by Thomas Mills | Mar 21, 2018 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
A look at a new Pew Report combined with numbers accumulated by Dr. Michael Bitzer illustrate the problem Republicans will face in North Carolina over the next decade or so. According to Bitzer’s data, more than half the voters in the state are women. According to the...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 20, 2018 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog |
It seems like every shady idea Republicans have to rig elections is tried out in North Carolina first. We had the most extreme gerrymandering in the nation following the reapportionment in 2011. We had the most extreme voter suppression program that “would target...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 19, 2018 | Bitzer, Editor's Blog, Politics
When I started working in politics in North Carolina about 25 years ago, we had two main metrics to determine whether districts were competitive or not: party registration and race. While both factors still matter, the state is changing and how we identify competitive...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 16, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, North Carolina |
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Nixon’s Southern Strategy that accelerated the transformation of the South from a one-party system by cynically exploiting the success of the Civil Rights movement. Nixon’s strategists understood that integration forced on...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 15, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, North Carolina |
Evidence that the GOP is hitting panic mode in North Carolina came in the form of a leaked email from Republican House Caucus director Matt Bales. Before the votes were completely counted in Pennsylvania, Bales shot off a warning to members of the GOP caucus: “Last...
