I'm very excited about this leadership change obviously but this worried me somewhat:
“We cannot rely that urbanization is going to save the Democratic Party of North Carolina,” she said. “We have to win in the state that we live in today. We do that by winning back some of the voters we've lost — winning more counties like Nash and Scotland and Anson — and turning out more of our own voters.”
Short term it's worth investing in a lot of these areas to help mitigate issues with political geography, but long term I think you have to play with the hand you're dealt, and the hand we're dealt in North Carolina is that the Democratic base in these areas is either dying or leaving for the major metro areas in the state. Obviously this will differ from race to race but long term I think the focus should be on solidifying gains in Charlotte, the Research Triangle, and the West rather than trying to stop the bleeding in the Sandhills or the Inner Banks, both of which are likely fool's errands.
