Turning NC Blue 2008 General Election Results, Cabarrus, North Carolina

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2008 General Election Results, Cabarrus, North Carolina

Cabarrus County NC, November 4th 2008

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General election results

'Presidential' ballots cast in Cabarrus County in the 2008 NC General Election.

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Rows are color coded, red for McCain/Palin, blue for Obama/Biden.
County and method are colored by the county winner, the counts by who won the row.
Margin is expressed in favor of Obama/Biden. Negative numbers are losses for that row.

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County ID	County Name	Method	Obama/ Biden	McCain/ Palin	Barr/ Root	Write- in	Total	Margin	Obama %	McCain %
13	Cabarrus	PROVISIONAL	350	584	15	2	951	-234	36.8	61.41
13	Cabarrus	EARLY	16629	17486	159	15	34289	-857	48.5	51
13	Cabarrus	ELECTION DAY	14567	27854	319	14	42754	-13287	34.07	65.15
13	Cabarrus	TOTAL	31546	45924	493	31	77994	-14378	40.45	58.88

This table shows 'Presidential' election results for Cabarrus County in the 2008 General Election in North Carolina.

The counts are from the official results declared by the NC State Board of Elections.

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Voter performance

The following tables show the registered voter demographics and measures. We do not know how individual voters voted, but we do know who voted and several basic measures of them.

Registered party in Cabarrus County

Party	Total registered	Total voted	Row %	% of total voted	% of total registered %
LIB	88	74	84.09	0.09	0.09
UNA	23659	16362	69.16	20.86	22.96
DEM	37620	29140	77.46	37.15	36.5
REP	41695	32871	78.84	41.9	40.46
Total	103062	78447	76.12	100	100

Gender of voter in Cabarrus County

Gender	Total registered	Total voted	Row %	% of total voted	% of total registered %
U	992	803	80.95	1.02	0.96
M	46793	35147	75.11	44.8	45.4
F	55277	42497	76.88	54.17	53.63
Total	103062	78447	76.12	100	100

Race of voter in Cabarrus County

Race	Total registered	Total voted	Row %	% of total voted	% of total registered %
	35	32	91.43	0.04	0.03
I	213	144	67.61	0.18	0.21
M	392	300	76.53	0.38	0.38
A	560	406	72.5	0.52	0.54
O	1341	870	64.88	1.11	1.3
U	1860	1477	79.41	1.88	1.8
B	15019	12123	80.72	15.45	14.57
W	83642	63095	75.43	80.43	81.16
Total	103062	78447	76.12	100	100

Age of voter in Cabarrus County

Age	Total registered	Total voted	Row %	% of total voted	% of total registered %
Age 18 - 25	10788	6839	63.39	8.72	10.47
Age Over 66	15014	11468	76.38	14.62	14.57
Age 26 - 40	29668	21614	72.85	27.55	28.79
Age 41 - 65	47592	38526	80.95	49.11	46.18
Total	103062	78447	76.12	100	100

Year of registration in Cabarrus County

Year	Total registered	Total voted	Row %	% of total voted	% of total registered %
2007	6050	4181	69.11	5.33	5.87
2005-2006	8579	5765	67.2	7.35	8.32
1991-1995	12197	8861	72.65	11.3	11.83
1996-2000	15880	11535	72.64	14.7	15.41
2008	18256	15287	83.74	19.49	17.71
2000-2004	18925	13237	69.94	16.87	18.36
< 1990	23175	19581	84.49	24.96	22.49
Total	103062	78447	76.12	100	100

Voter performance for people that voted in the Primary and those that registered to vote since the primary in Cabarrus County

Voted in Primary?	Total registered	Total voted	Row %	% of total voted	% of total registered %
New Registrant	12363	10555	85.38	13.45	12
Yes	30906	29883	96.69	38.09	29.99
No	59793	38009	63.57	48.45	58.02
Total	103062	78447	76.12	100	100

Voting method used in Cabarrus County

Method	Total voted	%
CURBSIDE	381	0.49
PROV	797	1.02
ABS-MAIL	4699	5.99
ABS-1STOP	29870	38.08
IN-PERSON	42700	54.43
Total	78447	100

NOTES: The above counts are derived from the State Board of Elections voter registration and voter history data bases.

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