by Thomas Mills | May 3, 2018 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina |
Under the leadership and example of Donald Trump, the GOP has openly become a party of grifters, using positions of power and influence to benefit themselves and their cronies. The latest example is over at the UNC Board of Governors. The next chair has been trying to...
by Thomas Mills | May 2, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Polling |
There’s another poll that shows the Democratic advantage is holding in North Carolina. The Survey USA poll done for Spectrum News shows Democrats have an edge in the generic ballots for both Congress and legislature. It also shows that Trump is unpopular in the state...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 30, 2018 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
John Blust and Trey Gowdy almost make me want to reconsider my opposition to term limits. Unbound by the need to get re-elected, they’re speaking truth power and in both cases the power is their own party. We need voices of reason and less of the tribe. John Blust...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 27, 2018 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina, Polling |
Andrew Dunn has created a great new site called Longleaf Politics that, among other things, is tracking polls in North Carolina. The most recent entries look at Congressional races in NC-09 and NC-13. The polls were conducted by PPP for the Democratic SuperPAC Patriot...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 26, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, NCGA |
I got a glimpse of a poll in a GOP legislative primary and it should give Republican incumbents a shudder. It’s just one district, but there’s an indication that their base is not happy with their elected officials. That feeling could hurt turnout in both the primary...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 25, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, North Carolina |
This year marks fifty years since the end of the one-party South in North Carolina. The Democratic Primary in May of that year gave a hint of what was to come and the November election began to define the modern Republican Party in the South. The forces that reshaped...
