by Thomas Mills | Mar 6, 2018 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina |
Back when Republicans were in the minority in the General Assembly, they complained loudly about cronyism and corruption among the Democrats in control of the state. And they had a point. Democratic Speaker Jim Black went to prison for buying a vote for House Speaker...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 5, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, Gun Control |
Monday morning seems a great time to attract the scorn of my friends on the left, so here goes. The gun debate highlights the problems Democrats have winning policy debates and elections. Instead of focusing on the problems and the solutions, they’ve defined it as...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 2, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog |
Kudos to both parties for filling up the ballot in North Carolina this year. Every legislative race will be contested in November and 12 of 13 Congressional districts have races. I’m glad I didn’t know Democrats didn’t have a challenger in NC-03. I would have hated to...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 1, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Race |
Reading the Elon Poll reminded me of a story from early in my career. It also reminded me how urban areas differ from rural ones. The story has lessons for people running for office this year, too. Twenty years ago, at the urging of a political friend, the Democratic...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 28, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Polling |
Last week, Elon University released one of the more interesting and informative polls for political nerds like me. They tested North Carolinians political knowledge. They asked people if they could identify their elected officials, which party controls the...
