With the glaring exception of the presidential race, North Carolina Democrats had a good 2024 election.
Those results largely comport with decades of political trends in North Carolina.
For decades, voters in North Carolina have shown a propensity to elect Republicans for federal office while supporting Democrats in downballot statewide races.
North Carolina, which holds its races for governor in presidential election years, has voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election but one since 1980.
“Welcome to the political legacy and history and trajectory of North Carolina politics.
Persons:
Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Mark Robinson’s, “, Mark Robinson, ”, Josh Stein, Robinson, Rachel Hunt, Republican Hal Weatherman, Stein, Jeff Jackson, Republican Dan Bishop, Elaine Marshall, Republican Chad Brown, Democrat Maurice Green, Republican Michele Morrow, Republican Catherine Truitt, Morrow, Republican Jefferson Griffin, Allison Riggs, Democrats downballot, Sam Newton, Newton, Weatherman, didn’t, Trump, It’s, Michael Bitzer, ” Newton, Bitzer
Organizations:
North Carolina Democrats, Republicans, Republican, Gov, North, North Carolina GOP, Democrat, Democrats, Associated Press, Democratic, NBC, Democratic Governors Association, CNN, National Democrats, Democratic National Committee, Catawba College, Trump
Locations:
North Carolina, downballot, Carolina, Charlotte