EDITOR’S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis). In the last couple of days, it became clear that the Harris Campaign is pulling millions of dollars of advertising out of North Carolina—presumably to shore up their support in Virginia! But if Virginia comes into play for President Trump, then the game is over. Below is an excellent analysis by Dr. Steve Turley (link here for bio), who, by the way, is an Orthodox Christian.
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Harris campaign cuts ad buys in North Carolina
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According to ad tracking firm AdImpact, the Harris-Walz presidential campaign has changed much of its remaining ad spending in North Carolina in the last week of the election, pulling millions of dollars worth of ads from the major North Carolina media markets.
This comes a day before Harris is scheduled to campaign in the capital city of Raleigh, the only North Carolina media market where she is leading the Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump.
In the latest Carolina Journal statewide poll, Harris and Trump are tied at 47%. However, Trump leads Harris from Charlotte to western North Carolina by 12 points, and leads Harris by 9 points in North Carolina’s coastal area. They are tied in central North Carolina at 45%. Harris is ahead in the Triangle area of Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, leading 55% to Trump’s 40%.
Trump is also going to be in North Carolina on Wednesday, with a rally scheduled in Rocky Mount.
North Carolina is almost two weeks into early voting and seeing significant upticks in turnout among registered Republicans and a drop among registered Democrats. More than three million votes have already been cast in the election. In comparing turnout to this point in 2020, elections expert Dr. Andy Jackson of the Civitas Center for Public Integrity at the John Locke Foundation reports that Democrats’ turnout is down by more than 340,000 voters, while Republican turnout is up by 9,000 voters.
Both American presidential candidates are silent on need of high speed rail that the Chinese and Europeans enjoy and would be a great boost to the economy as it would transport goods and people faster and cheaper.
I agree with Leonidas. America needs high speed trains. Too bad neither candidate is mentioning it.