Data thread on today's North Carolina accepted absentee ballot #s, through 10-18:

Total Ballots: 1,526,968

Absentee OneStop (In-Person): 918,224

Absentee by mail: 608,744

Blog post about these dynamics is at http://www.oldnorthstatepolitics.com/ 

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NC total accepted absentee ballots, thru 10-18:

Comparison between 2016 daily total ballots to 2020 daily total ballots, by days out from Election Day

So far, 2020 absentee ballots accepted is 49% of 2016's total absentee ballots cast (3.1M)

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NC total accepted absentee ballots, thru 10-18:

Comparison of absentee by mail and onestop (in-person) daily totals between 2016 and 2020 by days out from Election Day

Columns = 2016 #s by vote method
Dots (Mail)/Rhombus (OneStop) = 2020 #s

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NC total accepted absentee ballots, thru 10-18:

Comparison of 2016 to 2020 cumulative daily totals of mail and onestop (in-person) absentee ballots by days out from Election Day

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NC total accepted absentee ballots, thru 10-18:

By vote methods (absentee by mail vs. absentee onestop/in-person) by party registration within each method and total

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To give a comparative sense:

NC currently has 7.2M registered voters (as of 10-17)

1.5M represents 21% of total registered voters having cast a ballot for Nov. 3

Within party registrations:

Democrats: 27%
Republicans: 17%
Unaffiliated: 18%

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2016's NC electorate saw 69% of its registered voters cast ballots (total of 4.7M votes)

This year, 69% would = 5M voters casting ballots

If NC's electorate for Nov. 3 is an estimated 5M (total # of ballots cast):

1.4M represents 30% of that electorate so far

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NC total accepted absentee ballots, thru 10-18:

65% from White Non-Hispanic
23% from Black Non-Hispanic
2% from Hispanic/Latino
4% from all other races Non-Hispanic

by Voter Race-Ethnicity and Party Registration within

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NC total accepted absentee ballots, thru 10-18, by generation cohorts:

44% from Boomers
23% from Gen X
15% from Millennials
14% from Greatest/Silent
5% from Gen Z

by Voter Generation Cohort & Party Registration within

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NC total accepted absentee ballots, thru 10-18, by voter regions:

32% from Urban Central City Voters
26% from Urban Suburb Voters
23% from Surrounding Suburban County Voters
19% from Rural County Voters

by Voter Regions & Party Registrations within each

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