Republicans have pulled ahead of Democrats in the key swing state of North Carolina as of Thursday morning, the data show.
Nearly 30 million Americans have cast early ballots across the United States so far, with 12 days to go before the Nov. 5 presidential election, according to the latest compiled election data.
Republicans had been behind Democrats in both in-person early or mail-in ballots in the Tar Heel State. That slight lead held by Democrats appears to have been eroded as GOP voters have now taken a roughly 3,000 early-vote advantage.
About 686,497 Republicans have returned early ballots in the state, compared with Democrats’ 683,072, data provided by the University of Florida’s Election Lab show. Unaffiliated or minor-party voters have returned about 638,090 ballots so far….