Your random election data stat thread of the day: 1,013,351 people have registered to vote in NC since Donald Trump carried the state in 2016, creating a massive surge of younger, more diverse voters into the electorate ahead of the 2020 elections.
36.3% of these new registrants are under the age of 25. That's 368,047 voters! Keep in mind, Donald Trump carried the state by 173,315 votes in 2016. An additional 20% of the new registrants in NC are between the age of 25 and 34.
Among voters on the file in NC who registered to vote at some point before the 2016 election, 70.9% are white. Among those registered since that day, 64.8% are white. Hispanic voters account for only 2.4% of pre-'16 registrants and an incredible 6.8% of new registrants.
From a partisan perspective, the new registrants in NC are far less likely to register with either party - 44.5% are unaffiliated, while 29.6% registered as a Democrat. But these unaffiliated voters skew young (61% under the age of 35) and are likely to favor Democrats.
