An Incomplete & very much in progress page of resources for those interested in learning more about NC Politics. If you have suggestions, please send them to me.

• General NC Politics Research Guide (in pdf)

• 2-Party Presidential Vote Share in NC by County, 1952-2020 (in Google Sheets) (in MS Excel)

• A compilation of NC congressional maps 1789-present (in pdf)

• Election Data from Stat Packs from 2022 NC Redistricting, transferred to Excel (NC House) (NC Senate) (Congress)

• 2023 Redistricting in NC: 2-Party Presidential vote share for 2023 NC redistricting (in Excel) | Redistricting Resources from NCGA Web Site | 2023 redistricting in Western North Carolina.

• Registered voters by county, Congressional district, State House District & State Senate district (active+ inactive only)

• Runoff and 2nd Primary data in NC 2010-present

• Unaffiliated Candidates in NC 2010-present (in Excel) (list of Unaffiliated winners 2010-2022 in pdf) (explanation and caveats in this blog entry)

• Turnout Graphs: Presidential election year voter turnout in NC 1900-2020; NC primary turnout 1990-2022; Midterm voter turnout 1974-2018

• County-level data on the literacy test vote in 1970 (includes race, population, & McGovern support variables as well [In Excel]

• Recent papers Using NC as a Case

  • Growing and Distinct: The Unaffiliated Voter as Unmoored Voter. Social Science Quarterly. (with Michael Bitzer, Whitney Ross-Manzo & Susan Roberts).

  • Substitution Effect, Turnout Effect, or Both? Changes in Distance to the Early Voting Site and Voter Turnout. Election Law Journal. (with Michael Bitzer and Tyler Dukes).

• Other Graphs:

  • # of Major Party US Senate Candidates in NC

  • NC-11 election results graph (1972-2020)

• More formats & data coming soon(ish)