Distress, tension fill Democratic watch party in Raleigh
By Vir Patel | November 9, 2016North Carolina Democrats were met with disappointment despite high hopes during a tense election watch party in Raleigh Thursday.
North Carolina Democrats were met with disappointment despite high hopes during a tense election watch party in Raleigh Thursday.
The North Carolina Board of Elections will be holding an emergency meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday to discuss voting precinct closing times, according to an release emailed from Patrick Gannon, spokesman from the NCSBE.
The Chronicle will be tweeting live all night as election results come in with the latest updates and campus reactions.
RALEIGH—In a last ditch effort to charm voters of North Carolina, a crucial battleground state, Republican nominee Donald Trump campaigned in Raleigh for an energetic crowd.
While pundits are watching election results Tuesday, Duke administrators will be looking for who the new political players in charge of research funding will be.
As the North Carolina gubernatorial race nears its end, faculty reflected on former governor Terry Sanford's ongoing legacy in both the state and at Duke.
Native American tribal council members from North Dakota showed students and community members the devastation that the Dakota Access Pipeline has on natural resources and the indigenous people living in the area Thursday evening.
President Barack Obama visited the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Wednesday to urge North Carolinians to vote for Hillary Clinton in the upcoming election.
Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks wants to express his "sympathies" for Duke students voting in this presidential election.
Twitter announced Oct. 27 that it would be shutting down its video-sharing app Vine “in the coming months”—sad news for people with funny relatives, moms with cute kids or pets and one Vine star at Duke.
As part of The Chronicle's election coverage, we talked to Peter Feaver, professor of political science and public policy, and Bruce Jentleson, professor of public policy and political science, about how foreign policy will play a role in determining the winner of the 2016 presidential contest.
Representative Bradley Byrne of Alabama encouraged students not to take presidential campaign rhetoric at face value in an interview with The Chronicle as part of a series profiling alumni in politics.
Phil Freelon is a Durham-based African American architect who was on the team that designed the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. The Chronicle spoke with Freelon about the new building, his involvement with Duke's recognition of Julian Abele and his thoughts about the future of architecture.
Along with several attorneys and law professors nationwide, Duke law professor Stephen Sachs helped author a letter published earlier this month by the "Originalists against Trump," arguing that Republican candidate Donald Trump would not uphold important constitutional values. The Chronicle spoke with Sachs about the meaning of originalism and the future of the Supreme Court post-election. The following conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.
As many Duke students struggle with calculus this semester, they may take comfort in the fact that they are not the only ones with numerical issues—an investigation indicates that Durham County may have mishandled and miscounted provisional ballots during the March primary.
Several famous actresses and activists discussed the election and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's mixed reputation among millennials at a panel Sunday.
As the race for the Senate heats up, the differences between North Carolina's Republican incumbent Richard Burr and Democratic challenger Deborah Ross are becoming more and more pronounced.
More than half of Duke students who responded to The Chronicle’s 2016 election poll said they identified closest with the Democratic Party.
Five members of Duke College Republicans have come out against Republican nominee Donald Trump, but the group as a whole has not taken a position one way or the other.
More Duke employees donated to Democrats Hillary Clinton and Deborah Ross compared to Republicans Donald Trump and Richard Burr by a margin of 16 to one.