Democrats in North Carolina appear to be in a rift, and are unable to rely on in-state funding to get their candidates elected.
The North Carolina Democrat Party raised nearly 80% of its 2024 individual contributions from out-of-state donors, while Republicans found support from actual North Carolinians, according to the Carolina Journal.
While President Donald Trump handily won North Carolina in 2024, the same cannot be said for statewide Republicans, which lost races for governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general, as well as a legislative supermajority to stand as a bulwark against the new executive trifecta. The Republican is also behind in a state Supreme Court race, which is tied up in litigation and is yet to be officially decided.
An analysis done by the Carolina Journal and the John Locke Foundation using data from the North Carolina State Board of Elections shows that Democrats and Republicans had nearly inverse fundraising trends. While Democrats sourced 78.5% of their individual donor funding, or $4.2 million, from out-of-state donors, Republicans obtained 71.8%, or $2.8 million, of individual donor funding from inside the state.
“This is not as much of a shocker as you would expect it to be. Democrats have been moving more towards an out-of-state model, though this is the lowest amount of money they’ve raised in the last six years for in-state contributions,” Jim Stirling, research fellow at the John Locke Foundation’ Civitas Center for Public Integrity, told The Federalist. […]
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