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You may well be right. And to be clear, I'm not predicting he will be a presidential nominee one day, I'm just not as comfortable writing him off as I am DeSantis or Haley. In particular, I'm not ready to write him off when we don't know how this election went. Wet noodle or not, if Trump wins, he's almost certainly going to be the presumptive candidate in 2028, unless public opinion turns sharply against the Trump admin (which is very possible).Vance is such a limp noodle, he’s going to be a bigger waste of $$$$$ in terms of a presidential campaign than Ron DeSantis.
This is my hope. Maybe she can just do 1-3% better in rural or suburban areas. Maybe not win, but just cut into the margins.Yeah Union, Gaston, and Cabarrus are the three Charlotte-adjacent counties to watch IMO. About 295k votes cast there in 2016, 365k votes cast there in 2020, and could conceivably exceed 450k there this year. If Kamala can improve Biden's performance by 5%+ in all three (35% in Gaston, 44% in Cabarrus, 37% in Union) that could be something like 25k+ additional votes in places where Trump desperately needs to offset the Dem urban majorities. He can't offset what will probably be something like a 700k+ deficit in the Triangle, Triad, and Mecklenburg with rural counties alone.
The other one is Johnston County. So long ruby red, it's been growing more than any other triangle county. What used to be rural even 8 years ago is now PACKED with subdivisions and apartments.Yeah Union, Gaston, and Cabarrus are the three Charlotte-adjacent counties to watch IMO. About 295k votes cast there in 2016, 365k votes cast there in 2020, and could conceivably exceed 450k there this year. If Kamala can improve Biden's performance by 5%+ in all three (35% in Gaston, 44% in Cabarrus, 37% in Union) that could be something like 25k+ additional votes in places where Trump desperately needs to offset the Dem urban majorities. He can't offset what will probably be something like a 700k+ deficit in the Triangle, Triad, and Mecklenburg with rural counties alone.
That's really what has allowed Democrats to finally break through in Georgia. For decades the suburban counties around Atlanta voted Republican, and so it was a reliably red state most of the time. But over the past decade or so those suburban counties have turned blue, and that, combined with the heavy Democratic vote in Atlanta and other larger Georgia cities - Savannah, Columbus, Macon, etc. - has made Democrats competitive to the point that they now can actually win the state in at least some election years.Yeah Union, Gaston, and Cabarrus are the three Charlotte-adjacent counties to watch IMO. About 295k votes cast there in 2016, 365k votes cast there in 2020, and could conceivably exceed 450k there this year. If Kamala can improve Biden's performance by 5%+ in all three (35% in Gaston, 44% in Cabarrus, 37% in Union) that could be something like 25k+ additional votes in places where Trump desperately needs to offset the Dem urban majorities. He can't offset what will probably be something like a 700k+ deficit in the Triangle, Triad, and Mecklenburg with rural counties alone.
I'm less familiar with some of those outlying Triangle suburbs. That sounds like a good one to watch too. Biden did about 2% better there in 2020 than Hillary did in 2016.The other one is Johnston County. So long ruby red, it's been growing more than any other triangle county. What used to be rural even 8 years ago is now PACKED with subdivisions and apartments.
Union has been been exploding in population it feels like the last few years with all the housing developments and now apartment complexes sprouting up.That's really what has allowed Democrats to finally break through in Georgia. For decades the suburban counties around Atlanta voted Republican, and so it was a reliably red state most of the time. But over the past decade or so those suburban counties have turned blue, and that, combined with the heavy Democratic vote in Atlanta and other larger Georgia cities - Savannah, Columbus, Macon, etc. - has made Democrats competitive to the point that they now can actually win the state in at least some election years.
For Democrats to finally break through and win NC that same process has to happen here - some of these suburban counties around Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham and the Piedmont Triad need to become more blue - not necessarily have a Democratic majority, but at least move from voting 60 to 70 percent Republican to 55 percent Republican. That would make a huge difference in terms of Democrats winning the state.
spoken from a place of privilege.That rant sounds like a rant from someone who is young and doesn't yet understand these things.
Lenovo Ctr home to Hurricanes havee been sellingnout or close fir a couple years.Carter-Finley and the RBC Center have enough trouble filling up to watch the usual losers who play there
I don't think anyone is suggesting folks should maintain relationships which actively harm them.spoken from a place of privilege.
lots of people aren't straight, white males and cannot in good conscience maintain relationships with or associate with people who actively harm them.
minorities and members of the lgbtq+ community are perfectly justified in cutting off contact with hard right wingers and it has nothing to do with youthfulness or a lack or understanding.
we're talking about massive chasms between viewpoints on fundamental human rights and dignity, not disagreements on tax policy or safety nets.
We need better turnout tomorrow than we’ve seen from Mecklenburg in early voting, though. At 54.5% early voting turnout, Mecklenburg is behind the state 57% rate so far.Trump is going to get slaughtered in Mecklenburg, the Triangle, and Guilford/Forsyth. He will largely dominate rural NC, with the exception of Northeastern NC with large black populations. First step is we need urban turnout to be better than rural turnout. Beyond that, where I'd be looking for bellwethers for which way NC is likely to lean are New Hanover County (slight Dem margin last election, after going roughly 50/45 for Trump in 2016), Cumberland County (60/40 in Biden's favor last election, which was bluer than in 2016) and the red-leaning Charlotte suburbs (not sure how to measure precisely but probably somewhere around 60/40 in Trump's favor in 2020). If Kamala can maintain or grow margins in New Hanover and Cumberland, while winning over white women in those Charlotte suburbs, she's going to be in great shape. But if any of those counties trend redder than in 2020, it's a bad sign for Kamala.
I'm up on the tightwire
So, in 2020, Mecklenburg was 72%, compared to 75% statewide. I agree Kamala's chances would be improved if Mecklenburg gets closer to the state number, but she can still win, and potentially easily, even if Mecklenburg remains 2-4% behind. I think this election will be decided in the perimeter counties, the Triad, etc., and not in Mecklenburg or Wake themselves.We need better turnout tomorrow than we’ve seen from Mecklenburg in early voting, though. At 54.5% early voting turnout, Mecklenburg is behind the state 57% rate so far.
No doubt about that - getting good turnout in Wake and Mecklenburg especially is critical.We need better turnout tomorrow than we’ve seen from Mecklenburg in early voting, though. At 54.5% early voting turnout, Mecklenburg is behind the state 57% rate so far.
Think we need those rates to tighten just slightly.We need better turnout tomorrow than we’ve seen from Mecklenburg in early voting, though. At 54.5% early voting turnout, Mecklenburg is behind the state 57% rate so far.