November 4, 2008
Election Day dawned dreary and wet this morning, with those who had not partaken in early voting bringing out their umbrellas and donning rain jackets to head to the polls. Polls opened at 6:30 a.m. and will close at 7:30 p.m.
Voting has gone mostly smoothly in the Triangle, the N&O reports, with the record turnout [...]
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November 1, 2008
There’s a lot to separate Durham and Yadkinville, North Carolina–a hundred miles of highway, a few hundred thousand person population difference, and, oh yeah, a 180 degree shift in politics.
Durham County, where Duke is located, was the most democratic county in state in the 2004 presidential election, casting more than two-thirds of its ballots for [...]
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