Some Analysis of Charlotte's Mayoral Election

There will be a blog post going up on WFAE's The Party Line blog with some analysis about Charlotte's mayoral contest. Here are some graphs that are associated with the post:

WFAE's Charlotte Talks Previews Tuesday's City Elections

Was a panelist on WFAE's Charlotte Talks about next Tuesday's elections in Charlotte, focusing mostly on the mayoral contest and the city council seats and candidates.

Bow Tie Caucus Convened Friday on Time Warner Cable News' "Capital Tonight"

Was interviewed as a member of the Bow Tie Caucus on TWC New's "Capital Tonight" about the UNC Presidential hire and Hillary Clinton's past week.

A feature on Charlotte's mayoral election contest

I know it's been a while since the last post--been a busy semester so far, but was recently interviewed for a feature on Charlotte's GOP mayoral candidate. Should have another WFAE The Party Line blog post up soon about the dynamics of who exactly tends to show up in the Queen City electoral contests.

Shakespearean Sonnets for the Silly Summer Season

Had some real fun writing this one at WFAE's The Party Line blog.

New blog post at WFAE's The Party Line on Millennials

Will be on WFAE's Charlotte Talks talking about millennials and their role in reshaping politics. In preparing for it, I've written a blog post at The Party Line on millennial registered voters in North Carolina.

Defining Urban, Suburban and Rural Counties in North Carolina

The below map uses the 2013 OMB Memo on Metropolitan Statistical Areas for classifying urban and suburban counties.

North Carolina Voter Registration Data as of 8-8-15

Just posted some data on Twitter and am posting here from the August 8, 2015 data from NC State Board of Elections:

NC donors favor GOP super PACs over candidates

Jim Morrill of the Charlotte Observer has an article about the flood of money from NC going into super PACs rather than the GOP candidates, and that supports a lot of stories about the role of money in this year's presidential primary season and the fact that super PACs are dominating.

Some thoughts on the GOP Presidential Debate

Now that the dust has settled after the GOP Presidential Debate, some thoughts on how each candidate did and what the debate may do to the race, via my other blog at WFAE, The Party Line.