The great turnout freakout
Back in the olden days, there was just Election Day. None of this Early Vote stuff. Every Election Day, in every campaign I worked in, first thing in the morning, The Great Turnout Freakout would hit... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Top economic development officials at odds about damage from HB2
HB2, North Carolina’s sweeping anti-LGBT law, is affecting the relocation decisions of as many as one fourth of the companies currently considering moving to North Carolina. That’s not some wild... Read More
Check out that used car. It may be a flooded lemon
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, November 3, 2016. Add one more peril to the already-tricky process of buying a good used car: Floodwater. A lot of cars and trucks got thoroughly soaked when... Read More
Storm relief needed
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, November 4, 2016. The last time the legislature went into special session, it created a storm. The next time should be to clean up after one. Or maybe two. Gov... Read More
NC machines have special voting safeguards
North Carolina is among the vast majority of states working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to protect voting equipment from cyber threats. Local elections officials take extensive steps... Read More
Democrats yearn for restoration
If it seems like the campaign against Gov. Pat McCrory’s re-election has been going on for years, you aren’t imagining things. While political parties out of power always spend their time on the... Read More
What would Adams and Jefferson think?
by Tom Campbell, Executive Producer and Moderator, NC SPIN, October 27, 2016. What would Thomas Jefferson and John Adams think about the 2016 elections? We had a marvelous opportunity to get insights... Read More
Debates mislead public about rainy day fund
by Paul O'Conner, Capitol Press Association, published in The Salisbury Post, October 25, 2016. Sometimes I wonder if televised debates don’t do more harm than good, confusing the public when... Read More
NC absentee ballots hit 1M on day early voting expands
With today's expansion of early voting sites and hours, North Carolina's absentee ballots, particularly those by in-person, should start to dramatically take off, and considering that this year's... Read More
The courts or the legislature? What's the future of HB2?
by Joe Killian, NC Policy Watch, October 27, 2016. With less than two weeks before the Nov. 8 election, North Carolina House Bill 2 continues to be a contentious rallying point for the political left... Read More
