North+Carolina

North Carolina: McCain vs. Obama
Up until the beginning of October, North Carolina was not viewed as a battleground state; McCain leading the polls by 5% or more. When AIG went bankrupt, Obama jumped at the opportunity to take the many undecided voters from North Carolina, and made North Carolina a battleground state again. Recent polls show Obama with a +1 to +3 % lead on McCain. If African-American voters who make up 21% of NC's population show up and vote Obama as predicted, then North Carolina will vote Democrat for the first time since 1976.

Past Elections || Democrat || Other || Margin || || Kerry- 1,525,849 || Badnarik- 11,731 || 435,517 || || Gore- 1,257,692 ||  || 373,431 || || Clinton- 1,107,849 ||  || 118,089 ||
 * || Republican
 * 2004 || Bush- 1,961,166
 * 2000 || Bush- 1,631,163
 * 1996 || Dole- 1,225,938

North Carolina: McCain vs. Obama ([|Starting October 11 partisan affiliated polls will not be added to the RCP Poll Averages].)

We see that North Carolina is very close and can still be considered a battleground state, If Barack Obama is willing to continue to put money into North Carolina. According to Rear Clear Politics, North Carolina is currently considered to be a “toss-up” state, so therefore, Obama has a good chance of winning.



At the current moment, North Carolina is considered a battleground state; it was previously considered to be owned by the Republicans. Since 1976, North Carolina has voted republican and in the last two elections, the republicans received more than 400,000 votes greater than the Democrats. This in combination with current polls such as Rasmussen stating that 46% of North Carolina’s registered voters will vote for McCain. According to the voter registration data from 9/19/2008, there are 2,706,623 Democratic voters registered, 1,949,014 registered republican voters, and 1,314,995 non-registered voters. This is strange because from this data, it looks as if Obama will win. This data is inconclusive because some registered Democrats will not vote for Obama. Barack Obama knows he can win NC, he hopes the African-American voters which make up 21% of North Carolina show up and vote for him as it is predicted.   <span style="color: rgb(51, 189, 40)"> <span style="color: rgb(78, 140, 44)"><span style="color: rgb(250, 139, 41)"><span style="color: rgb(85, 226, 60)"> In North Carolina, early voting begins on 10/16/2008. To register one must go to the place where you vote and sign up. See [|this guide] for more info.

To see updated polling information for North Carolina visit: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/nc/north_carolina_mccain_vs_obama-334.html

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In a letter to Zach Drescher, the author of a News and Observer article entitled “North Carolina – Battleground state”, I asked questions such as “Although the public focuses on whether the African-American community will show up and support Obama in the polls, as you state in your article, I recently have noticed Obama’s focus to have shifted to the working women in North Carolina. My main question is, does Barack Obama feel he can gain the working women’s vote, and also will we see a shift in his attention to the African-Americans.” Although I did not receive a reply, I came to find that Obama is not necessarily relying on African-American voters, but is hoping that they show up. On Sunday September, 21, 2008, Barack Obama conducted a rally in Charlotte to discuss the pressing bank issue. He chose Charlotte because of the large amount of banking industry that is located there..

Alaska Native**1.9%**Asian**1.1%**Mixed Race ||  ||   ||
 * Demographics || [[image:http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/sect/politics/north_carolina.gif width="150" height="220"]] || **8,856,505****Population****74%**White**21.7%** Black**1.3%**American Indian/
 * $40,863**Median Household Income**13.8%**Percentage Income in Poverty, 2004 **12.2%**Percentage Age 65 and Up**22.5%**Percentage with College Degree**6.7%**Percentage Hispanic**4.9%**Unemployment Rate as of 11/2006

source: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/states/north.carolina.html

On November 4th, North Carolina reported that Obama had .4% over McCain in the 2008 Presidential election. This is the first time North Carolina has voted Democrat since 1076. This shows how the south is slowly starting to become democrat due to migration of the northerners down to the south. This can also be seen in how Virginia was +4.4% to Obama.