by Alexander H. Jones | Nov 14, 2019 | Politics
Three years ago, in the fateful 2016 election, the Democratic Party lost North Carolina despite what seemed to be strong trends in their favor. No election result can be reduced to a single cause, but if one factor stood out as preeminent, turnout was it. Contrary to...
by Alexander H. Jones | Nov 13, 2019 | Politics
It’s not an original observation that political competition in North Carolina is intense. For the last decade, and to some extent even the last century, our state has seen hard-fought races up and down the ballot. Richard Burr’s victories have stood out as...
by Alexander H. Jones | May 10, 2019 | Politics
The villains of the 1898 Wilmington race riot are well known. A column of well armed white supremacists marched on the city and, spreading a path of destruction their wake, overthrew an American government for the first and only time in history. In our memory of this...
by Alexander H. Jones | Apr 30, 2019 | Politics
So far, the Republican primary for governor has looked like a case of believing one’s own spin. GOP establishment figures have rallied to Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest as their standard bearer, apparently believing that he occupies the mainstream space in the...
by Alexander H. Jones | Apr 15, 2019 | Politics
When realtor Leigh Brown entered the Republican primary for North Carolina’s ninth district, news outlets said she would be financially competitive with Dan Bishop. Friday brought confirmation that they were right. The PAC for Brown’s industry, the...
