For N.C. and Pa., a role reversal from ’08 presidential election

For N.C. and Pa., a role reversal from ’08 presidential election, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Oct. 28, 2012.  The Democrats’ 2008 surprise: Four years ago, North Carolina didn’t start out as a swing state. Knowing that the state hadn’t voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since Jimmy Carter, Republicans initially focused their resources elsewhere. Andrew Taylor, political science, featured.