Anatomy of A Purple State
Chris CooperRegular updates on North Carolina politics and government from Chris Cooper, a Professor of Political Science and author of Anatomy of a Purple State: A North Carolina Politics Primer.
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The 2026 Election Starts Today
Sometime just after noon today, the 2026 election will kick off when all 100 North Carolina counties send ballots to voters who have requested them.
Other states will follow suit, but not today. There is no single national starting date fo...
The Surprisingly Old-Fashioned Geography of Darline Graham’s Win
Darline Graham, the recently appointed U.S. Senator and sister of recently departed Lindsey Graham, rode a Trump endorsement and a recognizable last name to a primary victory in South Carolina last night. Not even a subpar—some might argue...
Darline Graham’s inherited Senate seat revives the ‘widow’s mandate’ with a sibling twist
My friend and frequent co-author Gibbs Knotts and I recently published this piece in The Conversation, “a not-for-profit company guided by a clear purpose: to provide access to quality explanatory journalism essential for healthy democracy....
North Carolina’s Early Voting Plans Are Finally Final. Here’s What They Show.
After a nine-and-a-half-hour meeting, the North Carolina State Board of Elections approved the final 20 early voting plans for the November 2026 election.1
Social media is full of folks crowing about these plans—some applauding them and so...
What About Those Non-Unanimous Early Voting Plans in North Carolina?
One of the most important jobs of county boards of elections in North Carolina is to decide the locations and hours of early voting sites. Eighty of the state’s 100 county boards came to unanimous agreement about those sites; I reviewed wha...
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Commentary and analysis about politics and government in purple North Carolina from Chris Cooper, a Professor of Political Science and Public Affairs at Western Carolina University. For more, see Anatomy of a Purple State (UNC Press, 2024).
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