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 29, 2020 | coronavirus, Editor's Blog |
Back in 1992, James Carville taped a sign on the wall of the Bill Clinton campaign that read, “It’s the economy, Stupid!” This year, he updated the slogan to “It’s the pandemic, Stupid!” Carville is right: the pandemic is the key driver of voters this year. ...
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 27, 2020 | Editor's Blog
One party clearly wants to disenfranchise voters. Republicans in numerous states are fighting to prevent boards of elections from counting votes that were cast on or before election day. North Carolina is one of those states. Republicans here want to stop the state...
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...
