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This week, Amy discusses The Cook Political Report's latest Electoral College rating changes — including North Carolina's shift from Lean Republican to Toss Up.
Transcript:
Welcome to First Person. I'm Amy Walter. Today, we're talking North Carolina.
The Tar Heel state is a state that had recently been sitting in our lean Republican column, and this week, we moved it into toss-up. Why? Well, the first most important reason why is there's a new Democrat on top of the ticket.
Even though Biden came very close to winning this state in 2020, lost it by about a point and a half, the polling, especially in these last few weeks of of June and July, showed him really struggling and, the Trump campaign the Donald Trump having a pretty significant lead. In other words, he wasn't getting any traction at all in North Carolina.
Since Harris has been on the top of the ticket, though, there's been a really big
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