In Trump’s America, every day is Halloween. His political MO is fear. He sees ghosts, goblins and boogeymen everywhere. His rallies stoke fear and loathing. He can’t even sustain a forced show of... Read More
Has politics become polarized? Even if you and I agree on little else, I’ll bet we agree that the answer is clearly yes. But as the wild and wacky elections of 2018 near their close, it’s worth... Read More
One day, these figures – President Trump and his cohorts, the muck-brained minions of Fox News – will distance themselves from their own words and actions. They will hedge and equivocate with... Read More
Whenever election time comes around, the media, political parties, and candidates begin thumping about voting rights, precincts and districts, voting times and places, registrations and ballots, and... Read More
With today's release of a new Meredith College Poll, they find that both congressional and state legislative generic ballot questions have Democrats favored by 10 points over Republicans. This is... Read More
The newest edition of The Meredith Poll found strong voter enthusiasm and signals an increased advantage for Democrats. Voter enthusiasm remains high heading into the last few days before Election Day... Read More
If we learned one thing during the devastation and recovery from Hurricanes Florence and Michael, it’s that setting aside more than $2 billion in savings for a rainy day was a very good idea. But... Read More
The latest Spectrum Poll shows voters probably aren’t sold on all six proposed constitutional amendments. A number of factors, including coordinated opposition to some and the number of amendments... Read More
by Tom Campbell, Producer and Moderator of NC SPIN, October 24, 2018. We talk a lot about today’s tribal, partisan politics, where the camps seem to migrate farther and farther to the right or left... Read More
If your taxable income is greater than $60,000, then you are at least a bit better off than the average North Carolinian. But does that make you wealthy? There’s an amendment on the ballot this year... Read More
