Join us to canvass in North Carolina.
The Harris campaign recently designated North Carolina as the most likely state to flip blue this year. They’ve already opened 14 offices in NC, and Kamala Harris has campaigned frequently there. In 2020, Biden lost the state by only 75,000 votes. By August, more than 235,000 new voters had been registered in NC. the largest number of any swing state. North Carolina is poised to do in 2024 what Georgia did in 2020.
All In for North Carolina is helping out-of-state residents connect with canvassing opportunities, primarily focused in critical Mecklenburg County, home of Charlotte. Once you sign up, we will reach out to help with connections, training, and other needs you may have to make your trip to NC effective and memorable.
Canvassing will take place daily through the election. Sign up now to help us Flip NC Blue.
Charlotte/Mecklenburg County for the win!
Join our fun—and effective—phone banks to recruit volunteers for the Democratic Party of all-important Mecklenburg County.
- Every Sunday, 6-8:00 pm via Zoom. Info and signup here.
- Wednesdays, 6-8:00 pm via Zoom. Info and signup here.
Our phone bankers recruited 90% of Mecklenburg Democratic Party’s new volunteers. Want to learn more about ways we support Mecklenburg Dems—and why? Check out How Boston Democrats adopted Mecklenburg County, from WFAE, Charlotte’s NPR station.
North Carolina: key to Democratic control of the U.S. government—and the future of our democracy
The geographic and strategic focus of our work at All in for North Carolina (AINC) is Mecklenburg County, the greater Charlotte area. To understand why this is the linchpin, a key leverage point for winning the Presidency and statewide races in North Carolina in 2024, watch this 44-second video from NC U.S. Representative Jeff Jackson and Democratic candidate for NC Attorney General: he makes the case with crystal clarity.
North Carolina is a highly purple and key swing state. While Republicans have won the last few elections, margins have been close. In 2016, Democrat Roy Cooper won the governorship by 10,300 votes. Joe Biden lost NC to Donald Trump in 2020 by only 75,000 votes, just 1.3% – the smallest margin in any state that he lost. Also in 2020, Democrats came within two points of winning a US Senate seat. And Chief Justice Cheri Beasley lost her statewide election by only 401 votes – out of 5.4 million total.
Democrats CAN win in North Carolina, and demographic trends are in our favor. With 100 people a day moving to NC, especially into swing suburban and exurban districts, the political landscape should be tilting blue. The Biden campaign has been running TV ads there since the summer of 2023 and will be investing heavily in winning NC in 2024. With 16 Electoral College votes, a win in North Carolina equals wins in Wisconsin and Nevada combined.
Turning North Carolina blue, in an evenly divided country, can be the tipping point for the Presidency, U.S. Senate and House in the coming decade. North Carolina will feature two of the nation’s best Democratic U.S. Senate pick-up opportunities in 2026 and 2028 and critical state Supreme Court elections in 2024, 2026 and 2028. Which party controls the NC Supreme Court will determine whether fair maps will be in use in NC in one of the fastest-growing states and could determine whether Republicans or Democrats occupy three or four U.S. House seats in 2030 and beyond.
You can help us lay the groundwork for Democratic wins in North Carolina! Our success in winning elections in 2023 working closely with the Mecklenburg County Democratic Party around Charlotte (see below for details) proves that winning is possible — if we do the work.
In 2024, North Carolina has one of the most important and hotly contested Governor’s races in the country. Current Democratic Governor Roy Cooper is term-limited and cannot run for re-election so there is an open seat. The state Attorney General seat, currently held by Democrat Josh Stein, who is running for Governor, is also open. There is a State Supreme Court election, with Democrat Allison Riggs running for re-election. One of Democrats’ top goals for 2024 is to pick up seats in the legislature and break the Republican supermajority. Democrats must hold and flip enough state legislative seats so that the Republican-controlled NC legislature can’t continue to override a Democratic Governor’s veto of Republican bills to roll back democracy, reproductive rights, public education, and environmental protections.
The two current North Carolina Republican U.S. Senators just barely won their elections, with possibly the most vulnerable Republican-held US Senate seat (Thom Tillis) on the ballot in 2026. With Democrats currently in control of the U.S. Senate by only one seat, flipping U.S. Senate seats in North Carolina is the path towards long-term Democratic control of the U.S. Senate.
Our strategic geographical focus in 2024 continues to be Charlotte, the largest city in NC, and its surrounding area of Mecklenburg County. Mecklenburg County has more registered Democrats than the 50 least populous counties in NC combined — over 330,000 registered Democrats, the most in the state. But turnout in 2022 was 45% compared to 58% in Wake County (which has Durham, Raleigh and Chapel Hill) and a statewide average of 51%. This was an abysmal 93rd out of 100 counties. With our help and support, and dynamic new leadership in the local MeckDems, Mecklenburg can do much better in 2024 and beyond, reaching and exceeding the statewide average. This could yield a net Democratic gain in that one county alone of up to 50,000 Democratic votes. Biden lost the whole state of North Carolina in 2020 by only 75,000 votes.
The North Carolina Democratic Party and the Mecklenburg County Democratic Party (MCDP) have new, dynamic, smart, capable, young leaders. They have a plan for 2024: (1) Build statewide grassroots operations in all 100 counties, and (2) Reach every corner of Mecklenburg County. They are focused on hiring organizers to recruit tens of thousands of volunteers who will have conversations with and turn out voters. As important, there are strong and growing civic and community organizations doing on-the-ground organizing to turn out Democratic voters.
The 2023 election on November 7th turned out well for Democrats in Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky, but also in North Carolina and especially in Mecklenburg County. The revived, strengthened MCDP focused on Huntersville — a suburb of Charlotte with 62,000 people that had never before even had a full Democratic slate. Huntersville is Mecklenburg County’s second largest entity (62,000 people) and fifteenth largest in the state, bigger than Chapel Hill. A former state rep and gun control activist won for Mayor, and the town government entirely flipped, from all-but-one Republicans to all-seven Democratic. The MCDP-endorsed slate for all three county-wide School Board races also swept those three offices.
The power for this big win was the new volunteer operation the MCDP put together, with over 500 volunteers, including 150 canvassers. Our Sunday-night phone banks helped recruit many of these volunteers. In the leadup to the 2024 election, the MCDP wanted to test out their systems. And the MCDP performed and delivered. Their goal for 2024: get tens of thousands more Democratic voters out in 2024 to win NC for Biden, statewide races and state legislative races. The strategy in 2023 was to prove that Democrats can win big even in Republican areas of Greater Charlotte. Their belief is that this big win will inspire many more volunteers and generate more funds to win big in 2024.
This is where you come in: please join with us in AINC in 2024 to phone bank, postcard, raise funds, canvass and support Democrats in North Carolina for an earthshaking big win.
About All in for North Carolina
All In for North Carolina (AINC), affiliated with Swing Blue Alliance, is an all-volunteer, mostly out-of-state organization. AINC works closely with many North Carolina grassroots community and civic organizations, the North Carolina Democratic Party, the Mecklenburg County (Greater Charlotte) Democratic Party, and key Democratic elected officials and candidates. These North Carolinians know the terrain, have boots on the ground, and help direct our efforts. Our support for their work includes fundraising for community organizations and Democratic Party bodies, phone banks that recruit volunteers for in-state North Carolina organizations and that get out the vote, postcard writing, and organizing out-of-state volunteers to canvass in North Carolina.
In 2021-2, AINC and our out-of-state partners generated hundreds of volunteers for North Carolina groups. We also raised $375,000 for eight organizations and three candidates. In 2023 and through April 2024, we’ve raised over $1.5 million for organizations and the Democratic Party in North Carolina, through a half-dozen fundraisers attended by hundreds of people and involving over 1000 donors. These funds help Democrats win elections in North Carolina and strengthen organizations that engage, register, and turn out Democratic voters.
AINC leaders are based primarily in Massachusetts and New England, but we have a growing number of North Carolinians working with us. Almost all of our work, programs, and events are virtual. An exception is our canvassing program, for which we recruit out-of-state volunteers to travel to North Carolina to knock on doors and talk to voters.
We are governed by a Steering Committee. We welcome volunteers from New England and beyond, including many from North Carolina and some from New York, California, Maryland, Washington DC, and all over the U.S.
To sign up for our newsletter please fill out the form on this page.
If you would like to explore volunteer leadership opportunities or join our All in for North Carolina Team, please fill out this short form: https://forms.gle/eR7j3fEgwyQLsn8r6
For more information or with questions, comments, or suggestions, please email us at mafornc@gmail.com