by Thomas Mills | Aug 5, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
For most of the time I’ve worked in politics, the political environment was pretty much baked-in by Labor Day. In the final two months of a campaign, candidates could fight around the edges, running against the tide, with a tide or battling out a more neutral...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 23, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, News |
Back in 2006, the economy was chugging along at a modest rate. Unemployment was about 4.5% and economic growth was around 3%. Americans said health care and its rising costs were their greatest domestic concern. The war in Iraq had no end in sight despite George Bush...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 20, 2018 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog |
It seems like every shady idea Republicans have to rig elections is tried out in North Carolina first. We had the most extreme gerrymandering in the nation following the reapportionment in 2011. We had the most extreme voter suppression program that “would target...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 29, 2016 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Politics |
North Carolina is different. In 2014, the country as a whole saw the lowest voter turnout in decades. In North Carolina, turnout was about average for a non-presidential year. While a Republican wave washed over the rest of the country, North Carolina Democrats picked...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 21, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, National Politics |
It’s election year and pundits across the political spectrum are speculating about what will drive the electorate next November. In 2014 in North Carolina, the Kay Hagan campaign almost made the election about public education and almost bucked a national GOP wave....
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