by Thomas Mills | Nov 2, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
With in-person early vote ending on Saturday, I continue my obsession with turnout numbers. I also continue to put my faith in people who are undesignated race and gender to carry Democrats across the line. Voters who have undesignated race make up almost ten percent...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 30, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
At this point in the election cycle, I’m obsessing over turnout numbers and trying to glean any information I can about the potential outcome. I wait for various analysts to tell me how many people voted the previous day and what the break down looks like. I wait for...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 28, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
At this point in the election, the only thing that matters for campaigns is putting people in the polls. While strategists in some races may be arguing over last minute ads buys, none of that matters anymore. The die is cast. Few voters are still undecided and those...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 26, 2020 | 2020 elections, coronavirus, Editor's Blog
As we enter into the final stretch of the campaign, North Carolina seems to be holding steady. Polls show Joe Biden leading Donald Trump and Cal Cunningham is, so far, surviving his sex scandal. Roy Cooper is poised to handily win re-election and voters are voting in...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 23, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
Donald Trump is looking for this cycle’s Comey Letter. Four years ago, Hillary Clinton seemed poised to win a healthy victory when FBI Director James Comey announced in a letter to Congress that he was reopening an investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails because...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 22, 2020 | 2020 elections, coronavirus, Editor's Blog |
It appears that the GOP plan to deal with the pandemic is the same as their health care plan—nonexistent. In North Carolina, conservatives are just flailing about the way Roy Cooper has handled the crisis. While they bash him for the slow economic recovery, they offer...
