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"The Purple Ballot," Due South's 2024 election preview

Peggy Defenderfer places a test ballot into a tabulator while completing logic and accuracy testing at the Wake County Board of Elections office in Raleigh Thursday afternoon September 15, 2022.
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Peggy Defenderfer places a test ballot into a tabulator while completing logic and accuracy testing at the Wake County Board of Elections office in Raleigh Thursday afternoon September 15, 2022.

Editor’s note: Today’s show is the first in a new Due South series – The Purple Ballot examines the role, impact, and politics of North Carolina in the 2024 election.

It's a big election year. In the North Carolina state legislature, all 50 state Senate seats, and all 120 state House seats are on the ballot.

There's a presidential election. And, the one race for Governor in the South is in North Carolina.

Things are a little different around here. Since 1980, there have been 11 general elections, and North Carolinians have split their ballots in seven of them. Picking a Democrat to be Governor, and a Republican for President.

This has resulted in voters supporting Jim Hunt and Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush and Mike Easley and Donald Trump and Roy Cooper -- that last one has happened twice.

If you go back to 1972, voters have split their tickets nine out of 14 times. Interestingly, not once, has the split seen a Republican win the Governorship and a Democrat carry the state at federal level.

Due South co-host Jeff Tiberii looks ahead to the 2024 elections with a panel of reporters and political scientists.

Guests

Lucille Sherman, reporter at Axios Raleigh

Susan Roberts, Professor of Political Science at Davidson College

Michael Bitzer, Professor of Politics and History at Catawba College

Stephen Fowler, Political Reporter at Georgia Public Broadcasting

Jeff Tiberii is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Jeff joined WUNC in 2011. During his 20 years in public radio, he was Morning Edition Host at WFDD and WUNC’s Greensboro Bureau Chief and later, the Capitol Bureau Chief. Jeff has covered state and federal politics, produced the radio documentary “Right Turn,” launched a podcast, and was named North Carolina Radio Reporter of the Year four times.
Cole del Charco is an audio producer and writer based in Durham. He's made stories for public radio's All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Marketplace. Before joining Due South, he spent time as a freelance journalist, an education and daily news reporter for WUNC, and a podcast producer for WFAE in Charlotte.