North Carolina Democratic chairwoman urges Biden to campaign in state, says Democrats have ‘showing up problem’
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The chairwoman of North Carolina’s Democratic Party urged President Joe Biden to campaign in her state on Monday ahead of the 2024 election, claiming the party does not have a “messaging” problem but a “showing up” problem.
Chairwoman Anderson Clayton, who is the youngest chair in a state Democratic Party at the age of 25, encouraged Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to come to North Carolina and help build excitement in the party that was vacant in the last presidential election and the 2022 midterm elections.
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“I think that the idea right now is that the Democratic Party has a messaging problem, and I really don’t believe that. I believe we have a showing up problem,” Clayton told the Washington Post Live.
“I want Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to come to North Carolina and run strong on their record. And also, drum up that energy and excitement that we didn’t have in 2020 and 2022 here on the ground,” she added.
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Clayton said the administration’s work on expanding access to the internet and reducing insulin costs were two of the major issues the administration could address in North Carolina that would play well with voters.
One key issue that the Biden-Harris campaign can address, though, is merely visiting and campaigning in the state more. Leading into the 2020 election, the Biden-Harris group only visited the state nine times. In contrast, former President Donald Trump’s campaign with former Vice President Mike Pence visited the state roughly 18 times, according to the Washington Post.
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North Carolina is considered a swing state, with 15 electoral votes. But despite the purple reputation, former President Barack Obama is the only Democratic president to win the state’s support since 1980. Trump won the state in 2020 by 74,481 votes.
Both chambers of the state’s legislatures are also Republican, but Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC) has proven the state can elect a Democrat.