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GOP is right to worry about Trump’s performance
History suggests the 2018 congressional elections won’t be kind to Republicans. In half of the eight midterms since 1986, the party occupying the White House lost majority control of the Senate. In only two House off-year elections since 1934 has the president’s party enjoyed net seat gains — in 1998, when voters were reacting to GOP efforts to continue with...
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Helping and healing
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Unaffiliated voters hold the key
Republican candidates have to win a sizable majority of unaffiliated and mildly Democratic voters to be competitive.
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Danger zone
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Efficiency gap analysis can produce absurd results
Use this redistricting tool in its strictest form, and you might be surprised by what you find.
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Hide the money
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Carolina traditions still have value
North Carolinians have developed governmental institutions that favor legislative over executive power, statewide consistency over local sovereignty, and fiscal solvency over grandiose plans.
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Tough lie
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Exposing gaps in the ‘efficiency gap’
Applying the much-hyped redistricting measure to a recent N.C. election produces deceptive results.
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Math problem
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Hospital association/RTI study: Transforming sickness into economic health
A report paid for by the N.C. Hospital Association and prepared by the Research Triangle Institute has, from an economics perspective, a number of flaws. Its most outrageous implication, however, is that getting sick is good for the economy. According to a press release from the NCHA, the study concludes North Carolina’s “hospitals and health care systems boost...
