by Thomas Mills | Aug 9, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog, Polling
Civitas released a new poll yesterday that shows Joe Biden firmly in the lead in the Democratic primary in North Carolina. It also looks at the level of interest in the primary and asks about a battery of questions about issues facing North Carolina voters. Questions...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 7, 2019 | Editor's Blog
The standoff over the budget is a great example of the perils of one-party rule. For most of this decade, Republicans in the legislature held veto-proof majorities, or close to it. They got accustomed to passing legislation and routinely overriding governors’ vetoes,...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 5, 2019 | Editor's Blog
We’re in an age where the dangerous rhetoric of our top elected officials emboldens extremists to take action. The latest mass murder in El Paso offers the best example. The 21-year-old white supremacist who killed 20 people mimicked the language of Donald Trump in...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 2, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog
The chair of the State Board of Elections abruptly resigned this week after telling an off-color joke in front of a large audience of election officials from across the state. According to WRAL reporters, Bob Cordle has a history of making inappropriate...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 1, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog
I didn’t watch any of the first night of the debates this week and only watched about forty-five minutes of the one last night. I don’t think they matter that much except for whittling down the ridiculously large field. Nobody’s paying much attention at this point in...
