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The way Davis sees it, North Carolina politics may not be fair for most voters, but it's better than it used to be.
"For 100 years in the South, it didn't matter if you were a member of a party other than the Democrats," said Davis. "You just had no chance. Over the last 30 years the South let go of their hate of Abraham Lincoln. That's where the state has evolved. In the last two decades it has gone from where Democrat registration was over 75 percent to today it's under 50."
Both Davis and Heagarty agree that the tide could quickly change in the next decade, that Democratic factions could begin to seize more control as the conservative ones did in the 1990s. But Davis concedes that that would probably occur through adding more safe districts for the other side, not by providing voters with more competition.
But for now, that won't help Mecklenburg voters much in the upcoming election, where what looks like a ballot packed with choices offers few choices at all.
Contact Tara Servatius at tara.servatius@cln.com
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