by Thomas Mills | Sep 12, 2017 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina |
Watching the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress is like watching a bad sequel to North Carolina 2013. Back then, Republicans roared into Raleigh with full control of state government. They had voting rights, immigrants, gun control, LGBT rights, and...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 11, 2017 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina, Politics |
Republicans have been bad for North Carolina, especially its reputation. For decades, the state was seen as a bastion of moderation that attracted industry, housed a world-class public university system, balanced development and environmental responsibility, and...
by Ryan Watts | Sep 8, 2017 | 2018 elections, NC Politics, Politics |
Note: Ryan Watts is a client of PoliticsNC. That said, Thomas Mills fully supports this statement and Ryan’s candidacy. I’m running for Congress in North Carolina’s 6th Congressional District. After years of watching the ineptitude in Washington,...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 6, 2017 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina, Polling |
A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll looks at how and why the country is so divided. The findings clearly reflect the reality here in North Carolina. The fault lines fall mainly between rural and urban dwellers and educated and less-educated citizens. Globalization...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 30, 2017 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Redistricting |
The redistricting debate in North Carolina brings into stark focus the rural-urban divide in the state. In his defense of legislative districts that give Republicans a veto proof majority in the state, Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger argues that Democrats have...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 28, 2017 | Editor's Blog, NC House |
On Friday, Republican Representative David Lewis cited a blog I wrote on the House floor to justify the gerrymandered districts he’s pushing. The quote he used said, “Democrats have basically ceded rural America, giving the GOP an advantage in district configurations...
