By Jesse Wood
Nov. 1, 2012.
Here’s how the 44,853 registered voters in Watauga County stack up*
- Unaffiliated: 37 percent
- Republicans: 33 percent
- Democrats: 29 percent
Here’s how the 6,621,631 registered voters in North Carolina stack up**
- Democrats: 43 percent
- Republicans: 31 percent
- Unaffiliated: 26 percent
*As of Oct. 30
**As of Nov. 1
Source: N.C. State Board of Elections
2012 Watauga Early-Voting Figures
* As of Nov. 1
Vote Totals: 11,778
Percent of Total Registered Voters: 26 Percent
- Democrats: 35 percent
- Republicans: 33 percent
- Unaffiliated: 31 percent
Mailing Address of These Voters:
- Boone: 71 percent
- Vilas: 7 percent
- Banner Elk: 5 percent
- Zionville: 3 percent
- Sugar Grove: 3 percent
- Deep Gap: 3 percent
- Todd: .7 percent
Gender:
- Female: 54 percent
- Male: 46 percent
Average Voter Age: 45 years old
Largest Voting Age Bloc:
- 18 to 23 years old: 31 percent of all votes
*Source: Civitas Vote Tracker
2012 N.C. Early-Voting Figures
* As of Nov. 1
Vote Totals: 2,062,476
Percent of Total Registered Voters: 31 percent
- Democrats: 48 percent
- Republicans: 32 percent
- Unaffiliated: 20 percent
Mailing Address of These Voters:
- Mecklenburg: 10.26 percent
- Wake: 10.07 percent
- Guilford: 6.2 percent
- Durham: 3.83 percent
- Watauga: .58 percent
- Ashe: .22 percent
- Avery: .09 percent
Gender:
- Female: 56 percent
- Male: 43 percent
Average Voter Age: 53 years old
Largest Voting Age Bloc:
- 60 to 65 year olds: 14 percent
*Source: Civitas Vote Tracker