That 45 percent for Obama in NC is about the same solid bloc that voted against Senator Helms five times! What helps Obama is the vote in Charlotte and Asheville. I don’t know about Raleigh and Wilmington though.
Probably the case everywhere else too. He has his 43% ~ as we all recall that's how Bill Clinton won nationwide ~ with 43%.
Should be possible to do that without the help of R. Perot too ~ since the effect is most pronounced in the blue states with the electoral votes.
Folks running the predict the election gameboards probably ought to go back and reconsider their input and output if the Dems still have a hard lock on that crowd.
BTW mittbots, that means you can lose Virginia with or without Virgil Goode in the mix ~ but Virgil can win if you shift your donations and votes to him. We need to have a substantial increase in Republican and Conservative turnout here ~
And I was proud to vote for him every time since 1980. I so miss him. Others have pointed out that other Dem concentrations are in the RTP = Research Triangle Park = Raleigh/NCSU/state capitol, Durham/Duke and Chapel Hill/UNC-CH with Cary in the middle. Also the new demographic of "tweeners" = northeasterner retirees settling among the golf resorts in SE NC instead of going to FL. At least the incumbent Dem governor is on her way out.