2020 General Election Turnout

View statewide overall voter turnout data for the 2020 general election, as well as data for absentee-by-mail and early voting. The statistics on this page were generated using voter registration stats and voter history stats for the 2020 general election.

Overall Turnout

This section provides North Carolina voter turnout data for the 2020 general election, for all voting methods. View the data disaggregated by county, political party, or age group. For additional voter turnout trends, read the 2020 General Election Voter Turnout Stats Report (PDF).

Table 1: North Carolina Voters by Voting Method in the 2020 General Election
Voting MethodVoters Who Voted
Early Voting3,629,461
Absentee By Mail1,001,717
In Person on Election Day896,815
Provisional16,025

Voter Turnout by Party Affiliation

Table 2: North Carolina Voter Turnout by Party in the 2020 General Election
PartyVoters Who VotedTurnout (%)
Democratic1,971,58975.1%
Republican1,822,83781.6%
Unaffiliated1,714,74669.8%
Libertarian29,20662.8%
Constitution3,10266.5%
Green2,53869.6%

Voter Turnout by Age Group

Table 3: North Carolina Voter Turnout by Age Group in the 2020 General Election
Age GroupVoters Who VotedTurnout (%)
Age 18–25587,34060.0%
Age 26–401,194,33364.8%
Age 41–652,447,88482.0%
Age 66+1,314,45584.1%

Absentee By Mail and Early Voting

In North Carolina, absentee voting refers to all ballots cast in person during the early voting period, as well as absentee by mail. This section includes data related to absentee voting in the 2020 general election. For additional absentee voting trends, see the Absentee Stats reports for the 2020 general election.

Table 4: North Carolina Absentee Voters by Absentee Ballot Type in the 2020 General Election
Absentee Ballot TypeVoters Who Voted
Early Voting3,628,663
Absentee By Mail: Civilian974,296
Absentee By Mail: Military 11,241
Absentee By Mail: Overseas16,055
Total4,630,255

Absentee Turnout by Party Affiliation

Includes absentee by mail and early voting.

Table 5: North Carolina Absentee and Early Voting Turnout by Party in the 2020 General Election
PartyVoters Who VotedTurnout (%)
Democratic1,726,28565.7%
Republican1,466,36965.7%
Unaffiliated1,411,99857.5%
Libertarian21,38846.0%
Constitution2,20747.3%
Green2,00855.1%
On