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Is North Carolina A Swing State?

In 2008, Barack Obama won North Carolina, marking the first time the state went for the Democratic candidate in over 30 years. In fact, in the previous couple of elections, Republicans won with solid victories. George W Bush had double digit leads over Al Gore and John Kerry. So what happened in 2008, and can it be repeated? Guest host Isaac-Davy Aronson discusses North Carolina’s swing state status with John Hood, the president of the John Locke Foundation; Thomas Jensen, the director of Raleigh'sPublic Policy Polling; John Kappler, the research director at North Carolina Free Enterprise Foundation; andAndy Taylor, a political science professor at North Carolina State University.

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Isaac-Davy Aronson is WUNC's morning news producer and can frequently be heard on air as a host and reporter. He came to North Carolina in 2011, after several years as a host at New York Public Radio in New York City. He's been a producer, newscaster and host at Air America Radio, New York Times Radio, and Newsweek on Air.
Shawn Wen joined the staff of The State of Things in March 2012 and served as associate producer until February 2014.