Initial data from North Carolina’s early voting show Black turnout is lagging behind the state’s voter registration, which could spell trouble for Vice President Kamala Harris, Politico reported.
Currently, Black people make up 18% of early voting in North Carolina, yet Democrats in the state are warning that percentage needs to increase to at least 20% if Harris is going to flip the state in 2024. Close to 36,000 more Blacks had voted early in-person at the same time in 2020 than in 2024.
Thomas Mills, a Democratic strategist in the state, said, “That gap has to be closed among African Americans for Democrats to win.”
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