>> what a messed up map, there is no world where Michigan is further right than North Carolina. <<
Please read the article before you criticize. I explicitly discuss that pink does not necessarily mean more Republican than gray; it’s a matter of lacking any polling data.
gotcha
The reason that there hasn’t been much polling in North Carolina is that NC is further right than Georgia.
This is the same reason there hasn’t been much polling in Massachusetts.
The ruff order from most conservative to least conservative is:
North Carolina, Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan