North Carolina split-ticket voters spare Trump in battleground state– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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CHARLOTTE — North Carolina‘s scandal-plagued Republican gubernatorial candidate doesn’t appear to be dragging down former President Donald Trump at the ballot box.
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R-NC) refused to drop out of the 2024 election after reports surfaced detailing Robinson’s history of posting vulgar, anti-Semitic comments on pornographic websites. Robinson had previously been a lightning rod for controversy following a string of inflammatory comments made throughout his political career.
Early voting began in the state on Oct. 17, and while North Carolina Republican voters seem solid in their backing of Trump, a sizable number of early voters in Mecklenburg County, which encompasses the greater Charlotte metropolitan area, told the Washington Examiner they had split their tickets and voted for Robinson’s opponent, Democratic state Attorney General Josh Stein.
Jackie Pitts of SouthPark, a suburb of Charlotte, has voted for Trump in every election since 2016, including this cycle, but she said Robinson’s scandals led her to vote for Stein on Tuesday.
“My son-in-law told me he was a moderate, and he had a fundraiser for him,” she explained. “It’s a mess.”