/tags/swing-state Swing State en-US Copyright Tue, 29 Sep 2020 11:42:22 GMT /politics/2020-09-29/caught-in-the-middle-a-battleground-county-in-battleground-nc-shows-a-tight-race-for-president On a late afternoon in Granville County, Linda Smart took a stroll around beautiful Lake Rogers Park with her husband, Henry, and a friend."We're hikers… Tue, 29 Sep 2020 11:42:22 GMT /politics/2020-09-29/caught-in-the-middle-a-battleground-county-in-battleground-nc-shows-a-tight-race-for-president Rusty Jacobs /show/the-state-of-things/2016-08-31/on-the-trail-presidential-politics-with-nprs-don-gonyea Election Day is just more than two months away.And the two contenders for the White House are on the trail, making their pleas to voters and attacking… Wed, 31 Aug 2016 16:36:39 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-08-31/on-the-trail-presidential-politics-with-nprs-don-gonyea Laura Lee, Frank Stasio /politics/2016-08-31/on-the-trail-presidential-politics-with-nprs-don-gonyea Election Day is just more than two months away.And the two contenders for the White House are on the trail, making their pleas to voters and attacking… Wed, 31 Aug 2016 16:36:39 GMT /politics/2016-08-31/on-the-trail-presidential-politics-with-nprs-don-gonyea Laura Lee, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2012-11-01/is-north-carolina-a-swing-state In 2008, Barack Obama won North Carolina, marking the first time the state went for the Democratic candidate in over 30 years. In fact, in the previous… Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:12:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2012-11-01/is-north-carolina-a-swing-state Isaac-Davy Aronson, Shawn Wen /the-state-of-things/2012-11-01/is-north-carolina-a-swing-state In 2008, Barack Obama won North Carolina, marking the first time the state went for the Democratic candidate in over 30 years. In fact, in the previous… Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:12:00 GMT /the-state-of-things/2012-11-01/is-north-carolina-a-swing-state Isaac-Davy Aronson, Shawn Wen