the state has leaned towards supporting Republican candidates in presidential elections, while much of the state votes Democratic in state elections. According to North Carolina’s Demography, in October 2022, the state had 7.4 million registered voters. Voter affiliation is almost evenly split ...
North Carolina has become a competitive state thanks to two main demographic factors. First, it has a lot of Black voters: Itscitizen voting-age populationis 21 percent Black, while the nation as a whole is just 12 percent Black. Black voters are strongly Democratic everywhere, but even...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) —North Carolinalegislative Republicans moved closer Monday to enacting a measure that woulderode the powers of the incoming governorand other Democratic officials, and also placing on the ballot constitutional amendments that could buttress GOP voti...
Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper speaks at a primary election night party in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker) RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s GOP-controlled legislature unlawfully tried...
North Carolina, one of the original 13 colonies, entered the Union in November 1789. The state did not participate in the 1864 election due to secession. Like many other southern states, North Carolina voted almost exclusively Democratic from 1876 through 1964 and almost exclusively Republican begin...
What made the difference this year? For one thing, state leaders keep managing to put aside their very deep political divisions to boost business and the economy. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper speaks to the crowd during an election night event for Democratic Senate candidate Cheri Beasley on...
At the federal level, North Carolina Democrats have struggled over the past 15 years. The party’s last presidential and Senate victories were in 2008, when Barack Obama narrowly won the state and Democratic state Sen. Kay Hagan defeated Republican U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole. ...
North Carolina's Republican legislature on Wednesday overrode the Democratic governor's veto on hurricane disaster relief legislation that includes controversial election provisions. The bill overhauls how elections are administered in the state, effectively expanding the party's control over the process....
May 1, 2023 update: As expected, the new Republican-majority North Carolina Supreme Court reversed the previous court's finding that partisan gerrymandering violates the state's constitution, instead ruling that there isn't a manageable legal standard to adjudicate redistricting. This...
thelargest margin of victoryin over two decades. We elected Rachel Hunt as lieutenant governor, Jeff Jackson as attorney general and Mo Green to oversee our public schools. We re-elected our secretary of State, Elaine Marshall, and broke the Republican supermajority in the North Carolina House....