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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…
On Wednesday, October 22nd, North Carolina lawmakers approved new congressional maps for the state, which change the makeup of Congressional Districts 1 and 3 in Eastern NC. The new maps are abnormal because redistricting typically only happens once every ten years, following the Decennial Census. This is the first time in the modern era that North Carolina has redrawn maps mid-decade without being court-ordered to do so. Although the NC Republican leadership maintains that no…
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. This is an update of our story from Sept. 2023. As of Sept. 28, 2024, North Carolina had 7.6 million registered voters. Of these, 2,413,469 million, or 32%, were registered Democrat. Age Older 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 Democrat voters. This is an update of our story from Sept. 2023. As of Sept. 28, 2024, North Carolina had 7.6 million registered voters. Of these, 2,886,573 million, or 38%, were registered unaffiliated. This post examines the characteristics of North Carolina's unaffiliated…
[We have corrected this original post which reported that there were about 8.5 million citizen-voting-age adults in NC. The correct estimate is about 8 million.] This is the first in a four-part series on North Carolina’s voters. Today, we take a look at North Carolina’s 7.6 million registered voters. In the coming days, we will take a look at North Carolina’s registered Republicans, Democrats, and Unaffiliated Voters, respectively. According to the latest estimates, North Carolina…
This post examines changes in registered voters from the years 2013-2023. For an in depth analysis of North Carolina’s 7.3 million registered voters in 2023 and a breakdown of registered Republicans, Democrats, and Unaffiliated voters take a look at our earlier posts in our 2023 election series. With another November election in the rearview, we wanted to see how North Carolina’s voters have changed over the past decade. Since 2013, North Carolina has experienced extensive…
This is part of our series looking at NC’s registered voters. Other stories include an in-depth look at NC’s Republican voters and an in-depth look at NC’s Democrat voters. This is an update of our story from October 2022. As of September 23rd, 2023, North Carolina had 7.3 million registered voters. Of these, 2.6 million or 36.3% were registered unaffiliated. This post examines the characteristics of NC’s unaffiliated voters. Age Younger voters are the most…
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