Opinion
Primaries teach political lessons
Michael Bloomberg’s operation in North Carolina was massive — mind-boggling in its scope and expense. And it was, in retrospect, a foolish waste of resources.
News
CJ politics week in review, Feb. 17-21
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review: Common core: A week ago, State Superintendent Mark Johnson sent a survey about Common Core to thousands of parents and educators. The results are in, after more...
Opinion
Putting rightward nature of political polarization to rest
Partisan polarization has been a fixture of American politics for several decades now. Recently, analysts have argued it’s asymmetric. To be sure, Democrats have moved to the left. But they have not drifted from the middle ground as much as Republicans have to the right. Political scientists offer several explanations. Republican lawmakers tend to...
