Updated NC Absentee Ballot Trends

From Old State Politics:

Today’s (10-16-18) thread for NC’s mail absentee ballots, through Monday, Oct. 15:

Requested: 74,187

Sent: 73,198 (98.6% of requested)

Returned & accepted: 12,167 (16.4% of requested)

And by voter party registration for requested, sent, & accepted: #ncpol #ncvotes pic.twitter.com/yBENiRPPhj

— Old North State Politics (@oldnorthstpol) October 16, 2018

Comparing today’s 2018 requested absentee mail ballots total to 2014’s same day total:

Today’s 2018 total as of 22 days out from Election Day: 74,187

Same day total as of 22 days out from 2014 Election Day: 48,604

2018 percentage compared to 4 years ago: 153%#ncpol #ncvotes pic.twitter.com/wfqvrUodSF

— Old North State Politics (@oldnorthstpol) October 16, 2018

Comparison between 2018 (through 10-15) in NC absentee mail ballots requested & those returned & accepted compared to 2014’s final #s:

2018 requested so far: 72% of 2014’s total requested

2018 accepted so far: 16% of 2014’s total accepted#ncpol #ncvotes pic.twitter.com/3A9Tp8ENAo

— Old North State Politics (@oldnorthstpol) October 16, 2018

NC’s mail absentee ballots requested through 10-15-18 by:

generational cohorts (see here for age ranges: https://t.co/NTZZ4vDjOA…)

party registration % within each cohort

% of generation cohort in 10-13-18 voter registration pool to requested ballots %:#ncpol #ncvotes pic.twitter.com/LMLw7SNNRq

— Old North State Politics (@oldnorthstpol) October 16, 2018

NC’s mail absentee ballots requested through 10-15-18 by congressional districts, with top 4 districts by % of total requested ballots:#NC09: 13.5%#NC02: 12.1%#NC13: 9.8%#NC04: 9.3%

By party registration % within each congressional district:#ncpol #ncvotes pic.twitter.com/kheDihsCU0

— Old North State Politics (@oldnorthstpol) October 16, 2018

NC’s mail absentee ballots requested through 10-15-18 by voter’s 2014 vote method or year of registration.

Continued plurality of 2018’s mail absentee requested voters were registered before/in 2014 but didn’t vote in 2014’s general election:#ncpol #ncvotes pic.twitter.com/n6bNBYfqc8

— Old North State Politics (@oldnorthstpol) October 16, 2018

NC’s mail absentee ballots requested through 10-15-18 by voter’s 2014 vote method or year of registration by party registration of the voter, as well as within each party registration:#ncpol #ncvotes pic.twitter.com/suajp7C3vM

— Old North State Politics (@oldnorthstpol) October 16, 2018

NC’s mail absentee ballots requested through 10-15-18 by voter’s 2014 vote method or year of registration by party registration of the voter, as well as within each party registration:#ncpol #ncvotes pic.twitter.com/suajp7C3vM

— Old North State Politics (@oldnorthstpol) October 16, 2018

NC’s mail absentee ballots requested through 10-15-18 by gender and party registration:

Female voters: 57% of all requested ballots (continued high %)
Male voters: 41% of all requested ballots

50% of women are registered Democrats#ncpol #ncvotes pic.twitter.com/7rCpvu1yCX

— Old North State Politics (@oldnorthstpol) October 16, 2018

NC’s mail absentee ballots requested through 10-15-18 by gender & ‘region’ within the state, & by party registration:

Note: suburban voters (both female & male) are 50% (those living outside central city but inside urban county + surrounding suburban counties)#ncpol #ncvotes pic.twitter.com/nDpOS591b6

— Old North State Politics (@oldnorthstpol) October 16, 2018

Comparison between 2014 and 2018 NC mail absentee ballot requests, by party registration, based on the number of days out from Election Day.

Will be important to watch how this trend continues over time, but traditionally GOP leads in mail absentee ballots:#ncpol #ncvotes pic.twitter.com/vsPUc2k51x

— Old North State Politics (@oldnorthstpol) October 16, 2018

And differences (both percentage & raw #s) in NC mail absentee ballot requests between 2014 to 2018 by voter party registration:#ncpol #ncvotes pic.twitter.com/is6pGhrBFs

— Old North State Politics (@oldnorthstpol) October 16, 2018

And the comparison & differences in NC mail absentee ballots returned & accepted between 2014 and 2018 by voter party registration, as of 10-15:#ncpol #ncvotes pic.twitter.com/dA9fX6ycAp

— Old North State Politics (@oldnorthstpol) October 16, 2018

And finally, by percentage of NC mail absentee requested ballots that have been returned and accepted so far, by voter party registration:

Reg Republicans are returning their ballots above state average

Reg Democrats & unaffiliated voters are slightly behind#ncpol #ncvotes pic.twitter.com/hOTwwgKRX8

— Old North State Politics (@oldnorthstpol) October 16, 2018