6 quick thoughts on the election results

Brutal Robinson wipeout sinks the Republican LG, AG candidates

North Carolina’s long election season is over. I can’t say there were many huge surprises in the results, but there were some clear answers to the questions we had going into Election Day. Here are 6 of my quick takes.

Polls accurately captured Mark Robinson’s brutal wipeout

I’ll admit, I was skeptical when I saw poll results showing Josh Stein up double-digits over Mark Robinson. In a lean-red state like North Carolina, is such an electoral landslide still even possible?

Turns out the answer is yes. This is the bluest map I’ve seen in North Carolina in a long time.

Here’s the list of counties that Dan Forest won in 2020 while losing to Gov. Roy Cooper, but Stein won last night. It’s pretty remarkable:

• Alamance

• Brunswick

• Cabarrus

• Lee

• Lenoir

• Nash

• Franklin

• Jackson

• Transylvania

• Henderson

Robinson sinks Republican candidates for lieutenant governor, attorney general

It’s usually a mistake to attribute an election result to a single factor, but it’s no coincidence that the two candidates who hugged Robins…