by Kirk Kovach | Jun 29, 2019 | 2020 election, The Kovach Corner
Over the course of the last week, the Democratic debates have demonstrated in succinct form what has been known since at least 2016: The Democratic Party is shifting leftward. Or is it? Certainly, the leftward flank of the party is ascendant now. On the heels of...
by Kirk Kovach | Jun 28, 2019 | Budget, The Feed, The Kovach Corner
Last December I put together a little piece examining the fact that former Rep. Justin Burr, from Stanly, snagged a prime job right off of his electoral defeat. Burr, who has no experience at all in the field for which he would be responsible in this job, skated...
by Kirk Kovach | Jun 14, 2019 | Issues, The Kovach Corner
The Southern United States has always been averse to the idea of unionized workforces. At its core, much of that is born out of the agrarian history of the region. From the nation’s inception, the South has been an economy driven by agriculture. In fact, the “peculiar...
by Kirk Kovach | May 31, 2019 | 2020 elections, The Kovach Corner, US Senate
In the course of the past few weeks, Thom Tillis has worked to solidify his standing amongst the Trump wing of the Republican Party, insofar as there is any other wing at this point. Unfortunately for him, it looks like a lost cause. Mark Walker, the prominent...
by Kirk Kovach | May 28, 2019 | NC Politics, Politics, The Kovach Corner, US Senate |
As it stands now, Democrats need a candidate for US Senate. There have been a few candidates to throw their hat into the race so far, but none of them have the fundraising ability or the institutional support to mount a realistic challenge against the incumbent Thom...
by Kirk Kovach | May 18, 2019 | Demographic Trends, The Feed, The Kovach Corner
Pew has a new survey out that looks at the nature of politically independent voters, and the upshot is something that is apparent from polling but still goes rather undiscussed on network news: Independents are not just a large cohort of people sitting on the fence,...
