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Obama jumps out to an early lead

November 4, 2008

filed at 3:46 p.m.
Those anxious to start tallying election returns can digest the results of the earliest vote totals released from Dixville Notch and Hart’s Location, NH. The small towns, which have a combined population of 115 people, traditionally open their polling sites just after midnight on Election Day in order to produce the nation’s [...]

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Study: Ohio and North Carolina are “must-wins” for McCain

November 3, 2008

There’s been no shortage of statistical activity surrounding this presidential election. Often it’s been mentioned along with the Bradley Effect and underperform-or-overperform arguments for both candidates, both of which add uncertainty to the situation.
But, after pressing all those calculator keys and supercomputing till the cows come home, Nate Silver from FiveThirtyEight.com recently noticed something very [...]

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Greetings from Yadkinville

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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Local Halloween costumes stray from politics

November 1, 2008

Spotted last night in my travels around Durham: two Bristol Palins (but no Levi Johnstons) and one Sarah Palin (but no Todd Palin).
And that’s it. No love for Sen. Barack Obama (or Michelle!) or Sen. John McCain (or Cindy!).
Alas, no love for any of the state’s senator or governor candidates, either. A Mike Munger costume [...]

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Gov. Palin to rally in Raleigh

November 1, 2008

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, will hold a rally in Raleigh this evening as part of the McCain campaign’s Road to Victory Tour.  Palin has visited the usually Republican-leaning state several times, as the McCain campaign works to win N.C.  The most recent Public Policy Polling Poll shows Democratic presidential candidate Sen. [...]

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As time goes by

October 31, 2008

About a year ago, I was invited to a dinner party at Pop’s Restaurant, where the conversation inevitably turned to politics. Fond of good wine and better conversation, the host initiated a roundtable discussion of the presidential election, which was still 12 months away and had not yet even made it to the primaries.
The questions [...]

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The McCain-Palin Tradition

October 28, 2008

Check out the Raleigh News and Observer’s video footage of Hank Williams Jr., legendary country crooner, singing his ode to the Republican ticket at the Tuesday rally.

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Slideshow: McCain Rally in Fayetteville

October 28, 2008

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain held a rally in Fayetteville Tuesday, drawing 8,200 people to the Crown Center.  He was preceded by country singer Hank Williams Jr., who sang a song he penned in support of McCain.  Former Pennsylvania Governor and Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge, Sen. Richard Burr of N.C., Sen. Lindsey Graham [...]

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