Ashley Lopez

If you look at registration numbers, Republicans now have like a little bit more of an edge than they did a few years ago.

But it's pretty much neck and neck in terms of the parties where voter registration is really growing is among independent voters.

So

This is a place where Democrats, if they are going to play a little better among independent swing voters, you know, more centrist voters, this is a state where they could potentially do really well.

And as I mentioned, they have an upper hand here.

The Democratic candidate just has way more name recognition.

So if Democrats do want to take the Senate, this is sort of a must win.

Yeah.

And 2008 was sort of a weird year.

It was the year that Barack Obama won North Carolina.

It was just like a sweep for Democrats.

And that has not been seen in North Carolina in a really long time.

Not to say that that's not possible, but it's just more of like 2008 was more of a weird thing.

What we've been seeing a lot in like elections this year and last year, special elections, primaries, governorships, is that Democrats and independent voters in particular are very fired up for elections this year.

They're unhappy with the direction of the country.

Immigration, you know, that has been for a long time a benefit to Republicans.

But right now, after what happened in Minneapolis, it's a liability for them and voters are very upset.

motivated to vote against Republicans on this issue.

And we've been seeing independents time and time again sort of in polling sort of side with Democrats on a lot of issues.

Yeah, well, I mean, it's not surprising because like this is what primaries are, right?