Had Dems more seriously invested here and had a serious turnout effort with black voters, Beasley may have been able to squeak out a win.
The very good news for Ds is metro Raleigh still swung left despite Budd being one of the more "normal" Rs, which suggests the leftwards shifts there are very reliable.
Most suburbanites seem to have come to the conclusion there are no “normal” republicans. And republicans seem in to hurry to convince them otherwise. Wake county is 53% college educated compared to 30% statewide.
Mhm, and that’s been increasing as Raleigh’s influence has dominated the County more and more.
The main issue for Dems is Wake County is only like 1/10th of the state.
