Mac McCorkle: As Election Nears, Durham Parties Eye a Growing Group — Unaffiliated Voters

As Election Day approaches, Democrats are eyeing this growing group with a key question: Will Durham’s unaffiliated voters continue to vote Democratic? Steve Rawson, chair of the Durham County Democratic Party, said Durham’s unaffiliated voters are essential to his party’s aim to flip North Carolina for the first time since 2008: Duke professor Mac McCorkle describes this type of voter as a “shadow partisan”— an unaffiliated voter who nevertheless can be depended upon to vote consistently Republican or Democratic.