Is North Carolina purple or not?
While Republicans did not do as well as they wanted nationally, they did better than average in North Carolina winning the U.S. Senate race and sweeping both state Supreme Court seats. For years, we\u2019ve heard North Carolina is a purple state politically, meaning it\u2019s even and a battleground.
But is that true?\xa0
The dynamics and details beyond the headline are fascinating and we are talking with two of the premiere political scientists who are studying it and publishing articles on the issues. Our guests this week are Catawba College\u2019s Dr. Michael Bitzer and Western Carolina University\u2019s Dr. Chris Cooper