Here in 2024, polls suggest Black voters in North Carolina remain about 5 points more Democratic-leaning than Black voters nationally. Eighty-three percent of Black voters in North Carolina support Harris, while 78 percent of Black voters nationally do, according to a straight average of crosstabs of Black support in polls conducted since Aug. 19.*

North Carolina's gubernatorial race is still considered competitive given the state's tight partisan divide, but Republicans in the state told ABC News they had already viewed him as trailing, and that Thursday's report won't help. "He's already got a ...