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Interesting. I would imagine there are a lot of Trump supporters in North Carolina. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/north-carolina-president-re

Interesting. I would imagine there are a lot of Trump supporters in North Carolina. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/north-carolina-president-results https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/north-caroli... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/north-carolina-supreme-court-votes-election https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/north-caroli...

jaredwiener 2y ago
He also specifically told them "You are not forgotten" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KnVL_kOLpM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KnVL_kOLpM
johnea 2y ago
And, after his campaign claimed incorrectly, that ByeDon was not providing relief benefits to republicans in North Carolina, he cancels benefits to everyone. How egalitarian. I know a couple of people in that disaster zone, and I'm told recovery is far far from complete.
Tarball10 2y ago
The governor is a Democrat, though. I imagine this is punishment/retribution similar to cutting Maine's federal school funding after its Democrat governor publicly confronted Trump.
- johnea 2y ago
  The fact that North Carolina's governor is pretty consistently from the democratic party is an interesting story about the lack of actual democracy in the modern US. The population in that state is pretty similar to the US population, in that it is split fairly evenly between the republican and democratic parties. With the democratic party pretty consistently having a slightly higher percentage of the state population. The governor is one of the few positions elected in a state wide popular vote, other positions state and federal, are elected in districts. So while the governor is routinely democratic, both houses of the state legislature are 60% republican, and 10 of 14 federal congressional legislators and both senators are republican. It is considered one of the most gerrymandered states in the US: https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/gerrymandering-deep-dive-north-carolina/ https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/gerrymandering-deep... I post this reply, since this is a major concern of mine for the US as a whole, not just North Carolina. Our 1776 government organization is so sadly antiquated, it leaves the US in a condition barely qualifying as democracy at all. When someone can be elected in a district, with less population than my neighborhood, and if they are a significant fund raiser for their party, be put in a committee position that allows then to control legislation that affects the entire country, that is just not democracy. Like the bulk of Europe after WWII, the US needs to adopt a parliamentary style proportional organization...

jaredwiener 2y ago

He also specifically told them "You are not forgotten" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KnVL_kOLpM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KnVL_kOLpM

johnea 2y ago

And, after his campaign claimed incorrectly, that ByeDon was not providing relief benefits to republicans in North Carolina, he cancels benefits to everyone. How egalitarian. I know a couple of people in that disaster zone, and I'm told recovery is far far from complete.

Tarball10 2y ago

The governor is a Democrat, though. I imagine this is punishment/retribution similar to cutting Maine's federal school funding after its Democrat governor publicly confronted Trump.

johnea 2y ago
The fact that North Carolina's governor is pretty consistently from the democratic party is an interesting story about the lack of actual democracy in the modern US. The population in that state is pretty similar to the US population, in that it is split fairly evenly between the republican and democratic parties. With the democratic party pretty consistently having a slightly higher percentage of the state population. The governor is one of the few positions elected in a state wide popular vote, other positions state and federal, are elected in districts. So while the governor is routinely democratic, both houses of the state legislature are 60% republican, and 10 of 14 federal congressional legislators and both senators are republican. It is considered one of the most gerrymandered states in the US: https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/gerrymandering-deep-dive-north-carolina/ https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/gerrymandering-deep... I post this reply, since this is a major concern of mine for the US as a whole, not just North Carolina. Our 1776 government organization is so sadly antiquated, it leaves the US in a condition barely qualifying as democracy at all. When someone can be elected in a district, with less population than my neighborhood, and if they are a significant fund raiser for their party, be put in a committee position that allows then to control legislation that affects the entire country, that is just not democracy. Like the bulk of Europe after WWII, the US needs to adopt a parliamentary style proportional organization...