Now that the counting of ballots is more-or-less complete, let’s take another look back at the results of the 2024 elections — with a particular emphasis on contests closer to the bottom than the top of the ballot. Why look at down-ballot races? Well, I admit to a longstanding annoyance with conflating the election of...
The combination of demographic trends, a diversified media landscape, shifting minority allegiances, and a more flexible stance on traditionally divisive issues has given the GOP a unique pathway to broaden its appeal and cement its influence.
As elected Republicans, we are compelled to speak out against a recent proposal for NC to award its electoral votes to Donald Trump before the votes are counted. This is antithetical to conservative principles.
Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are blitzing northern union states this Labor Day, courting union voters who may be wavering in their support of the Democratic ticket. President Joe Biden joined the pair for an appearance in Pennsylvania Monday morning. It is his first since being replaced at...
North Carolina’s top officials have expressed their support for the 25 states backing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border fight against the Biden administration.
“Explanations exist, they have existed for all time,” the social critic H.L. Mencken once wrote. “There is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong.”
There’s no question that Donald Trump defies precedents set by prior presidents. With or without Trump, American partisan political divisions appear as stark today as anyone can remember. The open embrace of socialism among some highly popular political actors on the anti-Trump left marks a sharp break from the recent past. All of these factors...
Given the result of the 2016 presidential election, it’s not surprising Democrats are talking a lot about the Electoral College as the 2020 campaign gets under way. A number of their candidates want it abolished. Race has become a central feature of the debate. Prominent scholars on the left assert the Electoral College was established to safeguard and propagate...
To the extent voters wanted a check on Trump, they’ve already gotten it with a Democratic U.S. House, so our 2019 special congressional elections will play out in a very different context.
Clearly, 2018 was a Democratic year, as it should have been given a Republican was in the White House. The Democrats picked up 40 seats in the House and seven governorships. The Republicans’ veto-proof “super majorities” were broken in both chambers of the General Assembly. It wasn’t quite the “blue wave” Democrats were hoping for and,...
If current population trends continue, North Carolina will gain a bit more political heft after the 2020 census with the addition of a 14th seat in the U.S. House.
