by Alexander H. Jones | May 24, 2022 | Politics
Six-point-two billion is a large number. And so, multiplied by hundreds of thousands, is 3,500. Those figures represent, respectively, the total size in dollars of North Carolina’s budget surplus and the difference between N.C. per-pupil spending and the...
by Alexander H. Jones | May 18, 2022 | Politics |
Yesterday saw one of the livelier primaries North Carolina has held in recent years. But for all the uncertainty surrounding outcomes when the polls closed, most of the highest-profile races shook out without surprises. We’re heading toward November with a slate...
by Alexander H. Jones | May 10, 2022 | Politics |
By 1840, when John Motley Morehead took office as governor of North Carolina, the illiteracy rate for white North Carolinians was 26%. Based on nationwide studies, we can infer that the illiteracy rate for enslaved Blacks could not have been lower than 95%. The state...
by Alexander H. Jones | May 9, 2022 | Politics |
One of the great mysteries of American politics concerns the asymmetry between voter views and voting outcomes. For years, public-opinion surveys have revealed a country that leans toward Democrats on the issues; regardless of this sympathy, the Republican Party...
by Alexander H. Jones | May 3, 2022 | Politics |
Based on a draft opinion leaked to Politico, the United States Supreme Court appears likely to overturn Roe v. Wade by the end of the year. That decision would rocket abortion to the top of the issues motivating American voters. Women would lose rights in half the...
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