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| 2 | Mike Easley - Electoral history |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
| 4 | - | Democratic | Mike Easley | 1,453,196 | 59.07 | - |
| 5 | - | Republican | Robert Edmunds, Jr. | 1,007,027 | 40.93 | - |

Question: Firstly, which percentage of the vote did Easley garner and comparatively which percentage of the vote did his opponent have? 
Answer: Easley garnered 59.07% of the vote, compared with opponent Robert Edmonds, Jr.'s 40.93% of votes.