So you’ve decided to run for something. Fantastic! But do you actually want to win? While a good message is key to running for office, it takes more than that to actually win. Here’s the complete guide to getting elected for the first time. The following tips are based on more than a decade of experience … Read more
Nearly all of the Republican losses in North Carolina and around the country in 2018 came in suburban areas. Cities stayed blue. Rural areas stayed red. But the suburbs, usually sympathetic to the GOP, shifted in droves, turned off by the rhetoric from the president, demagoguery or business as usual. Opponents have done an effective job … Read more
N.C. Democrats made big gains in the General Assembly in the 2018 elections. But should those gains have been even bigger? The left certainly thinks so. Progress NC put a press release decrying the fact that the Democratic Party won more the statewide popular vote in N.C. House and Senate races, but Republicans still hold … Read more
For years, areas on the outskirts of North Carolina’s largest counties reliably went red. These parts of Mecklenburg and Wake counties — towns like Huntersville, Matthews, Holly Springs and Wake Forest, and certain wedges inside city limits like south Charlotte — are more suburban, more affluent, more white, and more likely to vote Republican. Or … Read more
Candidates campaigning for the same political office can have radically different styles. But they all tend to fall into one of several categories. Here are the 7 most common styles of political campaigning you’ll see in North Carolina. Biographic campaigning This campaign style is less about what you’ll do and more about what you’ve done. … Read more