The history of voting and elections in America doesn’t follow a steady path toward progress or retreat. It is marked by intense struggles, monumental victories and devastating losses.
- Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs, Western Carolina University
Though Graham’s appointment may seem unusual, political inheritance has never been fully absent from American democracy.
Sen. Graham repeatedly moved in the direction South Carolina and Republican politics were headed rather than where they had been.
Gerrymandering has existed since the United States’ earliest days, but now technology and political trends are supercharging it.
A civil rights activist who ran for president twice and became a Democratic power broker, Jackson was an American political icon. But above all, he was a Southerner.
Donald Trump won North Carolina in 2016 and 2020, but that doesn’t mean he can win again in 2024. Such is the nature of elections in a purple state.
The National Defense Authorization Act has long had bipartisan support in both houses of Congress. But that died in the House this year.
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