Cooper, the new NC Democrat Guv, won his election based on a massive swing of votes that were "found" at the last minute.
Interestingly, this swing didn't change the results of the other races, one bit (I was watching). Now, I read this article. Makes me wonder.....
The only way anyone could have thought Hillary was taking NC would be complete delusion, or they thought they had a fix....
NC was never in play.
Dem operatives were on record as saying they viewed getting McCrory as far more important than the Presidential election. Had the eleventh hour Durham County BS led to not just a Cooper victory but a Clinton victory as well, it would have drawn too much scrutiny. They were after McCrory and threw Hillary under the bus to get it.