My article goes into a few possible reasons for this--from them growing up in an age of social media misinformation, and a president who often seems at war himself with the electoral process, to a pretty overwhelming sense that the Electoral College means their votes don't matter
In fact, while younger voters are more likely to think we should get rid of the Electoral College, the poll found less than 1/3 of NC voters *of all ages* like the Electoral College.
A majority (51%) said we should switch to a popular vote, and the other 20% weren't sure #ncpol
This surprised me since North Carolina, as a swing state, objectively benefits from the Electoral College. Presidents are forced to pay attention to us!
Although maybe on the flip side, we get so many ads that people would prefer for us to not matter as much? #ncpol
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Some background: Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson was reprimanded by the U.S. DOJ in 2012 for numerous constitutional violations + an "egregious pattern of racial profiling." He was then re-elected twice, in 2014 and 2018, after no one ran against him justice.gov/opa/pr/justice…
However, later on in 2016, the DOJ and Alamance County reached a settlement over this issue. The DOJ dropped legal action in exchange for the sheriff agreeing for his deputies to undergo bias training and more justice.gov/crt/file/88640…
Lots of attention paid to Trump/Biden and Tillis/Cunningham of course, but control of the state legislature is up for grabs this year too. Here's a good @ludkmr primer on which races to watch in the NC Senate carolinapublicpress.org/39140/nc-senat…#ncpol#ncga
And here's a story I wrote, 364 days ago, on how if Biden and Trump run at a virtual 50-50 tie here, Republicans will likely hold onto the state legislature. Democrats likely need a substantial Biden win here to take back the #NCGAnewsobserver.com/news/politics-…
Story today from @_lucysherman on the record Republicans are running on now--after a decade in power, following a century of Democratic control
(although of course the Democratic Party of most of the 20th Century looks a lot like the GOP of today) newsobserver.com/news/politics-…
Adding one piece of historical context here: The massacre happened in early November, just after the election, because a pre-election campaign of voter suppression and intimidation was deemed by political and business leaders to have not been successful enough #ncpol
And it worked. After killing a bunch of people and forcing the elected town council to resign at gunpoint, the mob leader appointed himself mayor, and nobody did anything about it
Fired NC cop: “We are just going to go out and start slaughtering them f—— ni—–. I can’t wait. God, I can’t wait.”
That cop was on the force for years, and was fired less than 24 hours after a new chief took over. Wonder what has gotten hushed up before? portcitydaily.com/local-news/202…
He also talked about killing a black magistrate judge, as well as a black cop he worked alongside. And later got to fantasizing about a second Civil War.
None of the cops he talked to reported him. He just forgot that he was recording himself, and got caught in a routine audit
Wilmington is in New Hanover County, where an off-duty sheriff deputy recently led an armed mob in neighboring Pender County that allegedly broke into the home of a black teen they (wrongfully) believed was involved with a missing girl wect.com/2020/05/08/pen…
Organizer says a Raleigh cop came up and spoke with them earlier, very politely. If only every interaction was like that, she said, they wouldn’t be out here marching #ncpol#RaleighProtests
March starting. I count about 150 protesters. After this video, they’re now making their way up McDowell Street with a police escort #ncpol#RaleighProtests