our series looking at the demographics of North Carolina’s registered voters. Other stories include an in-depth look at North Carolina’s Republican voters and an in-depth look at North Carolina’s unaffiliated voters. As of October 25th, 2026, North Carolina had 7.8 million registered voters. Of these, 2,336,966 million, or 30%, were registered Democrat. Age Older voters are the most likely to register as a Democrat, reflective of the legacy of the “Solid…
According to the latest estimates, North Carolina has about 8 million citizen-voting-age residents, and as of October 25th, 2026, 7.8 million registered voters. Their partisan affiliation was roughly split between three groups: unaffiliated, Democrat, and Republican, with a 10% lead in unaffiliated. Specifically: 3,170,178 or 40% were registered unaffiliated; 2,336,966 or 30% were registered Democrat; 2,330,371or 30% were registered Republican; and 51,734 or 0.66% were registered to another party. Who are these voters? And how…
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