Thomas Mills, publisher of a local North Carolina outlet PoliticsNC, spoke with Fox News Digital about how Democrats can compete with Republicans in the battleground state.
The Democratic Party needs to get competitive with Republicans in battleground North Carolina to turn out more voters before Election Day, says a former political consultant from the Tar Heel State. Thomas Mills is publisher and founder of PoliticsNC, a website described as 'Analysis, commentary, and opinion of North Carolina and national politics from the perspective of a center-left, 30-year veteran of the campaign battlefield.
The other key issue that could 'hurt' Democrats in the battleground state, according to Mills, is low turnout among Black voters, a key voting bloc among Democrats. 'Historically, African-Americans have been a pretty major part of the Democratic coalition, and they make up somewhere around 20% of the overall vote, and they vote at roughly 90% for Democrats.
think when you have a natural disaster like that, it does affect turnout some because of accessibility, but more because people have either left the area because they don't have water, they don't have power, or they're just too concerned with trying to take care of basic needs,' he said. 'They're not thinking about voting.'
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