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mnhtnbb

(32,059 posts)
Wed Jul 12, 2023, 04:47 AM Jul 2023

NC is top state for business 2nd year in a row

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/11/north-carolina-is-top-state-for-business-led-by-workforce-economy-.html

I live in Durham, and the explosion of growth in housing is quite evident in the Triangle area. The Triangle area is also one of the most politically liberal areas of the state. It encourages me to think Dems can take control of the State away from the Repubs which took over after the 2010 election. More educated people tend to be more liberal https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2016/04/26/a-wider-ideological-gap-between-more-and-less-educated-adults/, and the appeal of a more highly educated work force to business should yield a change in political dynamics if Dems could just motivate people to get out and VOTE.
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NC is top state for business 2nd year in a row (Original Post) mnhtnbb Jul 2023 OP
These days it pretty much IS the liberal bastion in the state. OldBaldy1701E Jul 2023 #1
I would argue most of the bigger cities in NC are blue. momto3 Jul 2023 #4
Greensboro is 'blue'? OldBaldy1701E Jul 2023 #5
Voter suppression, abortion bans/more restrictions and anti LGBTQ laws coming.. CousinIT Jul 2023 #2
Indeed mnhtnbb Jul 2023 #3

OldBaldy1701E

(6,338 posts)
1. These days it pretty much IS the liberal bastion in the state.
Wed Jul 12, 2023, 06:14 AM
Jul 2023

Jut don't leave Raleigh or Durham city limits... then you will find why it is such a red state.

momto3

(662 posts)
4. I would argue most of the bigger cities in NC are blue.
Wed Jul 12, 2023, 12:21 PM
Jul 2023

Winston-Salem, Greensboro, and Charlotte also tend to be "blue". But you don't have to go to far outside the cities to find the "red" country.

OldBaldy1701E

(6,338 posts)
5. Greensboro is 'blue'?
Thu Jul 13, 2023, 06:49 AM
Jul 2023

Then it changed a whole lot since the early 2000s. Same with W-S. Charlotte is a banking capital, and it is green. Which means it is whatever color it has to be to get more of your money.

CousinIT

(10,180 posts)
2. Voter suppression, abortion bans/more restrictions and anti LGBTQ laws coming..
Wed Jul 12, 2023, 07:44 AM
Jul 2023

....these will have detrimental economic effects on that area. A lot of people don't want to live where voting is seen as a privilege and not a right, where women & girls just become reproductive slaves once they reach childbearing age, and where LGBTQ people are treated like pariahs.

mnhtnbb

(32,059 posts)
3. Indeed
Wed Jul 12, 2023, 08:35 AM
Jul 2023

And all of that affected the ranking in the Life, Health, and Inclusion metric according to the article.

Democrats are not turning out to vote. We saw it in the 2022 mid terms. There has been a turnover in the party leadership at the state level. The numbers are here. Turnout is critical.

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