NORTH CAROLINA 14 Electoral Votes
Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, North Carolina State Board of Elections)
Total Population, April 1, 2000 8,049,313
Voting Age Population, Nov. 2000 5,797,000 % change from '96  +5.4
Total Registration, Oct. 13, 2000 5,186,094
Dem. 2,588,137 (49.9%)   Rep. 1,765,476 (34.0%)   Lib. 6,909 (0.1%)   Ref. 254  Unaffil. 831,857 (16.0%)
White 4,082,850 (78.7%)   Black 988,134 (19.1%)   Am. Ind. 42,631 (0.8%)  Other 70,270 (1.4%)
North Carolina has: 100 counties.
Five largest counties: Mecklenburg, Wake, Guilford, Forsyth, Cumberland.
Five largest cities: Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Durham.

Government
Governor: Jim Hunt (D) term expires in 2000, not seeking re-election.
State Legislature: North Carolina General Assembly  House: 66D, 53R, 1oth  Senate: 35D, 15R
Local: Cities and Towns, Counties, another Local Gov't page   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 7R, 5D - 1. E.Clayton (D) | 2. B.Etheridge (D) | 3. W.B.Jones (R) | 4. D.Price (D) | 5. R.Burr (R) | 6. H.Coble (R) | 7. M.McIntyre (D) | 8. R.Hayes (R) | 9. S.Myrick (R) | 10. C.Ballenger (R) | 11. C.Taylor (R) | 12. M.Watt (D).
U.S. Senate: Jesse Helms (R) faces re-election in 2002, John Edwards (D) elected in 1998. 
Changes as of the November 2000 Elections
Governor: Michael F. Easley (D) elected.
State Legislature: All 120 House seats and all 50 Senate seats were up.  Republicans narrowed the gap in the House.  House: 62D, 58R  Senate ; 35D, 15R.
U.S. House: No changes to the delegation.
 

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 The Tar Heel State

 
General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Past Results
1996
Dole (Rep.)...........1,225,938
(48.73)
Clinton (Dem.).......1,107,849
(44.04)
Perot (Ref.)..............168,059
(6.68)
Others (2+w/ins)........13,961
(0.55)
Total........2,515,807

1992
Bush (Rep.)..........1,134,661
(43.34)
Clinton (Dem.).......1,114,042
(42.65)
Perot (Unaff.)...........357,864
(13.70)
Others (Marrou+w/ins).5,283 
(0.21)
Total........2,611,850

Results
2000
Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
1,257,692
(43.20)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
1,631,163
(56.03)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
12,307
(0.42)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
8,874
(0.30)
McReynolds/Hollis
1,226
(0.04)
Total........2,911,262

In 1999, the NC General Assembly passed legislation to allow in-person, no-excuse absentee voting.  A voter could vote at any designated Absentee One-Stop voting site in his or her county from Oct. 16 to Nov. 3, 2000. 393,152 people did so.  In addition there were 72,447 civilian absentee by mail votes and 3,766 military absentee returns.

Overview
North Carolina, which went Republican by a very narrow margin in 1992, and a close but wider margin in 1996, went solidly into the GOP column in 2000, as Bush-Cheney secured a plurality of 373,471 votes (12.83 percentage points).  Bush carried 75 counties to 25 for Gore.  Bush won every county in the western part of the state and all the counties along the coast; Gore carried a cluster of 8 counties in the SE and another cluster of 17 counties in the NE.  North Carolina did not see much activity at the presidential level, with the exception of the second presidential debate, held on Oct. 11 at Wake Forest University.
General Election Activity
Notes: North Carolina's onerous ballot access requirements -- 51,324 signatures by May 17, 2000 -- resulted in a limited range of choices for the state's voters.  After the Nader campaign fell short, it went to court seeking an injunction to put him on the ballot.  U.S. District Judge W. Earl Britt turned down their request (Aug. 9 ruling), and an appeal to the 4th Circuit likewise proved unsuccessful (Sept. 15).

 
Primary Date:   Tuesday, May 2, 2000
Republican Primary
Total Vote Percent
Gary Bauer 3,311 1.03%
+George W. Bush 253,485 78.60%
Alan L. Keyes 25,320 7.85%
John S. McCain
35,018
10.86%
No Preference
5,383
1.67%
Total 322,517

Total Delegates
62 of 2,066 (3.0%).
 
Democratic Primary
Total Vote Percent
Bill Bradley 99,796 18.31%
+Al Gore 383,696 70.41%
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. 11,525
2.11%
No Preference
49,905
9.16%
Total
544,922

Total Pledged Delegates
86 of 3,537 (2.4%).
Total Delegates
103 of 4,335 (2.4%).

Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001  Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.