Fun with numbers:
North Carolina
Registered since 1/5/08
Democrats: 105,549 (56.4%)
Republicans: 14,332 (7.6%)
Unaffiliated: 66,898 (35.7%)Blacks: 64,870 (39.7%)
Whites: 98,287 (60.2%)Compared to 2003
Democrats: +230,489
Republicans: +210,296
Unaffiliated: +358,756Blacks: +225,820
Whites: +472,054
Democrats have regained all the registration losses in North Carolina from 2004 and are now 20,000 votes ahead of where they were in 2003. Where did the numbers come from?
In 2003, blacks made up 19.3% of the electorate in North Carolina. Today, they make up 20.5% of the electorate. Since January blacks have accounted for 40% of new registrations.