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Former Obama advisor confident 'upscale' urban voters will vote
David Axelrod, former advisor to President Barack Obama, asks Democratic presidential candidate South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg questions during an event at the University of Chicago on Oct. 18, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois. The event was hosted by the University of Chicago Institute of Politics. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) | Scott Olson/Getty Images
Former Obama senior advisor David Axelrod faced criticism for questioning the ability of storm-ravaged rural voters in western North Carolina to get to the polls next month compared to their liberal "upscale" urban counterparts.
Axelrod, who was born and raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, noted during an episode of his podcast "Hacks on Tap" last Wednesday that the liberal city of Asheville, North Carolina, is a "blue dot" in an otherwise deep-red part of the battleground state, which was the epicenter of destruction from Hurricane Helene.
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Former Obama senior advisor David Axelrod faced criticism for questioning the ability of storm-ravaged rural voters in western North Carolina to get to the polls next month compared to their liberal "upscale" urban counterparts.
Axelrod, who was born and raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, noted during an episode of his podcast "Hacks on Tap" last Wednesday that the liberal city of Asheville, North Carolina, is a "blue dot" in an otherwise deep-red part of the battleground state, which was the epicenter of destruction from Hurricane Helene.
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David Axelrod prompts backlash for doubting rural NC storm victims can be 'wrangled' for Trump
Former Obama senior advisor David Axelrod faced criticism for questioning the ability of storm-ravaged rural voters in western North Carolina to get to the polls next month compared to their liberal