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(NewsNation) — Donald Trump has won North Carolina successful each of the past 2 elections, but Democrats person been gaining ground, peculiarly successful the large colonisation centers: Mecklenburg and Wake counties.
If Harris tin amended successful those areas, Democrats person a accidental to triumph the authorities for the archetypal clip since Barack Obama successful 2008.
How votes volition beryllium counted
In North Carolina, the polls adjacent astatine 7:30 p.m. Counties tin commencement processing mail-in ballots astatine 5:00 p.m., portion immoderate counties with passed measures tin statesman processing mail-in ballots astatine 2:00 p.m. connected Election Day.
While the North Carolina Board of Elections allows for same-day elector registration for aboriginal voting — which runs done November 2 — the authorities does not let residents to registry to ballot if they are casting ballots connected the time of the wide election.
To registry to ballot the aforesaid time during aboriginal voting, residents indispensable person a authorities recognition fig from their state-issued driver’s licence oregon indispensable person impervious of the past 4 digits of their Social Security number.
North Carolina Senate contention successful 2022
In the 2022 U.S. Senate race, Democrat Cheri Beasley took a 20-point pb implicit Ted Budd erstwhile the archetypal batches of votes were released aft polls closed. That pb disappeared aft astir 90 minutes erstwhile Budd overtook Beasley successful the ballot number and went connected to triumph the seat. Mail and aboriginal in-person votes accounted for astir 59% of each ballots successful that election.
In statewide elections, the Democratic strongholds are successful the Raleigh, Charlotte, Greensboro and Fayetteville areas, portion Republicans thin to execute champion successful the western, eastbound and southeastern areas of the state. When Obama carried North Carolina successful 2008, helium won beyond the harmless Democratic areas and picked up an further 11 counties successful what were mean Republican areas.
More than fractional of those counties whitethorn person moved retired of scope for Democrats today, arsenic Trump outperformed Biden by double-digit margins successful 2020. But that aforesaid year, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper picked up Granville, Pasquotank and Scotland counties successful his palmy reelection bid and reduced the borderline successful others.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
