More than 45 percent of North Carolina’s nearly 6.9 million registered voters have already cast their ballots ahead of Election Day, according to The Associated Press.

In addition, according to the NC State Board of Elections, Democrats and Republicans turned out roughly in equal proportions.

About 3.1 million voters have cast their ballots already, which is a double digit increase over the early voting period during the 2012 election.

However, voter turnout for Democratic and black voters is lower than it was in the 2012 election.  Black voters comprised 22 percent of the early vote compared to 27 percent during the last presidential election, when Republican Mitt Romney won the state, according to The Associated Press.

About seven out of 10 voters submitting absentee ballots have come from white voters during early voting this year, an increase of about 17 percent over their 2012 totals, according to the AP. Meanwhile early ballots from black voters decreased by 9 percent from four years ago.

Voters who declared themselves unaffiliated came out in larger numbers as well, surging 40 percent higher than those in the 2012 election.

Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will be campaigning in North Carolina Monday, with Trump holding a rally at the J.S. Dorton Arena at 3 p.m. Monday and Clinton closing her campaign with a midnight rally Monday night at Reynolds Coliseum.