by Thomas Mills | Aug 13, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
The Congressional race in NC-11 is heating up. Two polls show the race is tight in a district that Republicans hoped to hold easily. Democratic nominee Moe Davis released a poll yesterday showing that he is in a statistical tie with his Republican opponent, Madison...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 12, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
It’s Biden-Harris and it’s good for North Carolina Democrats. From the time Biden announced he would pick a woman as a running mate, Kamala Harris seemed the logical choice. African Americans delivered the nomination to Joe with his stunning victory in South Carolina....
by Thomas Mills | Aug 10, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
Thom Tillis’ legislative legacy may be the death of him yet. Back in 2014 when he was running to unseat incumbent Kay Hagan, the Hagan campaign tried to make the race about education and the GOP cuts to teacher salaries and classrooms. One pundit said that Hagan...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 7, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
This year feels increasingly like 2006. Back then, the Republican Party was fighting off scandals, wars, botched responses to natural disasters, and numerous self-inflicted wounds. This year, the pandemic and the reckoning over race have replaced the wars and natural...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 6, 2020 | 2020 elections, coronavirus, Editor's Blog |
A group called AccountableUS released a poll yesterday that indicates a bubbling economic populism in the state driven by COVID and in contradiction to the GOP approach to the coronavirus. The poll also shows how the GOP is out of step with the rest of the state and...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 5, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
For most of the time I’ve worked in politics, the political environment was pretty much baked-in by Labor Day. In the final two months of a campaign, candidates could fight around the edges, running against the tide, with a tide or battling out a more neutral...
