Still a lot of precincts out in Mecklenberg county (Dem area) but the buzz on Twitter is that many of those precincts are GOP-friendly where it might be a wash or a slight GOP edge. Fingers crossed. Bishop now out to a 2% (3,000 vote) lead with nearly 80% of the vote now counted.
I don’t think I’m breathing!
This is so nerve-wracking.
Actually the Mecklenburg portion of the district is probably a plurality of Republicans. But a lot of them are the squishy, upscale, country club types (Ballantyne area in particular) and that type loathes Trump and his supporters & ran screaming towards the left in 2016 and 2018. Not just here but in every similar suburban area.
Factor in the permanent-PMS nutzoid single white women who thrive in those areas, and who loathe Trump and his supporters just as much, and these areas are not necessarily loaded with Democrat registrations, but they are hardly “our” people either.
The buzz is probably right. I refreshed the results, and Bishop is doing better in Mecklenberg, now at 42.98%. Harris finished with 44.38% last time.