| Location | North Carolina, USA |
| Profession | Professor of Politics & History |
| Interests | North Carolina politics, USA politics |
| Blog | https://www.oldnorthstatepolitics.com/ |
With Stein Officially In for NC Governor, Can He Replicate Cooper's Success?
great look by @BowTiePolitics at the upcoming #NorthCarolina governor's race
absolutely terrifying that such an extreme, hateful ideologue like Robinson not only has a chance, but depending on the presidential candidate, might even be the favorite
https://www.oldnorthstatepolitics.com/2023/01/with-stein-officially-in-for-nc.html
Let the NC Gubernatorial games for #Election2024 begin in #ncpol:
http://www.oldnorthstatepolitics.com/2023/01/with-stein-officially-in-for-nc.html
We have a speaker…but at what cost.
I’m afraid we will find out over the next two years.
Of the 2.95m Democrats who voted in 2018 and who were still on the rolls this past November, only 77% of white voters cast ballots in the 2022 GE, 61% of Black voters cast ballots, and 56% of Hispanics cast ballots.
In contrast, of the 3.15m Republicans who voted in 2018 and who were still on the rolls this past November, 81% of white voters cast ballots in the 2022 GE, 63% of Black voters cast ballots, and 77% of Hispanics cast ballots.
The last number jumps out: Hispanic Rs voted in 2022.
Brilliant journalism dunk. 🏀
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/17/elon-musk-jet-tracker-doxxing/
Power company money flows to news sites that attack their critics https://www.npr.org/2022/12/19/1143753129/power-companies-florida-alabama-media-investigation-consulting-firm
Especially dangerous because of the greater trust people have in local news - see my Upshot column https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/upshot/fake-local-news.html
“That evidence has led to an overriding and straight-forward conclusion: the central cause of January 6th was one man, former President Donald Trump, who many others followed.
None of the events of January 6th would have happened without [Donald Trump].”
Democrats are quietly discussing plans to propose a possible compromise state as the nation’s first-in-the-nation primary following vocal concerns about South Carolina from all corners of the party. The informal talks among strategists, former campaign advisers, activists and those close to state parties are largely centering around three states — Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina…
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Daniel A. Smith
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