She is tiny in frame, only 4 feet, 8 inches tall, but Sherry-Lynn Womack, a Lee County School board member who is starting her second term, is standing tall against a liberal driven backlash for exercising her First Amendment rights. Womack attended the Jan. 6, 2021 Trump rally…
We must tell all activists, including those whose goals we may share, that no matter how much they may be frustrated by electoral or legislative outcomes, they have no right to take the law into their own hands.
About 41% of voters in union households picked Trump this year. They went 40% for Mitt Romney and George W. Bush, and 39% for John McCain. Reagan won 44% in 1980 and 46% in 1984.
Crucially, Republican-leaning groups started canvassing for votes door-to-door during the summer, while Democratic-leaning groups shied away from this time-tested tactic until the final weeks.
Elections are not like movies with clear endings. They are soap operas. That shocking, cliffhanger ending on Friday? Exciting, yes. But the story continues on Monday.
Democrats want these voters heading into the polls thinking about COVID-19 and health care. The GOP would rather see them thinking about economic recovery and public safety.
Whatever you think of it, political polarization hasn’t yet hunted split-ticket voters to extinction. They still matter — and candidates know it.
Swings of six percentage points or so between August and Election Day are entirely in keeping with the actual behavior of North Carolina’s electorate.
What if North Carolina doesn’t end up getting as much federal relief as expected for state and local government? What if it has lots of strings attached?…
To compete effectively for statewide office or control of the General Assembly over time, Republicans will have regain their footing in major metropolitan areas.
