A new Catawba College–YouGov poll finds that North Carolina residents broadly oppose raising taxes to fund public schools, with no partisan group, including Democrats, reaching majority support. The survey also shows strong opposition to federal control of elections and a sharp partisan divide over ICE activity in the state.
North Carolinians deserve to know the truth about ranked-choice voting. It’s a system that upends the “one person, one vote” principle and replaces it with a partisan tool designed to skew elections for the left.
In a Carolina Journal poll conducted shortly after the November elections, 43% of respondents expressed dissatisfaction with the results of the 2024 primaries, stating that they did not produce the best candidates for the general election. While 46% were satisfied and 10% were unsure, the significant level of dissatisfaction highlights potential issues within North Carolina’s primary system.
I know you may find this news depressing, but we’re only five months away from the first votes in the 2024 presidential election. Our current primary system is absurd. The contests start way too early. And their location is unfair to large swaths of American voters. But that doesn’t mean the system ought to be...
North Carolina’s history of drawing congressional and legislative districts is challenging to defend for both political parties. Political opportunism and warfare come with the “big pen” when drawing these critical maps, and there is always outrage for those not at the table. Look no further than when Former Republican Co-Speaker of the House Richard Morgan...
Statewide vote totals in legislative and congressional elections offer little useful information.
People who are serious about changing North Carolina's election mapmaking process should avoid critical mistakes.
Both political camps have to be willing to accept redistricting reform that doesn’t maximize their partisan interests but at least reduces their downside risk while giving voters more intelligible and competitive electoral districts.
Letting politicians choose their voters rather than letting voters choose their political representatives is incompatible with basic principles of conservative governance.
North Carolina is surrounded by states that require voters to prove their identities at the polls.
In an attempt to prevent a repeat of the disruption and delays that ensued in this year’s governor’s race, General Assembly leaders plan to introduce a constitutional amendment that would allow Council of State candidates to choose, in order of their vote totals, which one of the 10 positions they prefer, Carolina Journal has learned. The...
