by Seth Effron | Jul 16, 2016 | NC Politics, Polling |
This article was originally published in Seth Effron’s Quick Clips Newsletter. Effron is editor of WRAL’s new opinion section. It is a not-so-secret threshold that insiders look to as they gauge the political temperature in North Carolina. If a Democrat...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 14, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Campaigns, NC Politics, Politics, Republicans |
In a CNN interview, Ruth Bader Ginsburg came close to endorsing Hillary Clinton. It was out of line. As I said on Twitter, “[W]e have to be consistent about this. It is very bad and dangerous to lose a politically neutral judiciary, regardless of partisan...
by John Wynne | Jul 13, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NC Senate Races, NCGA |
Senate District 15: State Sen. John Alexander (R) vs. Laurel Deegan-Fricke (D) The state’s 15th Senate District featured the closest General Assembly contest of the 2014 election. The Republican, John Alexander, defeated Democratic former mayor of Raleigh Tom...
by James Kotecki | Jul 13, 2016 | Gun Control, Immigration, Issues, NC Politics, NCGA, PODCAST, Politics, Race, Religion, The North Carolinian
Jay Chaudhuri is the son of Indian immigrants, a former attorney for both Attorney General Roy Cooper and State Treasurer Janet Cowell, and North Carolina’s newest state senator. We talk about how his unique background shapes his politics, his work on gun violence,...
by John Wynne | Jul 11, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NC Senate Races |
State Senate District 9 – State Sen. Michael Lee (R) vs. Andrew Barnhill (D) If you want to know which way the political winds are blowing in North Carolina, take a look at what’s going on in New Hanover County, which is almost entirely located within the...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 11, 2016 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
When Republicans in North Carolina started putting together their voter suppression laws, they claimed to be combatting non-existent voter fraud. According to the GOP, voters no longer trusted our electoral system. They might have a point, but voters lost trust in the...
