by Thomas Mills | Oct 10, 2016 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, North Carolina |
This weekend was jarring. It began with the tape of Donald Trump bragging about his entitlement to sexually abuse women because he’s a “star.” It was followed by the most destructive hurricane since the 1990s. And it ended with Trump turning the presidential campaign...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 7, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog |
The country has been in a cycle of wave elections since 2006. The only exception was 2012. However, while a GOP wave hit the rest of the nation in 2014, it missed North Carolina. Turnout in the state was normal for an off-year election and while Kay Hagan narrowly...
by Alexander H. Jones | Oct 6, 2016 | NC Politics, NCGOP, NCGov |
The wealthy suburbs of Philadelphia (the Main Line) were once strongly Republican. While urban ethnics went Democrat, Protestants on the outskirts voted for the party of fiscal discipline and cultural stability. Then the GOP went crazy. Appalled by the radical tone of...
by James Kotecki | Oct 5, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Campaigns, Features, HB2, Issues, LGBT Rights, NC House Races, NC Politics, NCGA, North Carolina, PODCAST, Politics, The North Carolinian
Jane Campbell is a retired Navy captain and an unaffiliated candidate for NC House. She’s also openly gay. After learning her state representative was an architect of HB2 and running unopposed for reelection, she decided to do something about it. UPDATE 10/5/16...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 29, 2016 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Politics |
North Carolina is different. In 2014, the country as a whole saw the lowest voter turnout in decades. In North Carolina, turnout was about average for a non-presidential year. While a Republican wave washed over the rest of the country, North Carolina Democrats picked...
by Alexander H. Jones | Sep 29, 2016 | NC Politics, Politics, Republicans |
As recently as 2009 David Frum could write, “Americans have long associated Democrats with urban machines, Republicans with personal integrity and fiscal responsibility,” iron-spined people who could be trusted to “cast an austere eye on the depredations of Democratic...
