NEW: Even before Friday, NC was crucial.
Now Tobacco Road is at the center of the political universe
With CO, ME, AZ drifting from Rs, the Senate and future of the court could hinge on @ThomTillis v @CalforNC
My dispatch from Franklin St >
nytimes.com/2020/09/22/us/…
Why did Tillis move so swiftly to embrace Trump’s tbd court pick?
He thinks his best chance is to grab Trump coattails and hope Trump pulls out NC
And Tillis still has work to do w Rs: 12% of them in our poll still undecided on their own senator !
Yet base consolidation may not prove cost-free in NC, where the key voters live in the burbs & dwell in the political center
Consider: half of new voter registrants in the last 4 years come from just the state’s 4 biggest counties. and they’re flicking to I - not R or D
To this point ^, our NC poll last week shows Tillis down 8 among Indies.
And being overwhelmed in the two population hubs of the state: Charlotte and the Triangle
A few photos in and around Chapel Hill, NC...
The RBG posters that were already up Sunday morning >
Sadly, Allen and Sons has closed.
But the hipster’ish @ThePitBBQ in Raleigh isn’t bad
A new’ish marker on Franklin St >
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