Are political pundits wrong to call North Carolina a swing state?

[Adam Griffin]

No. The state will continue to move to the left at a faster rate than the nation itself, but for the past few years, it has experienced countervailing trends that have dampened its net movement. The loss of the meaningful remnants of the Greatest Generation and political polarization largely eliminating the concept of "conservative" Democrats have cancelled out a large chunk of the leftward movement as of late that has been fueled by younger voters shifting leftward, racial diversification among the population and more liberal white voters moving to the state. The former dynamic, however, has ran out of steam: there really aren't any from the FDR generation left to die off and there aren't really any conservative Democrats remaining that can/will defect.

Seriously...the whole "the sky is falling" logic with respect to NC's progression toward a Democratic majority in presidential elections due to Obama doing one point worse and Romney doing one point better when compared to a landmark Democratic year 4 years prior is quite tiresome.