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follows seven term Rep. Carla Cunningham out of party
Published: Monday, April 27th, 2026 @ 9:20 pm
By: John Steed
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For the first time in state history, registered Republicans now outnumber registered Democrats in North Carolina, according to the most recent voter registration snapshot based on data from the North Carolina State Board of Elections.
Published: Tuesday, January 6th, 2026 @ 6:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The shift toward the GOP is "a deep political hole that could take years for Democrats to climb out from."
Published: Friday, August 29th, 2025 @ 8:39 am
By: Daily Wire
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urge Dem activists to switch for one day and "hold their nose for Haley" to hurt Trump
Published: Monday, January 15th, 2024 @ 9:49 am
By: John Steed
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Voters deserve better
Published: Friday, October 13th, 2023 @ 10:00 am
By: John Steed
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are the rats leaving the sinking ship?
Published: Monday, April 10th, 2023 @ 9:08 pm
By: John Steed
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Louisiana Republican lawmakers gained a significant upper hand after a longtime Democrat switched parties.
Published: Saturday, April 1st, 2023 @ 9:28 am
By: Daily Wire
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Unaffiliated registrations continue to outpace those of either major party
Published: Sunday, January 15th, 2023 @ 12:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democrats are down, Republicans are up, unaffiliated are up by a lot
Published: Friday, December 16th, 2022 @ 11:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Civitas Poll of parents found that parents want controversial books reviewed by committees and objectionable books removed from elementary schools
Published: Saturday, November 26th, 2022 @ 9:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The post-election postmortems are still trying to sort it out. The midterm elections were supposed to be a Republican rout.
Published: Sunday, November 20th, 2022 @ 11:55 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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With only 22 days left until election day, efforts to get voters to the polls have ramped up. In-person early voting begins this week, on October 20th, making this the last time we will only have mail-in ballots available to speculate on the election results.
Published: Friday, November 11th, 2022 @ 7:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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20,000 registered Democrats changed their affiliation in 2022, a quarter of them becoming Republicans, half becoming unaffiliated.
Published: Tuesday, July 12th, 2022 @ 10:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Pennsylvania Republican candidates for the midterm elections trail their Democratic opponents even as voters overwhelmingly disapprove of President Joe Biden, a Wednesday poll shows.
Published: Sunday, July 3rd, 2022 @ 8:26 am
By: Daily Wire
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More NC Democrats turned out for early voting than Republicans, 233,172 to 189,96.
Published: Thursday, May 19th, 2022 @ 1:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In a typical election year, the assumption is that Democrats will dominate early voting and Republicans will catch up on Election Day. But in 2022, at least during the primary, this usual pattern has gone out the window.
Published: Thursday, May 12th, 2022 @ 9:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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likely violates recent court decisions
Published: Tuesday, October 19th, 2021 @ 8:02 pm
By: John Steed
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It finally happened.
Published: Friday, July 23rd, 2021 @ 2:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Critical lessons continue to come out of the results of the 2020 elections. One that seems to have escaped some of the political establishment is North Carolinians don’t want one political party to dominate.
Published: Thursday, December 10th, 2020 @ 1:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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If Republican Supreme Court Justice Paul Newby’s 406 vote lead survives a recount and he makes history as North Carolina’s 30th Chief Justice he can thank a once Democratic stronghold that has gone red for providing his margin of victory.
Published: Monday, November 23rd, 2020 @ 11:19 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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While we are not sure how many people will vote absentee in North Carolina this year, we do know that it will likely be several times larger than in any previous election.
Published: Friday, September 4th, 2020 @ 11:43 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Jim Pasero and Bridget Barton write for the Washington Examiner about Oregon’s recent experience with voting by mail.
Published: Friday, July 3rd, 2020 @ 5:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Emily Larsen of the Washington Examiner highlights a political change on Capitol Hill.
Published: Sunday, May 3rd, 2020 @ 9:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The first two decades of the 21st century have been bookended by court cases that struck down North Carolina’s legislative maps.
Published: Friday, March 13th, 2020 @ 8:09 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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When it comes to North Carolina redistricting, the handwriting is on the wall. The old system for producing legislative and congressional districts is going away.
Published: Friday, November 29th, 2019 @ 7:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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I remember when the inherent boredom of redistricting was a laugh line.
Published: Wednesday, September 11th, 2019 @ 12:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In the context of American politics, North Carolina is a middle state — which is not the same thing as saying North Carolinians are especially moderate.
Published: Thursday, August 22nd, 2019 @ 2:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It may be weeks — perhaps months — before a three-judge panel issues a ruling on whether lawmakers drew N.C. voting districts legally, or whether the legislative districts are partisan gerrymanders.
Published: Saturday, August 3rd, 2019 @ 12:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Do you find divided government frustrating or exhilarating? Either way, you might as well get used to it. North Carolina is likely to be a political battleground for many years to come.
Published: Thursday, April 18th, 2019 @ 10:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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We've had time to digest last week's 9th District congressional hearings, so let us summarize what we learned.
Published: Tuesday, March 5th, 2019 @ 11:52 am
By: Tom Campbell
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On November 6, an amendment to the North Carolina constitution requiring voters to present a photo identification for voting in person (the "Voter ID" amendment) passed with 55 percent support.
Published: Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019 @ 12:37 am
By: Diane Rufino
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