by Thomas Mills | Aug 24, 2016 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, North Carolina |
Catawba College political scientist Michael Bitzer does a great job of tracking and analyzing voter registration trends in the state. Today, he has a post that compares the registration make up of people who registered before 2012 to those who registered after 2012....
by Thomas Mills | Aug 23, 2016 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
Wake County Commissioner Caroline Sullivan is getting screwed. She’s a casualty of GOP mismanagement of our state. Sullivan did nothing wrong and yet she’s paying a price for legislative overreach and abuse of power. That’s wrong It’s a twisted tale. In 2011, the GOP...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 19, 2016 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate |
Republicans across the country are starting worry about Richard Burr. For most of the cycle, GOP insiders seemed to think that he would be alright. He had a large war chest and has proven to be hard campaigner with few high negatives. Now, though, Donald Trump...
by John Wynne | Aug 18, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC House Races, NC Politics
North Carolina State House District 9: State Rep. Greg Murphy (R) vs. Brian Farkas (D) This is another somewhat purple district in Eastern North Carolina. House District 9 is located entirely within Pitt County and contains part of the city of Greenville. It’s...
by John Wynne | Aug 18, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC House Races, NC Politics
House District 8: State Rep. Susan Martin (R) vs. Charlie Pat Farris (D) The state’s Eighth House District consists of about half of Wilson County, connected by a tiny strip to about a third of Pitt County. It’s a largely rural and agricultural district....
by Thomas Mills | Aug 18, 2016 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
The past few weeks have made it clear that the only people threatening the integrity of elections in North Carolina are the Trumpists leading the Republican party. First, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals showed that the voter suppression law passed in 2013 clearly...
