Why I voted for 3 local republicans

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11. I do my part! Hope you do yours.

I work at a store on main Street, meet many visitors and tourists, some looking to move to the area. Folks from all over, and actually most from other parts of NC move here. But I encourage those I perceive as left leaning to move to our county and vote blue, and have had quite a few do just that over the past 15 years, including a few from Buncombe.

I've attended Dem events and meetings, donate, do voter outreach. Running some candidates as an independent/unaffiliated might work. I don't see a Dem getting elected in my county. Remember Heath Schuler, our yellow dog democratic congressman before we were gerrymandered? Politics has gotten so much more polarized since then.

I understand why decisions are made to put funding and resources towards winnable races, especially at a local level. But I was very upset there was no challenger to our state house representative. I'll certainly bring that to the attention of our local Dem party, as well as the need for more Dems to run for school board especially.

I'm encouraged by the early voting numbers, and hopeful NC can flip a Senate seat to blue.