So many down-ballot candidates outperforming Harris shows ... the fix was in

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5. Candidate choice matters

NC was one state where Trump won, and in fact improved his margin, while Democrats did better than 4 years ago. We won half of the Council of State races (Gov, Lt Gov, AG, Sec of State, and Superintendent of Public Instruction) and won a Supreme Court seat (by 640 votes). But there are good reasons we won those races, the GOP governor candidate was adamantly against abortion and well nuts, the Lt Gov candidate on our side had a golden name and lineage (daughter of 4 term governor), the AG candidate had a national brand, the Sec of State is a decades long incumbent with a strong brand, and the GOP superintendent candidate was a full blown nut (she called for both Obama and Biden to be publicly executed on pay per view). We lost the races where we didn't have a good incumbent or they have a terrible candidate.