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  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 55% 2,447,988
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 43% 1,931,750

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North Carolina county results

Alamance 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 60% 39,541
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 38% 25,161

Alexander 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 77% 13,168
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 22% 3,754

Alleghany 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 68% 3,405
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 30% 1,500

Anson 100% in

  1. ✓ Walter Dalton 58% 6,496
  2. ✓ Pat McCrory 41% 4,520

Ashe 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 69% 8,688
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 29% 3,650

Avery 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 79% 5,953
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 19% 1,443

Beaufort 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 60% 14,071
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 38% 8,947

Bertie 100% in

  1. ✓ Walter Dalton 65% 6,437
  2. ✓ Pat McCrory 34% 3,340

Bladen 100% in

  1. ✓ Walter Dalton 51% 8,328
  2. ✓ Pat McCrory 48% 7,746

Brunswick 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 65% 36,752
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 33% 18,568
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Buncombe 100% in

  1. ✓ Walter Dalton 51% 63,908
  2. ✓ Pat McCrory 46% 57,256

Burke 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 68% 24,805
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 30% 10,769

Cabarrus 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 68% 56,365
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 30% 24,531

Caldwell 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 74% 25,598
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 24% 8,341

Camden 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 61% 2,715
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 35% 1,540

Carteret 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 72% 25,398
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 26% 9,056

Caswell 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 51% 5,436
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 47% 5,007

Catawba 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 72% 49,554
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 26% 18,263

Chatham 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 50% 17,435
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 48% 16,836

Cherokee 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 66% 8,129
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 30% 3,643
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Chowan 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 50% 3,636
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 48% 3,493

Clay 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 67% 3,664
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 30% 1,630

Cleveland 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 61% 25,989
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 37% 15,906

Columbus 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 50% 11,790
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 49% 11,657

Craven 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 61% 27,587
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 37% 16,950

Cumberland 100% in

  1. ✓ Walter Dalton 56% 69,990
  2. ✓ Pat McCrory 42% 51,833

Currituck 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 64% 7,010
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 30% 3,296

Dare 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 57% 9,771
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 39% 6,819

Davidson 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 73% 51,036
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 25% 17,449

Davie 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 75% 15,331
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 23% 4,738
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Duplin 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 56% 11,243
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 43% 8,738

Durham 100% in

  1. ✓ Walter Dalton 71% 100,849
  2. ✓ Pat McCrory 27% 38,011

Edgecombe 100% in

  1. ✓ Walter Dalton 67% 17,891
  2. ✓ Pat McCrory 32% 8,645

Forsyth 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 51% 86,873
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 47% 81,255

Franklin 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 54% 15,253
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 43% 12,175

Gaston 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 69% 61,481
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 30% 26,706

Gates 100% in

  1. ✓ Walter Dalton 54% 2,823
  2. ✓ Pat McCrory 44% 2,307

Graham 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 67% 2,598
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 31% 1,206

Granville 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 50% 12,977
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 48% 12,545

Greene 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 53% 4,371
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 46% 3,728
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Guilford 100% in

  1. ✓ Walter Dalton 52% 130,130
  2. ✓ Pat McCrory 46% 114,054

Halifax 100% in

  1. ✓ Walter Dalton 65% 16,743
  2. ✓ Pat McCrory 34% 8,875

Harnett 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 61% 25,818
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 37% 15,637

Haywood 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 58% 15,936
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 39% 10,825

Henderson 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 65% 33,690
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 32% 16,488

Hertford 100% in

  1. ✓ Walter Dalton 72% 7,767
  2. ✓ Pat McCrory 26% 2,835

Hoke 100% in

  1. ✓ Walter Dalton 56% 9,403
  2. ✓ Pat McCrory 41% 6,900

Hyde 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 52% 1,229
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 46% 1,073

Iredell 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 72% 54,326
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 26% 19,969

Jackson 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 51% 8,489
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 45% 7,520
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Johnston 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 66% 50,003
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 32% 24,472

Jones 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 56% 2,916
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 43% 2,208

Lee 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 56% 13,377
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 42% 9,889

Lenoir 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 51% 13,809
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 48% 12,935

Lincoln 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 76% 27,744
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 22% 8,204

Macon 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 64% 10,651
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 33% 5,551

Madison 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 55% 5,568
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 42% 4,247

Martin 100% in

  1. ✓ Walter Dalton 52% 6,541
  2. ✓ Pat McCrory 47% 5,817

McDowell 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 66% 11,865
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 31% 5,603

Mecklenburg 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 49% 218,363
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 49% 215,831
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Mitchell 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 76% 5,808
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 21% 1,633

Montgomery 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 60% 6,716
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 38% 4,305

Moore 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 66% 30,296
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 32% 14,681

Nash 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 51% 24,397
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 48% 23,365

New Hanover 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 56% 56,536
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 41% 41,171

Northampton 100% in

  1. ✓ Walter Dalton 66% 7,094
  2. ✓ Pat McCrory 32% 3,468

Onslow 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 65% 32,192
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 33% 16,215

Orange 100% in

  1. ✓ Walter Dalton 64% 48,281
  2. ✓ Pat McCrory 32% 24,334

Pamlico 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 62% 4,105
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 37% 2,436

Pasquotank 100% in

  1. ✓ Walter Dalton 58% 9,804
  2. ✓ Pat McCrory 40% 6,753
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Pender 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 62% 14,865
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 36% 8,573

Perquimans 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 55% 3,536
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 43% 2,747

Person 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 57% 10,644
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 41% 7,752

Pitt 100% in

  1. ✓ Walter Dalton 50% 37,841
  2. ✓ Pat McCrory 49% 37,267

Polk 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 59% 6,050
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 38% 3,939

Randolph 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 77% 46,345
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 21% 12,860

Richmond 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 51% 9,708
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 47% 8,973

Robeson 100% in

  1. ✓ Walter Dalton 60% 24,492
  2. ✓ Pat McCrory 38% 15,737

Rockingham 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 62% 25,700
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 36% 14,909

Rowan 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 69% 42,777
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 29% 17,987
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Rutherford 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 56% 15,872
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 43% 12,091

Sampson 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 56% 14,440
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 43% 11,265

Scotland 100% in

  1. ✓ Walter Dalton 58% 7,920
  2. ✓ Pat McCrory 40% 5,529

Stanly 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 75% 21,278
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 23% 6,621

Stokes 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 72% 15,490
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 25% 5,473

Surry 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 71% 20,568
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 27% 7,903

Swain 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 52% 2,952
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 44% 2,532

Transylvania 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 60% 9,770
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 37% 6,118

Tyrrell 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 52% 918
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 46% 809

Union 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 72% 67,420
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 26% 24,108
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Vance 100% in

  1. ✓ Walter Dalton 62% 12,844
  2. ✓ Pat McCrory 37% 7,624

Wake 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 49% 258,351
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 48% 250,358

Warren 100% in

  1. ✓ Walter Dalton 65% 6,273
  2. ✓ Pat McCrory 34% 3,264

Washington 100% in

  1. ✓ Walter Dalton 59% 3,802
  2. ✓ Pat McCrory 40% 2,585

Watauga 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 55% 15,181
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 40% 11,217

Wayne 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 55% 28,146
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 43% 21,960

Wilkes 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 74% 21,347
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 24% 6,995

Wilson 100% in

  1. ✓ Walter Dalton 52% 19,940
  2. ✓ Pat McCrory 47% 18,236

Yadkin 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 78% 12,996
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 20% 3,310

Yancey 100% in

  1. ✓ Pat McCrory 55% 5,241
  2. ✓ Walter Dalton 43% 4,095
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Exit poll

Gender

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Male 40 58 45
Female 45 54 55

In which age group are you?

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
18-29 56 40 14
30-44 46 53 24
45-64 41 57 40
65 or over 34 64 21

In which age group are you?

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
18-24 58 40 8
25-29 52 40 6
30-39 52 47 15
40-49 36 63 18
50-64 42 56 31
65 or over 34 64 21

Race

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
White 29 70 71
Black 85 13 22
Hispanic or Latino 52 46 3
Asian - - 1
Other 44 51 2

Gender by race

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
White men 27 71 32
White women 30 69 39
Black men 81 16 9
Black women 88 10 13
Latino men - - 1
Latino women - - 2
All other races 46 50 3
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On most political matters, do you consider yourself:

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Liberal 79 19 22
Moderate 48 49 38
Conservative 16 82 40

No matter how you voted today, do you usually think of yourself as a:

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Democrat 83 15 38
Republican 4 96 33
Independent or something else 34 62 28

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
No high school diploma 47 48 4
High school graduate 39 58 22
Some college or associate degree 40 58 30
College graduate 46 53 29
Postgraduate study 45 54 15

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
College graduate 45 53 44
No college degree 40 57 56

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
More than high school graduate 43 55 74
High school graduate or less 40 57 26
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2011 total family income:

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Under $30,000 52 46 24
$30,000 - $49,999 45 54 21
$50,000 - $99,999 40 56 32
$100,000 - $199,999 40 59 18
$200,000 - $249,999 36 59 2
$250,000 or more 30 69 3

2011 total family income:

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Under $50,000 49 50 45
$50,000 - $99,999 40 56 32
$100,000 or more 38 60 23

2011 total family income

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Under $50,000 49 50 45
$50,000 or more 39 58 55

2011 total family income:

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Under $100,000 45 52 77
$100,000 or more 38 60 23

How often do you attend religious services?

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
More than once a week 34 66 20
Once a week 40 55 29
A few times a month 37 63 17
A few times a year 47 47 19
Never 54 46 12
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How often do you attend religious services?

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Weekly or more often 37 60 49
Occasionally 42 55 37
Never 54 46 12

Religion

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Protestant or other Christian 37 59 71
Catholic 31 67 10
Jewish - - 1
Something else 63 36 7
None 61 38 11

Religion among whites

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
White Protestant/Other Christian 22 75 49
White Catholic 27 71 9
White Jewish - - 1
White something else - - 4
White none 57 42 8
Non-white 73 23 29

Church attendance by religion

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Protestant and attend at least weekly 31 65 24
Protestant and do not attend at least weekly 35 60 20
Catholic and attend at least weekly - - 5
Catholic and do not attend at least weekly - - 5
All others 51 48 46

White evangelical or white born-again Christians

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
White evangelical or white born-again Christians 17 79 34
All others 54 44 66
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Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Legal in all cases 73 25 26
Legal in most cases 49 50 29
Illegal in most cases 22 76 28
Illegal in all cases 18 79 12

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Legal 61 38 54
Illegal 21 76 40

Which ONE of these four issues is the most important facing the country?

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Foreign policy 34 64 5
Federal budget deficit 27 71 14
The economy 40 59 59
Health care 67 30 19

Which ONE of these four is the biggest economic problem facing people like you?

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
The housing market - - 5
Unemployment 47 52 31
Taxes 33 66 15
Rising prices 38 60 45

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Expand it 88 12 20
Leave it as is 77 22 18
Repeal some of it 29 71 26
Repeal all of it 5 91 30
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What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Expand it or leave it as is 83 17 39
Repeal some or all of it 16 81 55

Who is more in touch with people like you?

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Barack Obama 83 14 48
Mitt Romney 7 92 47

Who would better handle the economy?

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Barack Obama 86 12 46
Mitt Romney 8 92 52

Who would better handle Medicare?

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Barack Obama 80 16 48
Mitt Romney 4 95 46

Which is closer to your view:

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Government should do more to solve problems 73 27 39
Government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals 20 78 55
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Do you think the condition of the nation's economy is:

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Excellent - - 2
Good 83 16 21
Not so good 51 47 37
Poor 10 89 39

Do you think the condition of the nation's economy:

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Excellent or good 83 15 24
Not so good or poor 30 69 75

Is the U.S. economy:

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Getting better 80 17 38
Getting worse 10 90 35
Staying about the same 31 68 27

Economic conditions:

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Getting better 80 17 38
Staying the same and good - - 4
Staying the same and not good 24 75 22
Getting worse 10 90 35

Compared to four years ago, is your family's financial situation:

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Better today 80 20 22
Worse today 7 91 35
About the same 55 42 42
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Who is more to blame for current economic problems?

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Barack Obama 8 92 42
George W. Bush 77 22 48

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Enthusiastic 89 7 22
Satisfied, but not enthusiastic 68 27 24
Dissatisfied, but not angry 8 90 32
Angry 4 96 20

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Positive 78 17 46
Negative 7 92 52

Is your opinion of Barack Obama:

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Favorable 81 19 50
Unfavorable 4 93 47

Is your opinion of Mitt Romney:

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Favorable 8 89 51
Unfavorable 82 17 45
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Do Barack Obama's policies generally favor:

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
The rich 7 91 7
The middle class 73 24 41
The poor 20 76 30

Would Mitt Romney's policies generally favor:

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
The rich 77 20 48
The middle class 5 94 34
The poor - - 4

Are you currently married?

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Yes 35 63 61
No 55 43 39

Gender by marital status

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Married men 32 66 29
Married women 37 61 33
Not married men 53 44 16
Not married women 56 42 22

Do you have any children under 18 living in your home?

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Yes 44 55 32
No 42 56 68
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Married with children

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Married with children 36 62 22
All others 45 53 78

Parents

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Men with children 39 60 14
Women with children 48 51 18
Men without children 38 59 31
Women without children 46 53 37

Should your state legally recognize same-sex marriage?

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Yes 66 28 36
No 25 74 58

Has anyone in your household lost a job or been laid off in the last four years?

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Yes 41 55 33
No 42 56 65

Which best describes you:

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
I was born in North Carolina 42 57 51
I moved to North Carolina in the last four years - - 6
I moved to North Carolina five to 10 years ago 45 48 13
I moved to North Carolina more than 10 years ago 45 55 30
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Which best describes you:

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Born in North Carolina 42 57 51
Moved to North Carolina 46 52 49

Did anyone call you or talk to you in person on behalf of either major presidential campaign about coming out to vote?

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Yes, for Barack Obama 81 18 14
Yes, for Mitt Romney 17 82 10
Yes, for both Obama and Romney 36 63 15
No, I was not contacted 39 57 59

Did anyone call you or talk to you in person on behalf of either major presidential campaign about coming out to vote?

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Contacted by Obama campaign 58 41 29
Not contacted by Obama campaign 35 61 68

Did anyone call you or talk to you in person on behalf of either major presidential campaign about coming out to vote?

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Contacted by Romney campaign 29 71 25
Not contacted by Romney campaign 47 50 73

In today's election for president, did you just vote for:

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Barack Obama 84 14 48
Mitt Romney 5 94 52
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Population of area

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
Over 500,000 48 51 8
50,000 - 500,000 49 48 30
Suburbs 40 59 29
10,000 - 50,000 36 60 15
Rural 38 61 18

Population of area

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
City over 50,000 49 48 38
Suburbs 40 59 29
Small city and Rural 37 61 33

Geographic area

Category Dalton McCrory % Total
East 46 52 24
Raleigh-Durham/Triangle 46 49 21
Charlotte area 41 58 16
Piedmont/Central 41 58 23
West 37 62 15
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