2020 General Election Turnout

Overview

View statewide overall voter turnout data for the 2020 general election, as well as data for absentee by-mail and early voting. The statistics on this page were generated using voter registration stats and voter history stats for the 2020 general election.

Overall Turnout

This section provides North Carolina voter turnout data for the 2020 general election, for all voting methods. View the data disaggregated by county, political party, or age group. For additional voter turnout trends, see the Voter Turnout Stats Report (PDF) for the 2020 general election.

Voting MethodNumber of Voters Who Voted
Early Voting3,629,461
Absentee By-Mail1,001,717
In Person on Election Day896,815
Provisional16,025

Voter Turnout, by Party Affiliation

PartyVoters Who VotedTurnout
Democratic1,971,58975.1%
Republican1,822,83781.6%
Unaffiliated1,714,74669.8%
Libertarian29,20662.8%
Constitution3,10266.5%
Green2,53869.6%

Voter Turnout, by Age Group

Age GroupVoters Who VotedTurnout
Age 18-25587,34060.0%
Age 26-401,194,33364.8%
Age 41-652,447,88482.0%
Age 66+1,314,45584.1%

Absentee By-Mail and Early Voting

In North Carolina, absentee voting refers to all ballots cast in person during the early voting period, as well as absentee by-mail. This section includes data related to absentee voting in the 2020 general election. For additional absentee voting trends, see the Absentee Stats reports for the 2020 general election.

Absentee Ballot TypeVoters Who Voted
Early Voting3,628,663
Absentee By-Mail: Civilian974,296
Absentee By-Mail: Military 11,241
Absentee By-Mail: Overseas16,055
Total4,630,255

Absentee Turnout, by Party Affiliation

Includes absentee by-mail and early voting

PartyVoters Who VotedTurnout
Democratic1,726,28565.7%
Republican1,466,36965.7%
Unaffiliated1,411,99857.5%
Libertarian21,38846.0%
Constitution2,20747.3%
Green2,00855.1%

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