Thursday, March 05, 2026

Primary Voting Surge in NC Shows a Blue Wave Heading to Nov

Early voting this year ran 25 percent above the 2022 midterm primary and also exceeded the 2024 presidential primary. Most of the surge came from a boost in Democrats voting early and an increase in unaffiliated voters voting in Democratic primaries.

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IT'S ALL CRUMBLING! The walls are finally closing in on the Trump regime. From a total financial meltdown of Truth Social to a massive blue wave in the heart of Arkansas, the "propaganda machine" is officially in a death spiral. You NEED to see how fast it's falling apart!

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-- Scott Dworkin (@dworkin.bsky.social) Mar 4, 2026 at 11:28 AM

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More: In a post on the Old North State Politics blog, Catawba College political science professor Michael Bitzer wrote of the early voting surge: "Democrats appear to have generated disproportionate early energy, both among registered partisans and among unaffiliated voters. The fact that more than half of Unaffiliated voters chose the Democratic ballot " reversing the traditional go where the action is' pattern " is one of the cycle's most intriguing developments."

"The question now," Bitzer wrote, "is not whether early voting was strong. It was. The question is what these patterns signal about overall turnout " and whether Election Day reinforces or rebalances what early voting has already revealed."

North Carolina Democrats are heading toward November with a clear advantage in public opinion, according to a High Point University Poll released on Monday.

The survey of registered voters asked how they would vote for generic ballots for the House and Senate. In both cases, those responding intended to vote Democratic 46% to 41% percent for Republicans. It was the same margin when voters were asked how they would vote in state House and Senate elections.

Unless there is a dramatic change in the economy or a major national event, it appears that Democrats are ready to ride a wave of support driven mostly on disapproval of the Republicans' performance in both Washington and Raleigh.

#1 | Posted by qcp at 2026-03-05 09:10 AM

Donald Trump is desperate enough to order troops to ruin the midterms.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-03-05 09:42 AM

#2 He will throw everything at the mid terms...ICE, National Guard, etc. If that doesn't work lawsuit after lawsuit will follow hoping to gum up the works and prevent a new Congress from being seated. He will have Busy Patel arrest democratic candidates on made up charges. There is no abuse of the law too small or too big that he won't use to stay in power.

He knows if he loses the house or senate, his free ride is over.

He is desperate enough of the Epstein files to do anything.

He will even try to cancel the midterms because we are "at war".

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-03-05 12:33 PM

Doesn't matter. All must get out to vote and should be prepared for no mail-in ballots, heavily restricted early voting and long lines. That's if there are elections allowed everywhere. In 2026 we must vote as if our freedom depend upon it, because it does...

#4 | Posted by catdog at 2026-03-05 12:37 PM

... increase in unaffiliated voters voting in Democratic primaries ...

That's something I'd like to see here in Connecticut ... unaffiliated voters allowed to vote in primaries.

Currently, only party members can vote in their respective party's primaries, which seems to have the effect of pushing the candidates towards more extreme views.


#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-05 01:26 PM

FTA: The survey of registered voters asked how they would vote for generic ballots for the House and Senate. In both cases, those responding intended to vote Democratic 46% to 41% percent for Republicans. It was the same margin when voters were asked how they would vote in state House and Senate elections.

I guess bozo will have to move to South Carolina now. North Carolina has been invaded by concerned humans with functional brains.

Apparently.

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-03-05 01:34 PM

Don't count NC republicans out yet, they know how to cheat.

They will whip together new legislation to help them disenfranchise democratic voters and steal victory.

#7 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-05 01:41 PM

NC is experiencing a political earthquake as the R speaker of the state Senate went down in flames and multiple politicians who stood behind Trump's immigration policies (including 4 Dems who voted with them) went down too, often by massive margins. Five Republican incumbents were also swept from the State Legislature.

Voters are tired of Trump and MAGA crap despite what BOZO claims.

#8 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-03-05 02:20 PM

I'll stay in wait-and-see mode. I don't think we should count on primary results to foretell actual midterm results.

#9 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-03-05 04:37 PM

I'll stay in wait-and-see mode. I don't think we should count on primary results to foretell actual midterm results.

#9 | Posted by Whatsleft

The ramifications of Trump's domestic actions are beginning to ripple across rural America.

Not only do 20,000,000 fewer people have Medicaid, but their abilities to transport and treat residents with medical emergencies are diminishing rapidly.

Rural fire departments are only reimbursed by Medicaid for actual trips to the hospital, and at rates far under what it costs them to maintain the EMS service. Many of the Medicaid reimbursements won't happen now for patients who lost their Medicaid. Public funding isn't keeping pace. At all.

This means that what's beginning to happen is when an EMS truck is dispatched to an accident, there's no one to transport someone who's having/had a heart attack. And now they're often having to transport patients an hour away because their rural hospital was forced to close because of the Trump/MAGA-GOP's "Big Beautiful Bill" that slashed Medicaid funding.

That's just one example of rural America FEELING the effects of Trump's actions. Now, the same folks, who have to travel further distances to reach A B or C are going to be paying a lot more at the pump. And at stores. As shipping and delivery costs rise, so so do prices at the store. This on top of price increases due to Trump's tariffs. Just for starters ...

#10 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-03-05 04:59 PM

#10

In a fair election it should be a landslide. But I think it's possible that the left is severely underestimating just how rigged this midterm election may be, by new voter suppression laws, by gerrymandering, by intimidation, ...by things nobody even realizes have happened. One thing the right is VERY good at is cheating.

We'll see.

#11 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-03-05 05:52 PM

I am old, and am really heartened to see the huge turnouts in state after state of young men and women. Not an easy thing to do in some states where the lines may be discouragingly long to vote. Still I have hopes that the midterms hold hope for a revival of our Constitutional Republic. Democracy works when good people throw their hat into the ring, appeal to the voters, and after the election join hands, those who won and those who didn't, to work to...try and educate MAGA that America is not about kings and dictators.

#12 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-03-06 06:38 AM

*** Good-for-nothing House Republican Tony Gonzalez (R-TX) Finally Drops Out of Race ***

This swine apparently "has the support of his family."

I'm surprised his family still talks to him.

This miscreant will enjoy a decent military retirement pay and Congressional pension after all the damage he caused.

Link: x.com

#13 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-06 08:14 AM

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