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 -' NORTH CAROLINA

Capital: Ralelgh Congressional Districts: 11

1970 Population: 5.082.059 Counties: 10° National Rank: 12 voting Precincts: 2.263

1970 Per Capita Income:$3.188 1972 Convention Delegates: 64 National Rank: 40 1972 Electoral votes: 13

_KE_Y_ OFFICE HOLDERS Year First Elected to %

Home Party Elected Present Tern Vote 0.8. Senator San J. Ervin, Jr. D 1954 1968 60.60 0.8. Senator Jesse Helms R 1972 1972 $4.0 Governor James “0150101159! R 1972 1972 51.0 Lt. Governor Janos Hunt D 1972 1972 56.7 Secretary of State Thad Eure D 1936 1972 59.0 Attorney General R°b°rt “0'88" 0 1968 1972 $5.9 LEGISMTIVE MIPOSITION Denocrats Roggblicans Congressional Delegation 7 4 State Senate 35 15 1tate House 83 35 PO90LATIOS 1970 Population: 5,082,059 Ethnic and Racial: Urban: 45* white: 76.6% v Indian: 0.9% Rural: SS 313“: 22.4% ~ Age: 18-20: $37,000 Other: 0.1; 21-24: 393,000 Median Age! 26.5 years 25-44: 1,286,000 (37.1%) Median Voting Age: 40.3 45-64: 1,013,000 (29.4%) White 00118“ 38.5% 65*: 429,000 (12.40) Blue Collar: 45.8 VOTER REGISTRATION . . Denocrats _%_ Reﬂlicans _t__ Others _t_ Total Pnas'xnmut votes 1972 Nixon (70.6%) McGovern (29.4%) 1968 Nixon 527.192 (40%)

Humphre 464, 113 (29‘) Hal 1 near 496, 1 18 (31%) 1964 Johnson 800.139 (563) Goldwater 524 .844 (‘43) 1960 Kennedy 713.313 (52%) Nixon 655,648 (4st)