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RALEIGH, N.C. — More than four times as many blacks have registered to vote in North Carolina during the first few months of 2008 as four years ago, a sign that bodes well for Sen. Barack Obama in the state’s May 6 Democratic primary.
There has also been a boom in voter registrations overall across age, race, gender and party affiliation, according to the state elections board.
More than 45,000 blacks registered in the first three months of 2008, compared with more than 11,000 in the first three months of 2004. White voter registration more than doubled, with 106,000 new registrations between Jan. 1 and March 31, compared with 47,000 four years ago.
