Early Vote Day Report: Day 10
Data through Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026
Snapshot
Through Saturday, the tenth day of early voting, North Carolinians have cast 1,544,674 ballots in person and by mail, 37% more than at the same point in 2022. The Democratic turnout edge widened to 11.7 points on Saturday, from 10.9 after Friday: 27.5% of registered Democrats have voted, against 15.8% of registered Republicans. At this point in 2022 the gap was 1.9. 50 of the 100 counties had early voting on Saturday, as did 50 on 2022's Saturday, but only 38 were open both years; in those 38, ballots were up 44% (81,169 against 56,215). Voters under 30 are up 102% from this point in 2022, but young Republicans are down 9%, to 9.5% of under-30 ballots from 20.9%.
Seats to watch today
- HD-74, Zenger (R), R+8.1 in 2024. Saturday's ballots widened the Democratic turnout edge here by 1.1 points, the fourth-biggest one-day jump of the 31 seats to watch. Democrats lead turnout by 14.6 points, against 4.7 at this point in 2022.
- HD-62, Blust (R), R+6.3 in 2024. Republicans led turnout at this point in 2022, by 0.6 points; Democrats lead by 10.9 now.
- HD-35, Schietzelt (R), R+3.3 in 2024. 51% more ballots have been cast here than at this point in 2022, all parties together, the fourth-biggest increase of the 31 seats to watch. Democrats lead turnout by 17.4 points, against 5.6 then.
- SD-42, Bradley (D), D+3.3 in 2024. Since this point in 2022, the turnout edge has swung 11.6 points toward Democrats. Democrats lead turnout by 14.1 points, against 2.6 then.
- HD-32, Cohn (D), D+3.1 in 2024. Democrats lead turnout by 9.8 points here, the third-narrowest edge of the 31 seats to watch, against 2.2 at this point in 2022.
