2022 General Election Turnout

View statewide overall voter turnout data for the 2022 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 2022 general election.

Overall Turnout

This section provides North Carolina voter turnout data for the 2022 general election, for all voting methods.

Table 1: North Carolina Voters by Voting Method in the 2022 General Election
Voting Method	Voters Who Voted
Early Voting	2,010,355
Absentee By Mail	187,746
In Person on Election Day	1,578,545
Provisional	10,258
Total	3,786,904

Source: history_stats_20221108.zip

Voter Turnout by Party Affiliation

Table 2: North Carolina Voter Turnout by Party in the 2022 General Election
Party	Voters Who Voted	Turnout (%)
Democratic	1,283,988	51.3%
Republican	1,303,696	58.6%
Unaffiliated	1,183,891	44.8%
Libertarian	15,123	30.0%
Green	206	69.8%

Voter Turnout by Age Group

Table 3: North Carolina Voter Turnout by Age Group in the 2022 General Election
Age Group	Voters Who Voted	Turnout (%)
Age 18–25	233,441	24.1%
Age 26–40	629,298	34.2%
Age 41–65	1,743,544	59.0%
Age 66+	1,180,621	71.3%

Voter Turnout by Race

Table 4: North Carolina Voter Turnout by Race in the 2022 General Election
Race	Voters Who Voted	Turnout (%)
Asian	45,352	39.0%
Black or African American	629,919	41.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native	20,148	37.0%
Two or More Races	14,665	34.3%
Other	68,957	29.3%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	208	34.2%
Undesignated	211,146	32.8%
White	2,796,509	58%

Voter Turnout by Ethnicity

Table 5: North Carolina Voter Turnout by Ethnicity in the 2022 General Election
Ethnicity	Voters Who Voted	Turnout (%)
Hispanic or Latino	68,071	25.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,879,536	55.1%
Undesignated	839,297	43.4%

Absentee By Mail and Early Voting

This section includes data related to absentee and early voting in the 2022 general election. For additional absentee and early voting trends, see the Absentee Stats reports for the 2022 general election.

Table 6: North Carolina Absentee Voters by Absentee Ballot Type in the 2022 General Election
Absentee Ballot Type	Voters Who Voted
Early Voting	2,010,890
Absentee By Mail: Civilian	179,210
Absentee By Mail: Military	1,967
Absentee By Mail: Overseas	6,483
Total	2,198,550

Source: absentee_counts_state_20221108.csv

Absentee and Early Voting Turnout by Party Affiliation

Table 7: North Carolina Absentee and Early Voting Turnout by Party in the 2022 General Election
Party	Voters Who Voted	Turnout (%)
Democratic	840,205	33.59%
Republican	682,377	30.67%
Unaffiliated	669,831	25.37%
Libertarian	5,997	11.92%
Green	140	53.23%

Source: absentee_counts_state_20221108.csv