by Thomas Mills | May 2, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Polling |
There’s another poll that shows the Democratic advantage is holding in North Carolina. The Survey USA poll done for Spectrum News shows Democrats have an edge in the generic ballots for both Congress and legislature. It also shows that Trump is unpopular in the state...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 30, 2018 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
John Blust and Trey Gowdy almost make me want to reconsider my opposition to term limits. Unbound by the need to get re-elected, they’re speaking truth power and in both cases the power is their own party. We need voices of reason and less of the tribe. John Blust...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 26, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, NCGA |
I got a glimpse of a poll in a GOP legislative primary and it should give Republican incumbents a shudder. It’s just one district, but there’s an indication that their base is not happy with their elected officials. That feeling could hurt turnout in both the primary...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 25, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, North Carolina |
This year marks fifty years since the end of the one-party South in North Carolina. The Democratic Primary in May of that year gave a hint of what was to come and the November election began to define the modern Republican Party in the South. The forces that reshaped...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 23, 2018 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
It’s that time of the year in campaigns where various interest groups are sending candidates questionnaires and petitions demanding fealty to whatever causes they espouse. The most innocuous ones seem to genuinely want to know candidates’ positions. Others almost...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 18, 2018 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Religion, Republicans |
Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, a leader of North Carolina’s pro-adultery wing of the evangelical movement, called politics the “religion of the left.” That’s pretty ironic coming from the party that put an amendment on the ballot to prevent marriage equality based on...
