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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In January 2026, registered Republicans outnumbered registered Democrats for the first time in North Carolina history. Yesterday, the two flip-flopped places once again. As of Saturday, October 10, there are 490 more registered Democrats th...
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Mail Voting in North Carolina: What We Know Two Weeks In
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Are U.S. Senate Elections About to Get Interesting Again?
For the most part, modern U.S. Senate elections are pretty boring and predictable. With rare exceptions, the party that won the state’s Electoral College votes in the previous election wins the ensuing midterm.
For example, in 2022 there...
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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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