Biden tries to repeat Obama’s feat and turn red North Car­oli­na pur­ple

A Demo­c­ra­t­ic pres­i­den­tial can­di­date has not won North Car­oli­na since for­mer Pres­i­dent Barack Obama‘s first elec­tion in 2008.
But as Pres­i­dent Joe Biden returns to the Tar Heel State for the first time since his State of the Union address, his cam­paign is pro­ject­ing opti­mism about his prospects not sup­port­ed by ear­ly polling.
Biden and Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris will be in North Car­oli­na on Tues­day to deliv­er pub­lic remarks and attend a pri­vate fundrais­er. Har­ris was in Durham as recent­ly as last month, and Biden was in Raleigh in Jan­u­ary.
“North Car­oli­na is a top bat­tle­ground in this elec­tion, and the Biden-Har­ris cam­paign is invest­ing ear­ly to com­mu­ni­cate with vot­ers across this state and earn their sup­port,” Biden cam­paign North Car­oli­na spokes­woman Dory MacMil­lan told the Wash­ing­ton Exam­in­er. “The choice in this elec­tion is clear between [for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald] Trump’s los­ing MAG …