by Alexander H. Jones | Nov 18, 2020 | Politics |
“We have a mandate to legislate,” state House Speaker Tim Moore lyrically declared. Continuing their habit of jaunty rhetoric, both Moore and his Senate counterpart Phil Berger are boasting of vindication in the 2020 election. In their telling, North...
by Alexander H. Jones | Nov 16, 2020 | Politics |
The worst political candidates resemble items you can buy at the supermarket. Prepackaged, carefully tested, and easy to predict, they operate on an often gimmicky level and try to travel well-grooved paths to electoral victories that many want for their own sake....
by Alexander H. Jones | Nov 12, 2020 | Politics |
The timing of Jesse Helms’s death was certainly ironic. He passed away in the summer of 2008, months after the state he represented for 30 years voted for Barack Obama in the Democratic primary, and months before that same state would vote for Obama in the...
by Alexander H. Jones | Nov 11, 2020 | Politics |
Sometimes a metaphor can reshape the way society understands itself. Such was the case with the red-blue political map that emerged from coverage of America’s 2000 presidential election. This visual conceptualization of political divides has flattened the way we...
by Alexander H. Jones | Nov 9, 2020 | Politics |
As I wrote last week, the 2020 election was largely a disaster for North Carolina Democrats. But one commenter’s critique rang true: I did not account for Governor Roy Cooper’s reelection. The governor’s race factored as a significant bright spot...
