More than 50,000 North Carolina residents who voted in the Tuesday’s Republican presidential primary opted for ‘no preference’ on their ballot, or 5.2 percent. That marks the second highest percentage of those who have done so in the 40 years of the modern primary era, behind the 9.8 percent who indicated no preference during George H.W. Bush’s rout over Pat Buchanan in the state twenty years ago in 1992. In 2008, 4.0 percent were likewise noncommittal, with 1.7 percent voting no preference in 2000, 3.8 percent in 1996, 1.0 percent in 1988, 2.7 percent in 1980, and 1.7 percent in 1976.

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  1. JP on October 16, 2012 at 12:46 pm

    I vote for no one, Thats my choice. Wont make a difference if I did. There are 2 sets of laws one for the working man and another set for the politicians. I will never vote for these criminals. It makes me want to puke listening to their token speeches and the people actually fall for this .

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