In Buncombe County, 35,246 voters cast early ballots between Oct. 14 and Oct. 30. Most were Democrat and white, with an average age of 59, according to data gathered by the Civitas Institute's Carolina Transparency Project. 
Photo: As the 1 p.m. early-voting deadline ended on Saturday, Oct. 30, the line at one West Asheville polling site stretched out the door.
In nearby Henderson County, the average age was 64, and most early voters were Republican.
Almost 50 percent of Buncombe's early voters were registered Democrats, about 31 percent Republican and 20.5 percent Unaffiliated. More than 93 percent were white, with an average age of 59.
Photo: West Asheville resident LaToya McDaniel, age 22, left, is greeted at the polls by judicial candidate Heather Goldstein, right, and Dottie Thornburg, center, who was manning the polls on behalf of her son, Alan Thornburg.
Among Buncombe's 176,249 registered voters, 27.29 percent are Republicans, 43.65 Democrat, 0.19 percent Libertarian and 28.87 percent Unafilliated. About 90 percent are white, almost 6 percent Black, and 4 percent Other.
Some other interesting tidbits discerned from the Carolinas Transparency Project: Since January 2010 — when the number of Unaffiliated registered voters in Buncombe County was just 533 greater than the number of registered Republicans — Unaffiliated registration increased by 2,506. Since January, the increase in registered Democrats, on the other hand, has been just 128, and Republicans, 250.
Meanwhile, in Henderson County, most registered voters are Republican (41.48 percent to Democrats 25.24). About 1/3 of Henderson County's 76,546 registered voters are Unaffiliated. During the Oct. 14-Oct. 30 early-voting period, 18,458 of those total registered voters cast their ballots: Slightly more than half were Republican, 28 percent were Unaffiliated, and about 22 percent were Democrats. Most early voters were female, and the overall average age was higher than in nearby Buncombe: 64 years old.
Photo: Democrat Steve Cogburn — the incumbent Buncombe County Clerk of Court — chats with Asheville resident Kenny Burgess, who was stumping in West Asheville for Republican candidate for N.C. House, District 114, John Carroll.
photos by Margaret Williams
Photo: As the 1 p.m. early-voting deadline ended on Saturday, Oct. 30, the line at one West Asheville polling site stretched out the door.In nearby Henderson County, the average age was 64, and most early voters were Republican.
Almost 50 percent of Buncombe's early voters were registered Democrats, about 31 percent Republican and 20.5 percent Unaffiliated. More than 93 percent were white, with an average age of 59.
Photo: West Asheville resident LaToya McDaniel, age 22, left, is greeted at the polls by judicial candidate Heather Goldstein, right, and Dottie Thornburg, center, who was manning the polls on behalf of her son, Alan Thornburg.Among Buncombe's 176,249 registered voters, 27.29 percent are Republicans, 43.65 Democrat, 0.19 percent Libertarian and 28.87 percent Unafilliated. About 90 percent are white, almost 6 percent Black, and 4 percent Other.
Some other interesting tidbits discerned from the Carolinas Transparency Project: Since January 2010 — when the number of Unaffiliated registered voters in Buncombe County was just 533 greater than the number of registered Republicans — Unaffiliated registration increased by 2,506. Since January, the increase in registered Democrats, on the other hand, has been just 128, and Republicans, 250.
Meanwhile, in Henderson County, most registered voters are Republican (41.48 percent to Democrats 25.24). About 1/3 of Henderson County's 76,546 registered voters are Unaffiliated. During the Oct. 14-Oct. 30 early-voting period, 18,458 of those total registered voters cast their ballots: Slightly more than half were Republican, 28 percent were Unaffiliated, and about 22 percent were Democrats. Most early voters were female, and the overall average age was higher than in nearby Buncombe: 64 years old.
Photo: Democrat Steve Cogburn — the incumbent Buncombe County Clerk of Court — chats with Asheville resident Kenny Burgess, who was stumping in West Asheville for Republican candidate for N.C. House, District 114, John Carroll.
photos by Margaret Williams
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Does anyone know where we can get the number of registered voters and how many people actually vote? I'm interested in seeing the voter turnout comparison for this election compared to the 2008 and 2006 elections.
By candora
11/01/2010
North Carolina's State Board of Election stats on Buncombe County's registered voters as of Sept. 25, 2010
http://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us/NCSBE/VR/VR Stats/vr_stats_results.asp?EC=09-25-2010
Some other stats on NC:
http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/content.aspx?id=41
(For example, as of Jan 1, 2010, there were 496,945 registered voters in Congressional District 11.)
Some Buncombe County stats:
http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/election/ElectionStatistics.htm
One-stop voting tally for 2008 (82,805 total early votes)
http://www.buncombecounty.org/common/boe/PrecinctAnalysis_OneStop_2008.pdf
By Margaret Williams
11/01/2010
Thank you, Margaret :)
By candora
11/02/2010