Politics
See also: Politics of the United States, Disfranchisement after Reconstruction era, Voting rights in the United States, and Political party strength in North Carolina| Year | Republican | Democratic |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 49.38% 2,128,474 | 49.70% 2,142,651 |
| 2004 | 56.02% 1,961,166 | 43.58% 1,525,849 |
| 2000 | 56.03% 1,631,163 | 43.20% 1,257,692 |
| 1996 | 48.73% 1,225,938 | 44.04% 1,107,849 |
| 1992 | 43.44% 1,134,661 | 42.65% 1,114,042 |
| 1988 | 57.97% 1,237,258 | 41.71% 890,167 |
| 1984 | 61.90% 1,346,481 | 37.89% 824,287 |
| 1980 | 49.30% 915,018 | 47.18% 875,635 |
| 1976 | 44.22% 741,960 | 55.27% 927,365 |
| 1972 | 69.46% 1,054,889 | 28.89% 438,705 |
| 1968 | 39.51% 627,192 | 29.24% 464,113 |
| 1964 | 43.85% 624,844 | 56.15% 800,139 |
| 1960 | 47.89% 655,420 | 52.11% 713,136 |
North Carolina is politically dominated by the Democratic and Republican political parties. Since the 19th century, third parties, such as the Green Party and Libertarian Party, have had difficulty making inroads in state politics. They have both run candidates for office with neither party's winning a state office. After engaging in a lawsuit with the state over ballot access, the Libertarian Party qualified to be on the ballot after submitting more than 70,000 petition signatures
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“...to many a mother’s heart has come the disappointment of a loss of power, a limitation of influence when early manhood takes the boy from the home, or when even before that time, in school, or where he touches the great world and begins to be bewildered with its controversies, trade and economics and politics make their imprint even while his lips are dewy with his mother’s kiss.”
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“I think the Senate ought to realize that I have to have about me those in whom I have confidence; and unless they find a real blemish on a man, I do not think they ought to make partisan politics out of appointments to the Cabinet.”
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)