North Carolinians deserve fair voting maps that allow us to choose our representatives instead of representatives choosing their voters. The first step to getting fair maps is taking back our state courts before new maps are drawn for the next decade.
In the meantime, we must keep up the fight to prevent Republicans from regaining a veto-proof supermajority in our state legislature.
Here are the most competitive legislative districts in North Carolina that need our support to win in 2026.
Here in North Carolina, our first electoral opportunity to begin prying back our state and our country from partisan extremists comes in 2026, when what happens at ballot boxes across the state will shape what happens in Raleigh and Washington, D.C. – both in the near term and for years to come.
The great news is that midterms give us a greater opportunity to impact the outcome than presidential years, when the field is saturated with money and activity. And we know what works. Drawing on analysis and lessons from 2024 and 2018 – the last Trump midterm – we can build the blue wave we need for these critical victories.
Lopa lives in Durham her husband, Neelesh, their 9- and 12-year-old kids, and their two rescue dogs. She works 150 hours a week as a personal assistant, driver, chef, therapist, life coach, maid, tutor, mind reader, and more. “Being a stay-at-home parent is seriously the hardest job ever,” she says. In what little free time she has, she also volunteers with FLIP NC. We are so glad she does!
Check out this Q&A with Lopa, and then sign up to join her at an upcoming canvass!
In 2022, Republicans swept our statewide court races and now hold large majorities on both our State Supreme Court (5 of 7 seats) and Court of Appeals (11 of 15 seats). We cannot get fair maps and return the power to the people until we take back our state courts. We have a path to take back both the N.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals by 2028 – before new maps are drawn for the next decade.
In January, we sat down with Justice Earls, one of two Democrats and the only Black judge on the N.C. Supreme Court, to discuss her civil rights background, how the state courts affect the day-to-day lives of North Carolinians, what cases are expected to come before the court in the coming weeks, and more. Read part two of our interview.
In January, we sat down with Justice Earls, one of two Democrats and the only Black judge on the N.C. Supreme Court, to discuss her civil rights background, how the state courts affect the day-to-day lives of North Carolinians, what cases are expected to come before the court in the coming weeks, and more. Read part one of our interview.
While FLIP NC is shifting our focus to the courts this year, it’s as important as ever to support Democratic candidates in competitive districts across the state and prevent another Republican supermajority in the state legislature in 2024.
Learn more about how you can help ensure Democrats win critical legislative races across the state in November.
One of the most effective ways to turn out voters who might not otherwise vote is direct contact from someone they know. Your friends and family are much more likely to take your call or respond to your text than to a volunteer’s. The chances are good that you know someone who hasn’t voted yet, doesn’t plan to vote at all, has questions about how/where to vote, or doesn’t plan to vote the full ballot. Or you know someone who knows someone who plans to sit this one out. Maybe you can be the spark. If every North Carolinian talked with three friends about voting between now and the election, our democracy would be healthier for it. And the chances of a blue wave would increase, because Democratic voting increases when turnout is higher.
From its inception in early 2017, FLIP NC has focused on voter outreach in advance of elections. But voter protection and voter outreach on election day and during the early voting period are also key areas where volunteers are needed – and filling these shifts has never been as crucial as it is now.
If you are interested in helping to protect the vote during this election, consider staffing North Carolina’s new Rides To The Polls Hotline, working the polls for the Board of Elections, becoming a vote protector, or joining a MAT team. Learn more below!
A Bay Area attorney, Sara discovered FLIP NC through Vote Save America’s Adopt a State program, selecting North Carolina as the state to focus on because she has family here, attended school here, and first voted and organized in Durham. “I have been appalled at the rampant disenfranchisement in the state over the past several years,” she says. “I am determined to help change that course.”
Sara’s hobbies include surfing, learning new languages, traveling, and running – plus she’s been working on a lot of DIY projects during the pandemic. She has been politically activated for most of her life and has never missed an election.
Read this Q&A with Sara, and then join her as a FLIP NC volunteer in these final days before the election!
Andrew lives with his wife, their 11-year-old son, a chocolate lab, and “what is arguably the worst cat in the greater Chapel Hill area.” He works as an enterprise architect for a financial services company, specializing in architecture governance and standards.
He is a part of FLIP NC’s Social Voter Program, tracking the many productive conversations he is having with friends, relatives, and acquaintances around voting in North Carolina this fall. Voter outreach isn’t just about talking to strangers! Read this interview with Andrew, and then sign up for our next Social Voter Program information session on Saturday, Oct. 3 at noon.
Callahan is from a very conservative part of South Carolina and understood from an early age that she was a feminist who supported a woman’s right to choose, knew climate change was real, and believed people shouldn’t be discriminated against based on race, sexual orientation, gender, and all the other factors of identity.
When she went to college in Massachusetts, she left one bubble for another – on the opposite side of the political spectrum. There, she learned to question her own beliefs and understand her privilege. Joining the university student government really jumpstarted her interest in politics.
“Like much of the country, I’ve been all consumed for the last four years,” she says, “but it’s only in the last year when I started actively volunteering to make sure Democrats win in November.”
Check out this Q&A with Callahan, and then sign up to join her for an upcoming virtual phone bank!
Michal is a retired cancer epidemiologist who came to us through a DC/Maryland/Virginia grassroots political group called 31st Street Swing Left. She has been married 33 years to a bioethicist/lawyer. They have two adult children – both are politically active through their work and outside of it.
Michal says she has been “intermittently politically engaged.” For several years – before she went back to school to become an epidemiologist – she helped run the issues office of Common Cause. More recently, she’s been active with the Sierra Club on climate change. And, of course, she’s made herself indispensable as a FLIP NC phone banker!
Check out this Q&A with Michal, and then sign up to join her for an upcoming virtual phone bank or text bank!
A father and husband, Ian is another fantastic phone banker referred to us by Vote Save America/Adopt a State.
A resident of a purple area of western Massachusetts, Ian often sees homes with Black Lives Matter signs next to homes with pro-Trump signs. “It is unfortunate that many Americans see these causes as contradictory – Black lives matter, regardless of what political party you belong – but that is how the issues have been spun by our president, politicians, and pundits,” Ian says. “I wouldn’t call myself an activist, though I have marched in a few protests, communicated with my representatives, participated in postcard-writing campaigns, and I make sure I vote in every election. After feeling upset at the constant doom and gloom of the news, I wanted to do something. Vote Save America’s Adopt a State program was a great way to roll up my sleeves and get to work.”
Check out this Q&A with Ian, and then sign up to join him for an upcoming virtual phone bank!
We have plenty of reasons why we want to FLIP NC (99 of them, in fact!). We've tried to distill a few of the most critical down to a t-shirt design – and those shirts are now available!
Since FLIP NC's earliest days, Durham-based Humbly Made has printed our popular and high-quality t-shirts. Through Sept. 22, they’ll ship you a special edition “Equal Rights &” FLIP NC shirt and donate $10 from every shirt purchased to FLIP NC. This money will go directly to fund our crucial voter outreach efforts in the state's most competitive legislative districts. Hurry to take advantage of this limited-time event!