Analysis of early voting
We have the final totals for the vast majority of early votes coming in for North Carolina's general election; a small number of mail-in ballots will continue to trickle in, but the numbers point to a... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Staying home is a vote, too
Editorial by Salisbury Post, November 3, 2014. “In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some die... Read More
Nearly 1.1 million cast votes in early voting
In-person early voting is over in North Carolina, and nearly 200,000 more ballots were cast compared to the last midterm election four years ago.State Board of Elections data show nearly 1.1 million... Read More
GOP smells 'conspiracy' after Charlotte O pulls Hagan conflict of interest story
Republicans accused North Carolina’s Charlotte Observer of engaging in a “conspiracy of silence” after it pulled its story about a state government memo calling for “legal review” of... Read More
Spending like its 1969
Government is far, far bigger than it used to be. Liberals generally cheer this development. Conservatives regret it. To understand the disagreement about this change, one must first understand the... Read More
Thom Tillis: Why I want your vote for Senate
by Thom Tillis, published in The Charlotte Observer, November 1, 2014. I was living in a trailer, working in a warehouse, and struggling to pay my bills. It was the late 1970s and millions of... Read More
Kay Hagan: Why I want your vote for Senate
by Kay Hagan, published in The Charlotte Observer, November 2, 2014. As North Carolina’s U.S. Senator, I put North Carolina first in every vote I take and every bill I introduce. I don’t care if... Read More
NC's two Jims
As the 2014 election cycle draws to a close, few states have drawn so much national attention as North Carolina, thanks to the tight Hagan-Tillis race, the dramatic turn in state government from blue... Read More
Dr. Wos' miracle Medicaid cure
Dr. Aldona Wos, secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services, no doubt saw some impressive recoveries when she was a practicing physician, but none can compare with the miracle cure... Read More
NC's sterile Senate race dispiriting, uninspiring
North Carolina’s Senate race has been dispiriting, its candidates uninspiring, the commercials mostly negative, and the campaign obscenely expensive. But at least it will be over Tuesday. Let us... Read More
