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2008 General Election Results, Alexander, North Carolina

Alexander County NC, November 4th 2008

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General election results

'Presidential' ballots cast in Alexander 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 %
2	Alexander	EARLY	0	0	0	0	0	0	29.95	68.33
2	Alexander	PROVISIONAL	14	44	0	0	58	-30	24.14	75.86
2	Alexander	ELECTION DAY	5153	11746	187	110	17196	-6593	29.97	68.31
2	Alexander	TOTAL	5167	11790	187	110	17254	-6623	29.95	68.33

This table shows 'Presidential' election results for Alexander 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 Alexander County

Party	Total registered	Total voted	Row %	% of total voted	% of total registered %
LIB	23	15	65.22	0.09	0.1
UNA	4657	3238	69.53	18.56	20.27
DEM	8029	6043	75.26	34.64	34.94
REP	10271	8147	79.32	46.71	44.7
Total	22980	17443	75.91	100	100

Gender of voter in Alexander County

Gender	Total registered	Total voted	Row %	% of total voted	% of total registered %
U	122	98	80.33	0.56	0.53
M	10924	8205	75.11	47.04	47.54
F	11934	9140	76.59	52.4	51.93
Total	22980	17443	75.91	100	100

Race of voter in Alexander County

Race	Total registered	Total voted	Row %	% of total voted	% of total registered %
I	23	19	82.61	0.11	0.1
M	32	25	78.13	0.14	0.14
	34	31	91.18	0.18	0.15
U	48	32	66.67	0.18	0.21
A	77	36	46.75	0.21	0.34
O	137	88	64.23	0.5	0.6
B	1045	774	74.07	4.44	4.55
W	21584	16438	76.16	94.24	93.93
Total	22980	17443	75.91	100	100

Age of voter in Alexander County

Age	Total registered	Total voted	Row %	% of total voted	% of total registered %
Age 18 - 25	2197	1381	62.86	7.92	9.56
Age Over 66	4547	3512	77.24	20.13	19.79
Age 26 - 40	5533	3850	69.58	22.07	24.08
Age 41 - 65	10703	8700	81.29	49.88	46.58
Total	22980	17443	75.91	100	100

Year of registration in Alexander County

Year	Total registered	Total voted	Row %	% of total voted	% of total registered %
2007	856	566	66.12	3.24	3.72
2005-2006	1374	884	64.34	5.07	5.98
1991-1995	1773	1296	73.1	7.43	7.72
2008	2391	1918	80.22	11	10.4
1996-2000	3300	2338	70.85	13.4	14.36
2000-2004	3847	2472	64.26	14.17	16.74
< 1990	9439	7969	84.43	45.69	41.07
Total	22980	17443	75.91	100	100

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

Voted in Primary?	Total registered	Total voted	Row %	% of total voted	% of total registered %
New Registrant	1637	1363	83.26	7.81	7.12
Yes	7521	7294	96.98	41.82	32.73
No	13822	8786	63.57	50.37	60.15
Total	22980	17443	75.91	100	100

Voting method used in Alexander County

Method	Total voted	%
PROV	51	0.29
ABS-MAIL	728	4.17
IN-PERSON	8245	47.27
ABS-1STOP	8419	48.27
Total	17443	100

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

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