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NC is a "red state", that ONE TIME in 2008 went for Obama, and barely at that. Indiana even voted for Obama in 2008. I mean, Louisiana currently has a Democrat governor but I don't think you would say Louisiana is a swing state.
NC does have close elections, and the 2016 Governor's race, despite all the negative nationwide press that McCrory received, McCrory almost won, until the 'vote count' from Durham county came in at the last minute and swung the election to Cooper.
NC also is similar to Florida, in that we have a very high influx of people into the state, which can make it hard to gauge just how the state will vote from election to election. However, NC, besides 1976 and 2008, has voted Republican, even during the 90's when Clinton won several Southern states.
Charlotte will be hosting the Republican National Convention in 2020 in Charlotte, though it does not mean it will tip the election necessarily, the amount of money and attention to local and state races would probably benefit Republicans.
The conservative areas of the state, is primarily in the suburbs, look at Mecklenburg county, blue in the center, and lighter shades of blue as you go out, and red in the suburbs. Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Cabarrus, Union, all these counties surround Mecklenburg and they are red as can be.
North Carolina is a purple swing state. Not Red, not Blue. Charlotte also hosted the Democratic National Convention in 2012.
Left on its own, such as 2000 or 2004, I think it defaults Republican.
I am not sure the Democrats will be putting much time into NC in 2020 for a few reasons.
1. Democrats need to defend P.A., M.I., W.I., etc, and will not be on the offensive or waste time on states you have to pour millions into just to squeak out a 1% win. In 2012, they held the DNC in Charlotte, spent millions, and still lost the state, losing by wider margins than Obama won it in 2008.
2. Republicans will hold their 2020 RNC in Charlotte.
3. Democrats don't really NEED North Carolina to win. NC is simply icing on the cake, and will probably even have their hands full defending Virginia and its top Democrats buried in scandal.
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NC is a "red state", that ONE TIME in 2008 went for Obama, and barely at that. Indiana even voted for Obama in 2008. I mean, Louisiana currently has a Democrat governor but I don't think you would say Louisiana is a swing state.
NC does have close elections, and the 2016 Governor's race, despite all the negative nationwide press that McCrory received, McCrory almost won, until the 'vote count' from Durham county came in at the last minute and swung the election to Cooper.
NC also is similar to Florida, in that we have a very high influx of people into the state, which can make it hard to gauge just how the state will vote from election to election. However, NC, besides 1976 and 2008, has voted Republican, even during the 90's when Clinton won several Southern states.
Charlotte will be hosting the Republican National Convention in 2020 in Charlotte, though it does not mean it will tip the election necessarily, the amount of money and attention to local and state races would probably benefit Republicans.
The conservative areas of the state, is primarily in the suburbs, look at Mecklenburg county, blue in the center, and lighter shades of blue as you go out, and red in the suburbs. Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Cabarrus, Union, all these counties surround Mecklenburg and they are red as can be.
Statewide, registration is 1) Democrats, 2) Unaffiliated, 3) Republicans. There's a reason that the state is gerrymandered so badly.
It has a lot to do with General Assembly and Congressional elections.
Yes, and NC was gerrymandered to help Democrats up until 2010. Guess what? Republicans, Independents, and Democrats showed up in 2010 and voted to put Republicans in control, and it was enough to override decades of Democrat general assembly control. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, Democrats don't like the gerrymandering anymore. Pretty simple.
Yes, and NC was gerrymandered to help Democrats up until 2010. Guess what? Republicans, Independents, and Democrats showed up in 2010 and voted to put Republicans in control, and it was enough to override decades of Democrat general assembly control. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, Democrats don't like the gerrymandering anymore. Pretty simple.
The current gerrymandering is far more egregious and more partisan.
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NC always has had more registered Democrats than Republicans. And gerrymandering has nothing to do with Presidential, Governor, and Senate elections.
It was in the news that Unaffiliated had surpassed registered Republicans.
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