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Are you familiar with NC? Raleigh and Charlotte are combining to have the same impact as Atlanta. The main difference is the Ga is 32% African American and NC is 21% African American. For contrast- SC, Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana all have more AAs by percentage and did not go Dem. What NC has is those two cities with huge numbers of college grads, entrepreneurs, and forward looking industries/fields. Asheville and now Wilmington kick in some but NC has fully become cities vs rural areas in voting patterns. And it just elected Dems to half the statewide office. Trump's 1.3% win in NC is the equivalent of Biden's 1.2% win in Pennsylvania.
If the Rs lose 2-3% of dedicated Trump voters in future elections or see another couple of years of adding 110k new residents per year, Trumps 70k vote margin of victory will be very hard to replicate.
I'm familiar with NC. I lived in Raleigh for many years until recently. My neighborhood had transplants from NY, Maine, NJ, CT, IL, NH. We were in contact with each other throughout the years so I got to know their political leanings. No, they're not all voting for democrats. Some of them were Republicans, most were independents. They're seeing changes in the city that democrats are pushing and they're not fans. I also worked with some African American females and some of them who voted for Obama were disappointed in him and in democrat policies. I voted for Obama as an independent and will never vote for another democrat again.
I'm familiar with NC. I lived in Raleigh for many years until recently. My neighborhood had transplants from NY, Maine, NJ, CT, IL, NH. We were in contact with each other throughout the years so I got to know their political leanings. No, they're not all voting for democrats. Some of them were Republicans, most were independents. They're seeing changes in the city that democrats are pushing and they're not fans. I also worked with some African American females and some of them who voted for Obama were disappointed in him and in democrat policies. I voted for Obama as an independent and will never vote for another democrat again.
I would in no way suggest all Northerners are Democrats- I live in SC which tends to draw the most conservative transplants- but the transplants the large NC metros are drawing are definitely more left leaning than the existing residents. Even a ten percent D advantage among transplants would whittle away the R advantage in half a decade. I think Trump maxxed out both Conservative and Trump loyal voters this year yet the state was only a one point win. I think the one time Dem voters who only did so as an anti-Trump gesture are fewer than the pro-Trump/not pro Republican voters. I have long thought NC most similar to Pa than Va or Georgia but 3-4 points more R. This year it was only 2.5 more R so its definitely swinging. Then again few of us could predict Ga would go Dem in an election where Pa was a nail biter.
I'm familiar with NC. I lived in Raleigh for many years until recently. My neighborhood had transplants from NY, Maine, NJ, CT, IL, NH. We were in contact with each other throughout the years so I got to know their political leanings. No, they're not all voting for democrats. Some of them were Republicans, most were independents. They're seeing changes in the city that democrats are pushing and they're not fans. I also worked with some African American females and some of them who voted for Obama were disappointed in him and in democrat policies. I voted for Obama as an independent and will never vote for another democrat again.
Yep. What's great about NC is we have too many moderate dems who will never pull the lever for a Dem president.
Are you familiar with NC? Raleigh and Charlotte are combining to have the same impact as Atlanta. The main difference is the Ga is 32% African American and NC is 21% African American. For contrast- SC, Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana all have more AAs by percentage and did not go Dem. What NC has is those two cities with huge numbers of college grads, entrepreneurs, and forward looking industries/fields. Asheville and now Wilmington kick in some but NC has fully become cities vs rural areas in voting patterns. And it just elected Dems to half the statewide office. Trump's 1.3% win in NC is the equivalent of Biden's 1.2% win in Pennsylvania.
If the Rs lose 2-3% of dedicated Trump voters in future elections or see another couple of years of adding 110k new residents per year, Trumps 70k vote margin of victory will be very hard to replicate.
I do live near Raleigh. The suburbs trend red here because married people with kids tend to vote Republican. Especially here.
I know being married and having kids is something that's foreign to dems
I'm not sure what you are smoking. I didn't make those posts.
I'm sure that clown believes in reparations like I do.
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