Tim Funk at the News and Observer also points out the value of the non-white vote.
Tuesday’s voting results held some good news for North Carolina Democrats hoping to keep the state competitive in future election years.
Black voters, who make up 22 percent of the state’s population, cast 23 percent of the vote and went for Obama 96 percent to 4 percent, according to exit polls.
And Latinos went for Obama 68 percent to 31 percent. “You’re talking 2-1 in a group that’s getting to be a bigger part of this state,” said Bitzer.
But exit polls also said this: White voters, who now represent 70 percent of the state’s electorate, were even less supportive of the president than in 2008.
That year, 35 percent of white voters in North Carolina cast their ballots for Obama.
In 2012, he got 31 percent.
via 5 reasons why Obama didn’t carry North Carolina – Elections – NewsObserver.com.