Here in North Carolina, over HALF as many people who voted for Prez in 2004 have ALREADY voted!!!

[Brotherjohn]

Estimates are put at ~1.8 million so far, possibly exceeding 2 million by the end of Saturday (voting hours just extended). Accdg. to Wikipedia, 3.5 million voted in 2004.

Woohoo!!!

[pinto]

1. Pretty amazing. And great to hear.

[SallyMander]

2. Amaaaazing

I am rooting for NC big time!!!

[kick-ass-bob]

3. I don't think those are estimates.

Those are hard numbers. I was pushing for 2M by Saturday, and with 120-140,000/day of late, we will crush that number :woohoo:

[Brotherjohn]

9. I thought they might be hard numbers, but I couldn't find the source. (nt)

[GreenInNC]

4. gonna be closer to 2.5 million

[RedLetterRev]

5. I was groovin' on that

on an NPR report while I was doing errands (taking the recycles out) at lunch. Dems are still out-voting R's almost 2:1. We'll see what election day brings. So far, the trend is very, very blue!

[GreenInNC]

6. gonna be closer to 2.5 million

[Mira]

7. I voted yesterday and I have never

seen that long a ling on ANY election day

[Brotherjohn]

8. Well, not that it's not GREAT, but they'd understandably be longer...

... because there are only a few polling places as opposed to one every precinct.

But I'd bet there are longer lines for EARLY voting than ever before!

[SprintSpeed]

10. This is great news...

The more early voters we have the better. We need the shortest lines as we can possibly get in urban areas of the state on election day.

[Brotherjohn]

11. I never thought about it that way! Makes voting easier for those who DO vote early. But also...

... makes voting easier for those who DON'T!

[RiverStone]

12. Hey Bro, what does is look like on the frontline in NC?

Think Obama's gonna win it?

p.s. used to live in Fayetteville when my dad was stationed there.

[Brotherjohn]

13. Can't say for sure, but there's a lot of energy! LONG lines and a lot of Obama buttons in line.

I live in Dem-leaning Wake County, though. Either way, it's a far cry from my old home, the FL panhandle!

Just call it a hunch, but I'm guessing Obama wins NC.