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

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2008 General Election Results, Harnett, North Carolina

Harnett County NC, November 4th 2008

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General election results

'Presidential' ballots cast in Harnett 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 %
43	Harnett	PROVISIONAL	266	268	3	2	539	-2	49.35	49.72
43	Harnett	ELECTION DAY	6570	12766	109	73	19518	-6196	33.66	65.41
43	Harnett	EARLY	9949	10545	106	48	20648	-596	48.18	51.07
43	Harnett	TOTAL	16785	23579	218	123	40705	-6794	41.24	57.93

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

Party	Total registered	Total voted	Row %	% of total voted	% of total registered %
LIB	54	46	85.19	0.11	0.09
UNA	11038	6523	59.1	15.96	19.02
REP	19510	14357	73.59	35.14	33.62
DEM	27423	19935	72.69	48.79	47.26
Total	58025	40861	70.42	100	100

Gender of voter in Harnett County

Gender	Total registered	Total voted	Row %	% of total voted	% of total registered %
U	184	112	60.87	0.27	0.32
M	26042	17950	68.93	43.93	44.88
F	31799	22799	71.7	55.8	54.8
Total	58025	40861	70.42	100	100

Race of voter in Harnett County

Race	Total registered	Total voted	Row %	% of total voted	% of total registered %
A	208	137	65.87	0.34	0.36
M	286	188	65.73	0.46	0.49
I	396	243	61.36	0.59	0.68
U	398	236	59.3	0.58	0.69
	660	494	74.85	1.21	1.14
O	980	529	53.98	1.29	1.69
B	13181	9459	71.76	23.15	22.72
W	41916	29575	70.56	72.38	72.24
Total	58025	40861	70.42	100	100

Age of voter in Harnett County

Age	Total registered	Total voted	Row %	% of total voted	% of total registered %
Age 18 - 25	7360	4210	57.2	10.3	12.68
Age Over 66	9044	6574	72.69	16.09	15.59
Age 26 - 40	16200	10466	64.6	25.61	27.92
Age 41 - 65	25421	19611	77.14	47.99	43.81
Total	58025	40861	70.42	100	100

Year of registration in Harnett County

Year	Total registered	Total voted	Row %	% of total voted	% of total registered %
2007	3673	2245	61.12	5.49	6.33
2005-2006	4563	2575	56.43	6.3	7.86
1991-1995	5483	3937	71.8	9.64	9.45
1996-2000	10098	6813	67.47	16.67	17.4
2008	10787	8322	77.15	20.37	18.59
2000-2004	11465	7108	62	17.4	19.76
< 1990	11956	9861	82.48	24.13	20.6
Total	58025	40861	70.42	100	100

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

Voted in Primary?	Total registered	Total voted	Row %	% of total voted	% of total registered %
New Registrant	7498	5974	79.67	14.62	12.92
Yes	18249	17437	95.55	42.67	31.45
No	32278	17450	54.06	42.71	55.63
Total	58025	40861	70.42	100	100

Voting method used in Harnett County

Method	Total voted	%
PROV	505	1.24
ABS-MAIL	1624	3.97
ABS-1STOP	19207	47.01
IN-PERSON	19525	47.78
Total	40861	100

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

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