North Carolina Primary Facts and Figures
The North Carolina primary is May 6, 2008.
Presidential Primary Winners
Democrats
- 1988 Al Gore
- 1992 Bill Clinton
- 1996 Bill Clinton
- 2000 Al Gore
- 2004 John Edwards (caucus)
Republicans
- 1988 George H. W. Bush
- 1992 George H. W. Bush
- 1996 Bob Dole
- 2000 George W. Bush
- 2004 unopposed—George W. Bush
Sources:
Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections
Associated Press State and Local Wire
News & Record (Greensboro, NC)
The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC)
Voter Registration Data
Voter Statistics as of Jan. 2, 2008
Race
- White: 4,270,493
- Black: 1,128,082
- Asian: 25,064
Gender
- Male: 2,522,575
- Female: 3,063,544
Age
- 18-25: 579,383
- 26-40: 1,532,608
- 41-65: 2,527,469
- Over 65: 964,759
As of April 21, 2008 there are 5,781,669 registered voters in North Carolina.
Source:
North Carolina State Board of Elections
General Election Winners
- 1988 George H. W. Bush
- 1992 George H. W. Bush
- 1996 Bob Dole
- 2000 George W. Bush
- 2004 George W. Bush
Sources:
Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections
North Carolina State Board of Elections
Exit Poll Demographics
2004 Election
Gender
- Male: 41%
- Female: 59%
Race
- White: 71%
- African-American: 26%
- Latino: 1%
Source:
CNN
3 Things You Didn't Know About North Carolina
1. In 1976, Jimmy Carter was the last Democrat to win North Carolina in the presidential election.
2. Democrats participated in the state's first and only caucus in 2004. North Carolina typically has primaries in May, but redistricting litigation caused the primary to be rescheduled in late July. Instead of waiting until July for the primary, the state held a caucus in April.
3. Even though John Edwards dropped out of the race a day after Super Tuesday on March 3, 2004, he won the Tar Heel State in their April 2004 caucus.
Sources:
The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC)
Charlotte Observer (North Carolina)
News & Record (Greensboro, NC)
Chapel Hill Herald (Durham, NC)
The News & Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina)
Reader Comments
Who as the Democratic Party Nominee will get more votes in the General Election?
The Democratic Party Super Delegates will have to decide the Party Nominee between the two candidates. The Super Delegates can surely decide the Party Nominee, but have no power to decide the next US President. The next US President will be decided by the voters cross the country. So to be surer that the Democratic Party Nominee will be the next US President, it is better to analyze which candidate, if being nominated, will get more votes in the general election.
It was reported on TN8 TV (04/22/2008 evening) that the Poll results show after the PA Primary that, there are 67% voters believe Sen. Clinton will be able to win over Sen. McCain; whereas there are only 33% voters believe that Sen. Obama can win over Sen. McCain.
It was also reported on TN8 TV about the same time that the Poll results showed that, 2/3 of Obama’s supporters will vote for Sen. Clinton if she is nominated; whereas only a bit more than ½ of Clinton’s supports will vote for Sen. Obama if he is nominated.
Therefore it is not difficult to see who will get more voters’ support if being nominated.
On another hand, Michigan and Florida are the two large states, and could be the important states in the general election. Actually in 2000 the US President was decided basically by the Florida votes. There is a program called “No Child left Behind”, how can the Democratic Party let the two big States with millions children and voters left behind? If the Democratic Party does not care much of the two big States, the Republicans will certainly take the advantages of the two states. Moreover, if the Democratic Party Super Delegates try to split the number of the delegates in the two states evenly for the two candidates, it may imply that the Democratic Party do not respect the voting rights of the two states very much, which may result in some the Democratic Party voters may switch to Republican. So no state should be left behind and each voter is accounted equally.
In summary, the Poll results showed Sen. Clinton will get more votes if being nominated than Sen. Obama if being nominated, especially when both Michigan and Florida are accounted. And the PA Primary results also showed that Sen. Clinton has the real Chief Commander’s Characters.
The Democratic Party needs a Nominee who can get more votes, can win over Obama and get the White House back.
president
i do not think we need a black president for our leader at this time
President for change
Nothing but Clintons and Bushes in the White House since 1992. Hmmmm....that's 16 years, isn't it?!?!? And people think Hillary represents change? Further, isn't it time to show the rest of the world that we ARE ready for change AND that as a nation we have made significant strides in our embarrassing history of slavery--to the point that a black man CAN BE President? I am a 61-year-old Caucasian woman who went to high school and college in the 60's, and I am proud to be part of that significant generation that demanded change then as we need to do now. Barack Obama represents my vision for the future of our country. He said it best when he said, "Out of many, we are truly one....." And for all those racists out there who may read this I offer this challenge: Do a little digging around your family tree, and you may find that have a black or Native American heritage.
Bush and Clinton
Actually, if one counts G. H. W. Bush, number 41, we will have had twenty years in which the President came from two families. If Hillary serves two terms, make that twenty eight years. The issue is, who can defeat John McCain? Clinton or Obama? I doubt either can, unless McCain picks a dud for VP. Otherwise, standby for four more years of Republicans in the White House.
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DEMOCRATES LIE TO SOUTHERNERS
when I was a child a republican had to be resgersted a democrate to vote in the Primaries with all the selling out the people by a demoncratic congress stat government and the weekness of the lies about nafta and jimmy carters tring to deal with bad guys instead of killing them they want to stop in god we trust no wonder the south now votes republican! Vet terry carson
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