NC Voter Turnout -- Up for Conservatives, Down for Democrats

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First lets start with what passes for insight in our local media...

Voter Turnout Low in NC Election
and
N.C. election turnout may rival low

Local Media beating a path toward irrelevancy.


Now lets turn to something insightful.
Reading the political winds through voter turnout....Via NationalJournal.com

In primaries in NC, IN and OH, Dems turned out at far lower rates than they have in previous comparable elections.

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Only 425K voters (Dems) turned out to pick a nominee against Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC). The 14.4% turnout was smaller than the 444K voters -- or 18% of all registered Dem voters -- who turned out in '04, when Gov. Mike Easley (D) faced only a gadfly candidate in his bid to be renominated for a second term.

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373K people voted in Burr's uncompetitive primary, nearly 9% higher than the 343K who voted in the equally non-competitive primary in '04.

Imagine the fervor when candidates compete from differing party's strive for our vote....





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