Yet such was Trump's strength in rural communities that he won North Carolina nonetheless -- and by an even larger margin than Mitt Romney had in 2012. Even Democrats agree that Trump's continued strength among blue-collar and rural Whites makes North Carolina one of the toughest swing states for Biden. But it has taken Georgia Democrats longer to establish a foothold in the suburbs of that booming community. South CarolinaWedged between North Carolina and Georgia, South Carolina has seemed immune to their trends. "Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina look similar in terms of the trajectory of the demographic shifts," he says.

Source: CNN October 06, 2020 11:03 UTC