(San Francisco) but don't scare those mid westerners!!! lol...

Thanks for the ideas.

Talk about our governor (Pat McCrony - not his real name but close enough) bought and paid for by Duke Energy. Talk about their coal ash issues. Talk about the Republican legislature passing laws in favour of the 0.1%, becoming OB-GYNs overnight and regulating medical procedures for which they're not qualified to do, white law enforcement officers killing the population especially if you're African American, talk about the fact that we have to redraw our electoral maps since the most recent one was too racially motivated when drawing up a couple of districts - and gerrymandering in general. ... a lot of Bernie Sanders' message resonates here at the local level.

Besides here in Greensboro I've seen Carson stickers, Cruz placards... lots of Bernie. .. but no Hillary or Trump.

I hope he hits these issues and the ones below hard.

I hope he is in no way writing off NC. He can't afford any more of that crap. We can win everywhere next week.

make a link between how FBI nailed Patrick Cannon(corrupt (Dem) Mayor of Charlotte) and how they are looking into Hillary right now. Unless she supported him at one time I just could not find a link.

I agree on going after the Republican governor, state legislature and gerrymandering. There are regular protests at the state capitol in Raleigh called "Moral Mondays". Here is one story on that:

http://abc11.com/politics/protesters-take-aim-at-law-about-confederate-monuments/886411/

NAFTA and other trade agreements are very relevant. North Carolina used to be a big furniture manufacturing state and virtually all of that is long gone. The same goes for other manufacturing. There are many small manufacturing towns that have never recovered.

http://www.occidentaldissent.com/2015/12/04/southern-manufacturing-job-losses-since-wto-and-nafta/

<“North Carolina lost 359,794 manufacturing jobs (or 44.2 percent) during the NAFTA-WTO period (1994-2015), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.* This figure is for total manufacturing employment, so it takes into account both jobs created by exports and jobs displaced by imports, among other causes of net job change. The percentage of all private sector jobs that are manufacturing jobs in North Carolina declined from 29.6 percent to 13.2 percent during the NAFTA-WTO period.”>

In the western part of the state (not as heavily populated as the middle of the state from Charlotte through Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill), tourism is a big driver of the economy. A lot of the jobs are low paying, particularly relative to the high cost of housing in Asheville and some smaller towns that have a lot of retirees. The $15 minimum wage and a Medicare for all healthcare plan should play well in this part of the state and I would guess in others.

The main somewhat liberal bastions are different here.

Charlotte is a banking HQ, and the culture tends to reflect that in many ways. Raleigh is a bit more overall liberal. Rural areas are more conservative.

LGBT issues are at the forefront right now due to the Charlotte city council fighting with Gov McCrory over transgender rights (http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2016/02/22/3751987/north-carolina-charlotte-lgbt-mccrory/).

Those LGBT issues intertwine with the Moral Mondays protests at the capitol (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Mondays) which are against a variety of things that Gov McCrory has swept into place including rolling back voting rights, environmental protections, social programs and more (the link has more in-depth coverage)

The sheer number of counties won by Bernie is insane. But he needs the cities. Are there cities that will certainly go Hillary's way? And can he chip away there?

I've been to NC twice but long ago. Raleigh.. Loved it.

NC is not an open primary, so the older African American vote is crucial. I think he will do very well in the college areas, if they show up to vote (I don't want to jinx it).

has quite a bit more African Americans than Michigan, this makes me leery of the results. This and it being closed is why I think it will probably be the worst of the 5.

If you're registered Republican, Democrat or Libertarian then you are restricted to those primaries. If you are Unaffiliated you get to choose the primary you want to participate in.

However it is a big get out the vote campaign that is needed.

That makes me feel infinitely better about our chances.

Climate Change will actually get a good chunk of time tonight. 21 Mayors wrote letters asking for it to be a focal point. So we will see that as well