From this graph, you can understand why voter suppression became a top priority for the GOP after 2008

Sources:  Federal Election Commission and U.S. Election Atlas

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NCGOP Sees Encouraging Early Voting, Obama/Clinton Coalition Tired, Fail to Resonate in North Carolina.  (North Carolina Republican Party press release, 11/7/2016)

North Carolina Obama Coalition Crumbling 

African American Early Voting is down 8.5% from this time in 2012. 

 Caucasian voters early voting is up 22.5% from this time in 2012.



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