Presidential campaigns enter the last lap with Democrats looking to make up ground in NC
Former President Donald Trump is a persistent critic of early voting. But his campaign this year told supporters to vote before Election Day.
With that push, the GOP is going into the last full week of election season in North Carolina with more of their voters casting ballots than Democrats.
With more than 2.7 million ballots accepted through Saturday, about 29,000 more Republicans had cast ballots than registered Democrats.
In more than half of the western North Carolina counties damaged by Helene the voter turnout rate exceeded the statewide average rate of 35% through Saturday, according to an X post from Catawba College political scientist Michael Bitzer.
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