by Seth Effron | Jul 16, 2016 | NC Politics, Polling |
This article was originally published in Seth Effron’s Quick Clips Newsletter. Effron is editor of WRAL’s new opinion section. It is a not-so-secret threshold that insiders look to as they gauge the political temperature in North Carolina. If a Democrat...
by Seth Effron | Nov 4, 2014 | 2014 Elections, NC Politics
“I am mortified to have taken part in a process that required bars to be closed.” – Election Day comment by Jimmy Breslin, a newspaper columnist and 1969 candidate for New York City Mayor. A few years later, the ban on election-day liquor sales was repealed. ELECTION...
by Seth Effron | Oct 28, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Campaign Finance, NC Politics |
A week from now we’ll have our final march to the polls for 2014. While campaign winners and losers will be contemplating new opportunities, North Carolina politicos and voters – no matter who wins the marquee U.S. Senate race — will assess the impact the 2014...
by Seth Effron | Oct 19, 2014 | NC Politics |
Recently someone, knowingly exposed to the Ebola virus, gets on an airplane and travels 2,400 miles. A few days later, it is discovered this person has the disease. Hundreds, if not thousands of people, may have, in some manner, come in close contact with this...
by Seth Effron | Oct 12, 2014 | Gay Marriage, NC Politics |
In the wake of Friday’s court action to strike down as unconstitutional, North Carolina’s ban on same-sex marriage, those who don’t like it have focused on the U.S. district court judge who issued the order — Max Cogburn of Asheville. “It nationalizes the...
