by Thomas Mills | Mar 12, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
Dr. Michael Bitzer of Catawba College has some great data up on his blog and more is coming. The most recent post concerns the Congressional districts in North Carolina. It helps explain why the districts are competitive or not and also highlights how North Carolina...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 9, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics
Filing ended last week and North Carolina filled up the ballots for legislative races. Every seat is contested. For political junkies, 2018 should be a field day. With so many contested races, expect some surprises. Seemingly safe seats will suddenly be endangered....
by Thomas Mills | Mar 8, 2018 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
Republicans are trying their best to turn the a scandal of their own aimed at House Speaker Tim Moore. Democrats have a better scandal than Republicans. The accusations that the GOP is leveling at Cooper are convoluted and hard to follow. Apparently, the Cooper...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 5, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, Gun Control |
Monday morning seems a great time to attract the scorn of my friends on the left, so here goes. The gun debate highlights the problems Democrats have winning policy debates and elections. Instead of focusing on the problems and the solutions, they’ve defined it as...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 2, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog |
Kudos to both parties for filling up the ballot in North Carolina this year. Every legislative race will be contested in November and 12 of 13 Congressional districts have races. I’m glad I didn’t know Democrats didn’t have a challenger in NC-03. I would have hated to...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 12, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog |
Last week, I wrote that the wave Democrats are expecting might not arrive. I argued that a strong economy, the recent tax cuts and normalization of Trump’s behavior could reduce the wave that seemed so apparent just a few weeks ago. However, evidence keeps building...
