North Carolina Govt. Roy Cooper said on Sunday that if Vice President Kamala Harris If her state wins, then “she’s the next president of the United States.”
“Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan asked the governor Sunday if North Carolinians are open to persuasion when it comes to Harris’ race for the White House.
“There’s no question about it. It’s close here in North Carolina. It always has been,” Cooper said. “This was the closest Biden-Harris deficit in 2020, just 1.3%. So the fact that Kamala Harris has come to North Carolina 17 times as Vice President of the United States shows that she cares about our state.
The Tar Heel state’s 16-electoral-vote victory left Democrats in a long-running sweep, which a Democrat hasn’t won since former President Barack Obama in 2008. The record of North Carolina’s Democratic governors, and Cooper’s success in the state in particular, may have been the source of the party. Optimism
Cooper is not running for re-election, with Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein facing off against right-wing Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson. A New York Times/Sienna poll Stein has been leading by 10 points since August, and Democrats hope so Robinson’s inflammatory rhetoric Will help them up and down the ballot.
In late August, non-partisan Cook Political Report Moved North Carolina from “lean Republican” to “toss up”. Jessica Taylor, Senate and Governors Editor for The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter told CBS News Last week the Kay Biden campaign wanted to make North Carolina competitive, but she said it was Harris who turned the state into a battleground.
“And so we’ve seen significant changes, I think, with enthusiasm among black voters, among young voters, and the polls we’ve seen show this as a very toss-up contest,” Taylor said at the time.
A Cook Political Report poll in late July/early August shows Harris leading former President Donald Trump by one point in North Carolina, 48% to 47%/ a change from their May report, where President Biden trailed Trump by seven points, 41% to 48%. until.
New CBS poll Three other key battleground states—Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin—show up as tight races ahead of the first Harris-Trump debate on Tuesday, and the economy remains a top issue for voters. Cooper said Sunday that North Carolinians will pay attention to the debate and Harris’ economic agenda.
“And she has a plan. She has a plan to lower costs for North Carolinians, especially in this child care area, the cost of medicine. We’re excited about her economic plan … and I think North Carolinians will respond to that,” Cooper said. said
After Tuesday’s debate, Harris will return to North Carolina on Thursday for a campaign event to begin a tour of the battlefield. Second Gentleman Douglas Amhoff and Minnesota First Lady Gwen Walz are also set to embark on a bus tour across the state this week.
Cooper said Sunday that he believes the more North Carolinians listen to Harris’ message, the more support he will continue to gain in the state.
“As we continue to bring this information to the American public and to people here in North Carolina, Kamala Harris has an economic plan that will help lower costs for everyday people, while helping families prosper. To protect women’s reproductive freedom. I think at the end of the day, that’s what’s going to work here,” Cooper said.
And when asked if he would be open to potentially serving as attorney general in a Harris-Walz administration, Cooper said, “We’ll see.” Cooper and Harris know each other because they both served as attorneys general of their states.
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