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 NC Budget Will Make the Weakest Governor in America Even Weaker
At long last, we have a budget in North Carolina.
Well, we likely have a budget. It passed the NC House 88 to 21 (with 21 Democrats voting in support) and the Senate 35 to 10 (with 8 Democrats voting yes).1
Now, it’s to Governor Stein wh...
The Unlikely District that May Signal a Wave Election
How big, or how little, a Democratic wave ends up being this November will be determined by how deeply Democrats can cut into reliably Republican districts.
I wrote about one of those districts, North Carolina’s 11th, for Sabato’s Crystal...
North Carolina’s New Election Bill Isn’t Just One Thing
A new election bill (H958) is making the rounds in the North Carolina General Assembly. Well, it’s kind of new. It’s actually an old bill (originally introduced in 2025) that has been revived and revised through what’s known as a Proposed C...
Who Decides Where We Vote? The Jackson County Early Voting Controversy Explained
People often assume that decisions about voting are made in legislatures or courts—and many are. But many other critical decisions about voting are made not by these elected bodies but by appointed ones. For example, all 100 county boards o...
Not All Wave Elections Are Created Equal
2026 is shaping up as a wave election where the Democrats gain seats in Congress— the question is the size of the wave rather than its existence. In a new piece out in The Forum, I argue that understanding the type of seat flips available c...
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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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