The worst thing that happened to the NC Supreme Court was when Republicans changed the elections from nonpartisan to partisan in 2018. Following the last nonpartisan election, Democrats held a 6-1 advantage on the court. Since then every race has been won by the Republicans except for one where two Republicans split the vote, with most of the results being achingly close. Clearly there were a small number of voters who were willing to vote for the more progressive candidate when the races were nonpartisan, but now simply check the "R" box.
The worst thing that happened to the NC Supreme Court was when Republicans changed the elections from nonpartisan to partisan in 2018. Following the last nonpartisan election, Democrats held a 6-1 advantage on the court. Since then every race has been won by the Republicans except for one where two Republicans split the vote, with most of the results being achingly close. Clearly there were a small number of voters who were willing to vote for the more progressive candidate when the races were nonpartisan, but now simply check the "R" box.