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Do Democrats really win when people vote? We’re about to find out

by Thomas Mills | Oct 15, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog | 1 comment

As early voting begins today, my twitter feed is full of photos of long lines at polling locations an hour or more before the polls even open. Democrats are celebrating and sharing the images. Republicans are silent. One of the starkest differences to have emerged in...

Democrats end with momentum

by Thomas Mills | Nov 5, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog

Democrats won the news cycle last week. Heading into the final weekend of the election, they have momentum and the electorate seems to the be breaking their way. Donald Trump’s message of fear and hate was over the top for too many Americans. He may have inspired a...

Election Day vote and unaffiliated voters will tell the tale

by Thomas Mills | Oct 31, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog

This year in North Carolina, it’s all about the unaffiliated voters. They’re voting as a larger proportion of the electorate than they have in past midterms and how they break will likely determine the outcome of the election. If they break for Republicans, they could...

A final look at the numbers

by Thomas Mills | Nov 3, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, US Senate | 7 comments

The Hagan campaign must be happy, if not a bit nervous, about where they are right now. All of the polls in the final week had her up by at least a point. The make up of the electorate looks a lot more like 2012 than 2010 and her GOTV operation seems to be working at...

In-person early voting has ended

by Michael Bitzer | Nov 2, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Bitzer, Features | 3 comments

Originally published at Old North State Politics. We have the final totals for the vast majority of early votes coming in for North Carolina’s general election; a small number of mail-in ballots will continue to trickle in, but the numbers point to a substantial...