Helene hit Trump strongholds in Georgia and North Carolina. It could swing the election.

[RandySF]

Hurricane Helene hit especially hard in heavily Republican areas of Georgia and North Carolina — a fact that could work to Donald Trump’s disadvantage in the two swing states.

Research has shown that major disasters can influence both voter turnout and voter preference. And Helene has pushed this contest into novel territory: It’s the first catastrophic event in U.S. history to hit two critical swing states within six weeks of a presidential election, based on a POLITICO’s E&E News analysis of data compiled by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The challenge for Trump: The parts of western North Carolina and eastern Georgia that were flooded by the monster storm are largely Republican. In 2020, he won 61 percent of the vote in the North Carolina counties that were declared a disaster after Helene. He won 54 percent of the vote in Georgia’s disaster counties.

Both Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris this week visited Georgia, a state that President Joe Biden won by just 11,779 votes in 2020. Georgia and North Carolina each have 16 electoral votes, and polls show that Trump is leading Harris by about 1 percentage point in each state, well within the margin of error.



https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/04/helene-trump-georgia-north-carolina-elections-00182448

[getagrip_already]

1. Dog must be punishing maga...

How many times have we heard that in other disasters, aimed at us?

I know, a lot of people are hurting. Its not them this is aimed at.

Aid is not dependent on party or seditious intent.

[joshcryer]

3. Let's be sure, though. They won't enforce "polling locations" for this race.

They will have polls in shelters 5 counties away for their districts. Guaranteed.

[Jack Valentino]

12. Better have those polling locations fully-staffed with Democratic party observers...

[Jack Valentino]

11. YES Indeed! By right-wing standards, these Trump voters should contemplate why 'God is angry with them' !!!!

And thank Him that the Democratic-controlled executive branch
does not grant assistance based upon their standards!

[OrlandoDem2]

2. Turn those states BLUE!!! Make a southern BLUE WALL!!

[BeyondGeography]

4. Cue the plaintive wails

[MagickMuffin]

5. I guess the hurricanes didn't get the memo, NO HURRICANES 60 BEFORE AN ELECTION

I mean come on, all you hurricanes get your act together and stop with all this election interference!

[MaryMagdaline]

6. Asheville is blue

However, the type of voter who is Democratic in Asheville is the type of voter who will crawl over ground glass to vote against Trump and Robinson.

They may have to this year.

[Mz Pip]

7. Makes me wonder if

this is why Johnson wants to delay the aide package until after the election. That caught my attention.

And now there is another storm coming, maybe a big one, heading towards Florida.

[MaryMagdaline]

8. Yes. Tampa is blue, as is pinellas county, both hit hard by Helene.

Tampa is set to get hit again with Milton.😢😢😢

[obamanut2012]

9. So is Boone/Watagu County, which was also hit

And, I agree with you.

[Jersey Devil]

10. Yes but the area Asheville is in was over 60% Trump in 2020

That area is about as red as it gets in NC.