by Thomas Mills | Apr 27, 2018 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina, Polling |
Andrew Dunn has created a great new site called Longleaf Politics that, among other things, is tracking polls in North Carolina. The most recent entries look at Congressional races in NC-09 and NC-13. The polls were conducted by PPP for the Democratic SuperPAC Patriot...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 26, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, NCGA |
I got a glimpse of a poll in a GOP legislative primary and it should give Republican incumbents a shudder. It’s just one district, but there’s an indication that their base is not happy with their elected officials. That feeling could hurt turnout in both the primary...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 25, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, North Carolina |
This year marks fifty years since the end of the one-party South in North Carolina. The Democratic Primary in May of that year gave a hint of what was to come and the November election began to define the modern Republican Party in the South. The forces that reshaped...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 24, 2018 | Editor's Blog |
Pat Taylor died on Sunday in Wadesboro. He was lieutenant governor from 1969 to 1973, back when that post had actual power as the leader of the state senate. Before that he was Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives. I knew Pat my whole life and he...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 23, 2018 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
It’s that time of the year in campaigns where various interest groups are sending candidates questionnaires and petitions demanding fealty to whatever causes they espouse. The most innocuous ones seem to genuinely want to know candidates’ positions. Others almost...
