A recent study by political science professors M.V. Hood III of the University of Georgia and Seth C. McKee of the University of South Florida attempts to explain, at least in part, how President Obama won North Carolina. Obama is the first Democratic presidential candidate to win North Carolina since Jimmy Carter in 1976.
The two political scientists say unaffiliated voters who recently moved to the state lean Democratic. These voters support put Obama over the top, according to the study. But one of the authors also says these voters may not be a factor in this fall’s midterm elections.
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