by Thomas Mills | Mar 14, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, North Carolina |
Last night’s election results sent Republicans into full-fledged panic mode. Democrats won a Congressional district in Pennsylvania that Trump won by 19 points in 2016. Even before the ballots had been fully counted, the nature of the race was evident. As...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 12, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
Dr. Michael Bitzer of Catawba College has some great data up on his blog and more is coming. The most recent post concerns the Congressional districts in North Carolina. It helps explain why the districts are competitive or not and also highlights how North Carolina...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 9, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics
Filing ended last week and North Carolina filled up the ballots for legislative races. Every seat is contested. For political junkies, 2018 should be a field day. With so many contested races, expect some surprises. Seemingly safe seats will suddenly be endangered....
by Thomas Mills | Mar 8, 2018 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
Republicans are trying their best to turn the a scandal of their own aimed at House Speaker Tim Moore. Democrats have a better scandal than Republicans. The accusations that the GOP is leveling at Cooper are convoluted and hard to follow. Apparently, the Cooper...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 7, 2018 | Editor's Blog |
I grew up in the rural South fifty years ago. Back then, a lot of white people, mostly men, would occasionally tell racist jokes or make racist comments in almost any company–as long as it was white. They usually played on negative stereotypes, impugning...
