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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPandemic overwhelms Donald Trump's message in critical North Carolina
In one of the nations most consequential swing states, Trumps push to inject new dynamics into the final weeks of the 2020 election is being overshadowed by the frightening realities of everyday life during a pandemic. Trump and his allies hope the escalating Supreme Court nomination fight will help unify a fractured Republican Party that has lost its grip on college-educated suburban voters, particularly white women.
But for many, the coronavirus and the related economic challenges are much more pressing issues.
Trumps challenge is acute here in North Carolina, a state that his senior aides describe as a must-win. A loss in the state, which Democrats have carried only once at the presidential level in the last 30 years, would make Trumps path to a second term incredibly difficult and signal dire challenges elsewhere on the electoral map.
Public polling, backed by private discussions with strategists from both Trumps and Democrat Joe Bidens campaigns, indicate that North Carolina remains a true tossup five weeks before Election Day. And lest there be any doubt about Trumps concerns about his standing here, he has traveled to North Carolina every week for the last five weeks, second only to Pennsylvania.
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/370293-pandemic-overwhelms-donald-trumps-message-in-critical-north-carolina
Cha
(297,196 posts)blm
(113,055 posts)A few longtime DU members are key forces behind the scenes. We made a difference winning the governorship and the court elections in 2016 and 2018.
StClone
(11,683 posts)DUers are doing good in NC! Yea!
I have a friend I went to college with and though I have spoken to her in years. I see she is pushing women's issues especially Science Ed opportunities for girls in NC. I guess I am a secret admirer. Love you Melinda!
RandySF
(58,799 posts)CRK7376
(2,199 posts)have already cast our votes (Absentee and only one ballot per person unlike what trumpster says to do...) Plus I hand delivered our ballots to our county BOE. Our daughter and her boyfriend plan to early vote at one of the nearby early voting sites and our sons are voting on election day (one may decide to vote early)...All are voting for Joe Biden, Cal Cunningham and the rest of the Democratic Party candidates.
Renew Deal
(81,856 posts)It will be hard for Trump to get close enough to steal it if he loses NC.