Karsh accounted for 13,956 of the record 4,465,548 votes across the state, ranking sixth out of Durham County’s 12 early voting locations.
Major party nominees Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have vastly different viewpoints and track records on voting rights. Trump has supported restrictions he contends will protect election integrity, while Harris has promised to expand access to the ballot box and combat laws she considers restrictive or discriminatory.
With only a few days until Election Day, The Chronicle interviewed professors in the Sanford School of Public Policy to hear how this trend of increased violence arose and how it could develop post-election.
As of Wednesday, the 538 polling average shows that Trump narrowly leads the battleground state by one point. As of Tuesday, roughly 3.2 million early ballots had been cast, accounting for 40.7% of registered voters in the state. Early voting in N.C. ends Saturday.
Climate issues have come to the forefront of political discourse in recent years, especially for young voters. Yet, the two major presidential candidates offer drastically different approaches to climate and environmental issues.
See all our coverage from The Chronicle's inaugural campus election poll.
We surveyed members of the Duke community about their voting plans and top issues for the 2024 presidential election and North Carolina gubernatorial election. Questions ranged from opinions on the North Carolina 12-week abortion ban to student debt relief efforts.
This election cycle, U.S. Senate seats representing North Carolina are not on the ticket, but spots in the U.S. House of Representatives, the N.C. General Assembly and some of the state’s courts and executive offices are.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ and former President Donald Trump’s agendas and records are highly divergent. The Democratic nominee is largely in favor of expanding social spending and enacting new programs, while the Republican nominee has long been a proponent of cutting welfare funding.
Duke community members — some alumni of the University’s undergraduate and professional schools, others former employees and one a current student — are running for office at various levels and branches of the government this election season.
As of Sunday, the 538 polling average shows that Trump leads the state by 1.3 points. This gap marks an increase from Sept. 30 figures showing just a 0.1 point gap between the two candidates.
Two major candidates are vying for the gubernatorial position in North Carolina: Democratic nominee Josh Stein and Republican nominee Mark Robinson. Stein currently leads Robinson by roughly 14 points as of Tuesday.
The BC Landing, adorned with a sea of “Blue Devils for Harris-Walz” signs and overlooked by Secret Service agents, hosted over 150 community members to hear the vice presidential pick speak on the importance of voting in North Carolina this election.
Trump and Harris have spent much of their respective political careers working to combat the ongoing opioid crisis. Each supports crackdowns on drug imports and investment in treatment and recovery programs, but Harris has prioritized going after pharmaceutical companies while Trump has targeted foreign suppliers.
Karl Rove, former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff in President George W. Bush’s administration, and David Axelrod, former senior adviser and chief strategist in President Barack Obama’s administration, spoke about the upcoming election at a Tuesday event hosted by the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy, POLIS: Center for Politics and the department of political science.
To see how politics have evolved in North Carolina over the years, The Chronicle conducted an independent analysis of the state’s voting history using publicly available election data.
Student organizations at Duke — partisan and otherwise — are ramping up their efforts to mobilize voters on campus ahead of the 2024 general election.
The over 1 million votes account for roughly 13% of the state’s 7.8 million registered voters. Of the votes, 916,433 were cast in person. Of the remaining 91,690 absentee votes, 77,831 were cast by civilians, 11,168 by overseas voters and 2,691 by the military.
The politicians focused their remarks around contrasting the two major presidential campaigns, characterizing a prospective Trump-Vance administration as dangerous for democracy, while identifying the Harris-Walz ticket as the campaign of “freedom.”
The Harris-Walz and Trump-Vance campaigns continue to make appearances in North Carolina in the hopes of securing the state’s 16 electoral votes. As of Oct. 16, the 538 polling average has the race essentially even in North Carolina, with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump leading Harris by just 0.5 points.
