by John Wynne | Feb 13, 2017 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, Politics |
In a setback for progress, this weekend North Carolina Democrats elected a white, cisgender, heterosexual male to lead their party. The new chairman of the NCDP is former Commissioner of Insurance Wayne Goodwin, who lost his seat on the Council of State in the Trump...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 2, 2017 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina |
When the numbers were released in North Carolina, they showed that almost half of voters under 25 years old didn’t vote and over 40% of voters aged 26-40 stayed home. Hunter Buxton, executive director of First Vote NC, notes that more than 40% of the 18-25 year olds...
by John Wynne | Feb 2, 2017 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC House |
The newest member of the General Assembly is Democrat Deb Butler of Wilmington. Butler was chosen to fill the vacancy left by retiring incumbent Susi Hamilton, who left to become Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources in Roy Cooper’s administration. The...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 1, 2017 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, North Carolina |
The News & Observer’s article about Pat McCrory’s emails concerning HB2 describe a man who never figured out to survive in state government. He was clearly thin-skinned, obsessing over news reports and unwilling to stand up for what he really believed. He got...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 27, 2017 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
The 2016 election data is in and it’s pretty ugly for North Carolina Democrats. According to data released by Democracy North Carolina yesterday, their turnout in November was down 1.4% from 2012 while Republican turnout was up 2.5%. That’s what they call an...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 19, 2017 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
I’m old enough to remember when Republicans pummeled Democrats for unfunded mandates. Unfunded mandates are regulations or requirements passed by legislatures or Congress without the money to pay for them. That’s exactly what Republicans are doing to our public school...
