Sorry - started late
talking about schools needing to open
update us how this goes please.
Cooper was elected in 2016 after defeating incumbent Pat McCrory (R). Cooper received 49.0% of the vote to McCrory's 48.8%. Forest, the state's lieutenant governor, was first elected in 2012 and was re-elected in 2016 with 52% of the vote to Democrat Linda Coleman's 45%.
Seventeen states elect governors and lieutenant governors separately. North Carolina is one of three with a governor and lieutenant governor from different parties (along with Louisiana and Vermont).[1]
North Carolina is one of eight states that both voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 and has a Democratic governor. In 2016, Trump received 50% of the vote to Hillary Clinton's (D) 46% in the state.
North Carolina is also one of 14 states with a divided government. Democrats hold the governorship and Republicans control both the state House of Representatives and state Senate. In the 2020 elections, Democrats would need to flip 10% of state Senate seats and 5% of state House seats to take control of each chamber.
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Now I know why N.C. has a Democrat Governor. The conservative vote is split 3 ways. Really hard to win that way.
NC is my 2nd home state. Was a beautiful, gracious, welcoming place when I arrived as a young buck in the late 70s.
It’s turned into a mess.....one reason I left in 2014 to close the circle with my true home state.
It used to be conservative to the core.
If they re-elect Cooper, they deserve everything coming to them.
The fact cooper is polling up double digits after all the crap
He’s dinner coronavirus nonsense shows the NC of my birth is long gone.
Forest was very good in the debate. Cooper was doing well trying to keep up but he started to lose his composure toward the end.
Haha, the comment about rioters in Raleigh burning a pile of masks and calling the police “pigs” was one sure sign. Forest’s rebuttal was perfect saying with a laugh that was the strangest comment he’s heard and that if they were calling the police “pigs” they definitely weren’t his supporters.
The other sign was Cooper trying to tie in climate change with hurricanes. Forest stuck to the topic and talked about actually doing something for the people down east who still need help after 4 years of Roy’s leadership.
Forest was very well prepared and quite confident. I definitely think he won that little showdown but I would give credit to both for a very good debate.