Most legislative districts are weighted heavily to one party or the other, resulting in fewer competitive elections. That’s because legislators draw up the districts. Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory, following Lt. Gov. Bev Perdue on the stage today in Raleigh, called for a cleaner approach to apportionment. Here’s another take on it by WRAL.
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PPP: McCain lead in NC is 4; Hagan, Perdue both up 1
Public Policy Polling, the Raleigh firm, is out with its first post-conventions survey of North Carolina voters. In NC, McCain leads Obama 48%-44%, with Libertarian candidate Bob Barr drawing 4%. In the U.S. Senate race, Democratic challenger Kay Hagan and incumbent Sen. Elizabeth Dole, the Republican, are in a virtual tie; ditto gubernatorial candidates Bev […]
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Perdue, McCrory debate drilling, vouchers
Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory, the Republican candidate for governor, says he’s for school vouchers “in concept,” but has neither announced nor developed any plan. That’s why Lt. Gov. Bev Perdue, the Democratic candidate, is wrong — he argues– when she assert that McCrory’s vouchers would cost the taxpayers (and the public schools) $900 million a […]