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November 2008
How Did NC Become an Electoral Battleground?
By Matt Shipman
Could North Carolina be the key to victory for the 2008 presidential election? The answer depends on which candidate you ask, according to Steven Greene, an associate professor of political science at North Carolina State University. Democratic contender Barack Obama could win the election even if he doesn't carry North Carolina, he says. "On the other hand," Greene adds, Republican candidate John McCain "cannot afford to lose North Carolina."
Repeated visits from presidential contenders and their running mates make it clear that the state is being hotly contested. But why has North Carolina garnered so much attention in this election? After all, a Democrat hasn't won the presidential vote here since Jimmy Carter in 1976, and Republicans have run away with the vote since Bill Clinton narrowly lost the Old North State's electoral votes in 1992.
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