Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama won the NCSU Technician 'mock' election today by a statistical landslide, defeating Republican opponent John McCain by almost 10 percent. With almost 2,200 voters 52.8 percent voted for Obama and 43.6 percent voted for McCain.
In the United States Senate race, Democrat Kay Hagan defeated incumbent Elizabeth Dole by 2 percent.
Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory defeated Democrat opponent Bev Perdue by almost 10 percent.
Incumbent Commission of Agriculture Steve Troxler received 50.3 percent of the vote in one of the largest margins of victory. Attorney General Roy Cooper defeated Bob Crumley by 12.8 percent, the widest margin in the statewide races.
Of the 2,189 voters, 96 percent identified themselves as registered to vote. About one-third of the voters voted straight ticket, but 2 percent of the "straight-ticket" Republicans voted for Barack Obama.
Raw Statistics
National races |
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Barack Obama (D) |
52.9% |
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John McCain (R) |
43.4% |
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Bob Barr (L) |
3.4% |
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Blank |
0.2% |
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U.S. Senate |
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Kay Hagan |
46.6% |
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Elizabeth Dole |
44.4% |
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Christopher Cole |
5.9% |
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Blank |
3.0% |
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U.S. Congress District 02 |
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Bob Etheridge |
49.7% |
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Dan Mansell |
37.2% |
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Will Adkins |
5.4% |
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Blank |
7.8% |
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U.S. Congress District 04 |
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David Price |
48.9% |
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William (B.J.) Lawson |
41.3% |
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Blank |
9.8% |
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