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North Carolina Elections 2024 Live: North Carolina is emerging as Harris’ most promising opportunity to secure a state where President Biden was narrowly defeated by just 1.3 percentage points in 2020. The state’s significant population growth since then has occurred primarily in Democratic-leaning metropolitan areas; There were significant increases among college-educated individuals and people from demographic groups that traditionally support Democrats.

But North Carolina retains the largest rural voter base among the six major battleground states. Harris’ success may depend on reducing Republicans’ significant advantage in districts that heavily supported Trump. Democratic activists have intensified their efforts in North Carolina’s conservative counties this year, and the effectiveness of those initiatives is not yet known.

The solidity of Harris’ efforts to mobilize voters will soon be tested. Political analysts note that his campaign’s presence in the state has surpassed that of previous Democratic presidential candidates. According to “The Washington Post,” Dana Milbank reported the campaign’s impressive statistics: 360 paid staff, 29 field offices, 40,000 volunteers and more than 100,000 door knocks and 1.8 million phone calls in one week.

Still, Harris’ campaign faces significant challenges. Since 2000, only Barack Obama has managed to win North Carolina for the Democrats by less than half a point in 2008. Republicans have held both seats in the U.S. Senate for eight years. Although the latest poll from the New York Times and Siena College shows Harris leading Trump by two points in North Carolina, that differs from other recent polls that show Trump holding a slight advantage by comparable margins.