Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama won the NCSU Technician ‘mock’ election today by a statistical landslide, defeating Republican opponent John McCain by almost 10 percent. With almost 2,200 voters 52.8 percent voted for Obama and 43.6 percent voted for McCain.
In the United States Senate race, Democrat Kay Hagan defeated incumbent Elizabeth Dole by 2 percent.
Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory defeated Democrat opponent Bev Perdue by almost 10 percent.
Incumbent Commission of Agriculture Steve Troxler received 50.3 percent of the vote in one of the largest margins of victory. Attorney General Roy Cooper defeated Bob Crumley by 12.8 percent, the widest margin in the statewide races.
Of the 2,189 voters, 96 percent identified themselves as registered to vote. About one-third of the voters voted straight ticket, but 2 percent of the “straight-ticket” Republicans voted for Barack Obama.
Raw Statistics
National races
President
Barack Obama (D)
52.9%
John McCain (R)
43.4%
Bob Barr (L)
3.4%
Blank
0.2%
U.S. Senate
Kay Hagan
46.6%
Elizabeth Dole
44.4%
Christopher Cole
5.9%
Blank
3.0%
U.S. Congress District 02
Bob Etheridge
49.7%
Dan Mansell
37.2%
Will Adkins
5.4%
Blank
7.8%
U.S. Congress District 04
David Price
48.9%
William (B.J.) Lawson
41.3%
Blank
9.8%
U.S. Congress District 13
Brad Miller
49.2%
Hugh Webster
40.8%
Blank
10.0%
Statewide races
Governor
Bev Perdue
40.3%
Pat McCrory
49.4%
Michael C. Munger
6.5%
Blank
3.8%
Lt. Governor
Walter H. Dalton
43.6%
Robert Pittenger
42.9%
Phillip Rhodes
6.4%
Blank
7.2%
Attorney General
Roy Cooper
52.3%
Bob Crumley
39.1%
Blank
8.6%
Auditor
Beth A. Wood
43.8%
Leslie Merritt
45.5%
Blank
10.6%
Commissioner of Agriculture
Ronnie Ansley
40.2%
Steve Troxler
50.3%
Blank
9.5%
Commissioner of Insurance
Wayne Goodwin
42.6%
John Odom
41.1%
Mark McMains
6.6%
Blank
9.7%
Commissioner of Labor
Mary Fant Donnan
39.9%
Cherie Berry
50.3%
Blank
9.9%
Secretary of State
Elaine F. Marshall
47.2%
Jack Sawyer
42.2%
Blank
10.6%
Superintendent of Public Instruction
June St. Clair Atkinson
46.1%
Richard Morgan
43.1%
Blank
10.8%
Treasurer
Janet Cowell
44.9%
Bill Daughtridge
44.4%
Blank
10.7%
N.C. Senate District 14
Vernon Malone
43.1%
Carol Bennett
43.2%
Blank
13.7%
N.C. Senate District 15
Chris Mintz
40.2%
Neil Hunt
41.0%
Jan MacKay
6.6%
Blank
12.2%
N.C. Senate District 16
John Stein
44.9%
John M. Alexander, Jr.
42.1%
Blank
13.0%
N.C. Senate District 17
Richard Stevens
46.6%
Brian Irving
17.5%
Blank
35.9%
N.C. State House District 035
Jennifer Weiss
44.8%
Eric Weaver
41.3%
Blank
13.9%
N.C. State House District 036
Al Swanstrom
43.5%
Nelson Dollar
42.6%
Blank
13.9%
N.C. State House District 038
Deborah K. Ross
48.9%
Susan J. Hogarth
17.2%
Blank
33.9%
Registrar of Deeds
Laura M. Riddick
63.5%
Blank
36.5%
Demographics
College
Agriculture and Life Sciences
18.3%
Design
2.1%
Education
3.2%
Engineering
24.8%
CHASS
19.8%
Management
9.9%
Natural Resources
4.6%
PAMS
5.1%
Textiles
3.0%
Vet School
0.2%
FYC
2.3%
Other
2.7%
Blank
4.0%
Classification
Freshman
13.9%
Sophomore
21.4%
Junior
21.5%
Senior
27.5%
Graduate student
10.4%
Faculty
0.8%
Staff
3.0%
Blank
1.5%
Gender
Male
53.2%
Female
44.4%
Blank
2.4%
Race
White
82.7%
Black
6.9%
Asian
3.4%
Native American
0.5%
Hispanic
1.8%
Other
1.7%
Blank
2.9%
Are you registered to vote?
Yes
96.0%
No
2.8%
Blank
1.2%
Straight Party
Democrat
31.2%
Republican
29.5%
Libertarian
3.2%
Blank
36.1%
Watch the Technician and technicianonline.com for more detailed analysis of the results in the next few days.
