What the blue wave looked like in North Carolina
Topics: North Carolina Politics
2 outlets (NPR and Axios) are covering this story.
How outlets are covering this: 2 outlets ran their own headlines on this story. Both headlines use “North”, “Carolina”. Distinct wording: NPR uses “looked” and “like”; Axios uses “Democrat” and “Cooper”. (Computed from the headlines below.)
- NPR reports: “Democrats have flipped five Republican-held congressional seats in North Carolina. The surprising results were just one part of the blue wave in a swing state that President Trump won three times.”
- Axios reports: “Democrat Roy Cooper has defeated President Trump's handpicked candidate, Michael Whatley, flipping one of North Carolina's two GOP-held U.S. Senate seats. Why it matters: Cooper, the popular two-te…”
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- NPR: What the blue wave looked like in North Carolina
- Axios: Democrat Roy Cooper flips North Carolina Senate seat
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