Black voter turnout in North Carolina has dropped 10% among in-person early voters compared to the same period in 2020, according to AXIOS. The decline could have significant implications for Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign, as Black voters are considered essential to her success in key battleground states like North Carolina and Georgia, where they make up a larger share of the electorate than in other parts of the country. Of the more than 2.6 million North Carolinians who have voted in person so far, just over 481,000 are Black—a drop from 2020 levels, according to an A…
