(The Center Square) – As maintenance of North Carolina’s voter registration rolls continues, Republicans are just over 27,000 behind Democrats – narrowing what was already 105,675 on Nov. 5 as a two-decade trend continues.

Unaffiliated voters remain and are increasing as the state’s largest voting bloc. Of nearly 7.5 million registered voters, more than 2.8 million are unaffiliated, more than 2.3 million are Democrats, and just shy of 2.3 million are Republicans. By percentage, it’s 37.6% unaffiliated, 30.8% Democrats and 30.5% Republicans.