by Thomas Mills | Feb 23, 2022 | Editor's Blog |
By noon today, we’ll have an answer as to whether a three-judge panel of Superior Court judges accepts the maps drawn by the legislature. The panel could reject them and draw their own or they could accept alternative maps drawn by other parties. Regardless, the...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 21, 2022 | Editor's Blog
Last week, I wrote a piece urging Democrats to accept the Congressional maps drawn by Republicans in the legislature. My argument centered on the competitiveness of the districts. Four of the new districts would be highly competitive. That’s more contested seats than...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 18, 2022 | Editor's Blog |
Yesterday, the legislature passed a Congressional map that gives Democrats four safe seats, Republicans six safe seats, and four that are somewhat competitive. Of the competitive districts, Biden won one and Trump won three, but Roy Cooper won all four. According to...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 16, 2022 | Editor's Blog |
Late last night, North Carolina House Republicans released a new version of Congressional districts. It’s a trolling map. Republicans give Democrats four safe seats and keep one competitive. Republicans will retain nine solidly GOP districts. The map puts Orange...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 11, 2022 | coronavirus |
Dr. Michael Bitzer, the political scientist from Catawba College, posted interesting numbers on Twitter yesterday. Bitzer totaled up the results from all the 2020 statewide races in North Carolina and found the vote favored Republicans 50.9% to 49.1%. That would make...
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