The Real "Firewall": The 206 Firewall

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Indiana is simply more rural than Indiana, Michigan, or Ohio.

True, true.

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Dems aren't just capable of winning NC; they DID win it in 2008. I don't know why we don't remember this.

They also won Indiana, do you think that's likely to be repeated?

Not the same LOL

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This is a better floor map then most, but if Minnesota is a swing state, surely North Carolina is too.

I've done the math. In 2012, North Carolina was much more Republican compared to the nation as a whole than Minnesota was Democratic.

2012 was a GOP wave year

Obama only won reelection by four states and the Dems only made 2 Senate pickups

In a regular year (2006, 2008, etc.) you would see that NC is much swingier than MN