Could Democrats Flip This Red State In 2024?
Democrats aim to flip North Carolina in 2024, a state that former President Donald Trump secured in both 2016 and 2020.
The narrow margin of Trump’s victory in 2020, shifts in the state’s population, and the election of Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson, suggest that North Carolina could be back in play for Biden this election cycle.
Political experts informed the Daily Caller that several electoral and demographic factors within North Carolina could make it competitive for President Joe Biden in November.
“Looks like at this point, North Carolina is the Trump state that is most likely to be in play in 2024, while there are half a dozen Biden states that are expected to be in play,” Charles Bullock, a political science professor at the University of Georgia said.
For years, Democrats have eyed North Carolina as a promising opportunity, pointing to its evolving demographics and openness to electing Democrats at the state level.
North Carolina, nevertheless, has consistently leaned Republican in presidential elections. Apart from Barack Obama’s win in 2008, the state has sided with a Republican candidate in every presidential race since Jimmy Carter in 1976, USA Today reports.
Top Democrats admitted earlier this year that flipping North Carolina is a stretch, but the state might represent Biden’s strongest and potentially sole opportunity to broaden his electoral map in 2024.
“If the campaign goes all in, we can win North Carolina, but we need that support and that investment,” Democratic Rep. Wiley Nickel said during a Biden Air Force One trip in Durham, N.C. last year.
“The votes are there; we’ve just got to get them out to vote,” he added.
Democrats believe North Carolina could swing their way due to a sizable and expanding Black population, thriving urban areas with a high concentration of college-educated voters, and a rising dissatisfaction among traditional Republicans towards Trump.
These factors have fostered growing confidence within Biden’s Wilmington headquarters and among prominent Democrats that the president could secure a significant win in the state.
“We expect North Carolina to be extremely competitive,” said Quentin Fulks, Biden’s deputy principal campaign manager earlier this year.
“That’s why we have invested early – both in paid and in our infrastructure – and are running an aggressive operation that builds on years of significant investments in the state,” he continued.
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