by Thomas Mills | Sep 10, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog
Republicans are searching for a national message heading into the midterms. They had hoped to be running on the success of their tax plan or the failure of Obamacare. Neither of those has worked out. The tax plan hasn’t helped the middle class and Obamacare is...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 7, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, North Carolina
Mark Harris’ road to Congress just got a little more difficult. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos put $10 million in a Charlotte-based super PAC called With Honor. The PAC supports veterans running for Congress from both parties. However, CEO Rye Barcott, who co-founded the...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 5, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog
With Labor Day past, the homel stretch of the 2018 election season has officially begun. Over the next two months, people who’ve paid little attention to the news or politics will start to tune in. Candidates will begin their paid communication programs in earnest....
by Thomas Mills | Sep 4, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog |
(Full disclosure: I’m consulting on the McNeill campaign now and worked with Larry Kissell in 2006.) After Labor Day in 2006, North Carolina’s last Blue Moon election, a Democratic wave was forming across the nation. While the economy was relatively strong, the...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 31, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog
Donald Trump is in North Carolina today helping two Republican candidates for Congress raise money. Both incumbent Rep. Ted Budd (NC-13) and Republican nominee Mark Harris (NC-09) trail their Democratic challengers in fundraising, according to the second quarter FEC...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 30, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, North Carolina
Yesterday, I spent a good portion of the day reviewing turnout in elections over the past decade. The numbers give a lot of insight into what happened as Democrats collapsed. They also give a roadmap for Democrats to recover. The simple answer to Democratic problems...
