Public opinion polling faces new challenges in the digital age. North Carolina is poised to be a tight swing state in the upcoming election, with Clinton up by 2 points in a 4-way horse race in the most recent poll by Public Policy Polling, September 27 – 28.
Before election day, The Chronicle hopes to help explain who's who on the ballot to supplement continuing coverage of the presidential contest. Part three of this series includes the North Carolina superintendent of public instruction, treasurer, state senator and several other uncontested races. Also, check out our guide to voting on Duke's campus. A North Carolina sample ballot listing all the races to be voted on by campus residents is available below.
Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton hosted a Tuesday rally at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh—her first rally following her showdown with opponent Donald Trump the day prior.
In recent weeks, the Duke campus has hosted teams of local residents, students and professors aimed at helping people to register or change their registration to vote in North Carolina.
Monday night marked the highly-anticipated presidential candidate debate between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton—the first in what will be a series of three debates.The Chronicle asked Christopher Johnston—assistant professor of political science whose research centers on political psychology and public opinion—about how the candidates fared, the techniques they employed in the debate and the role that fact-checking plays in the election.
While all eyes might be on the presidential campaign, some Duke students are directing their efforts to electing North Carolina's next governor.
On Monday night, the first Presidential debate drew a large Duke audience. Hosted by YOUnite and Duke International Relations Association, a debate watch party at the Krafthouse drew in well over a hundred Duke students.
Monday's presidential debate holds high stakes for both candidates as election day nears.
Although campaigns ads for Trump have been limited so far in the election, the Clinton campaign has been making heavy use of the airwaves.
N.C. Auditor: The N.C. Auditor mainly acts as a watchdog for the state government, conducting financial audits and examining the uses of state funds.
Wendy Davis, a former Texas state senator known for her 11-hour filibuster in 2013 to block a Senate bill restricting abortion, visited campus Thursday to meet with student leaders. She will also hold a roundtable event Friday morning in the Law School and will later visit the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Chronicle’s Samantha Neal talked with Davis about the presidential election, the ongoing Charlotte protests and student voting as Davis visited Red Mango.
After a setback in a high-profile environmental court case last year, the Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic is again putting pressure on the North Carolina government to regulate carbon emissions.
As Director of Rock The Vote, Heather Smith Trinity ’98—also a member of the Duke Engage National Advisory Board—has presided over the registering of millions of young people between the ages of eighteen through twenty-nine to vote in their first presidential elections, helping to shape Rock the Vote’s reputation today as the largest non-partisan, non-profit voter registration organization in the country.
Where are you registered to vote for this year’s election? If you are a Republican from Maryland or a Democrat from Alaska, your vote really won’t tip the presidential scale.
Under Hillary Clinton’s college plan, 122,000 North Carolina students would pay no tuition for a four-year college degree, her campaign announced Tuesday.
Chelsea Clinton visited Durham Tuesday to celebrate the opening of a campaign office downtown. During her trip to North Carolina, she also spoke at Wake Forest University for a panel on women in leadership.
Duke law professors lauded their former colleague Deborah Ross, a North Carolina candidate for U.S. Senate, as “thoughtful’, “professional” and “prepared."
North Carolina’s controversial House Bill 2 has Durham County's business scene concerned for the future.
Former President Bill Clinton visited Durham Tuesday to discuss broadening the opportunities available to residents of North Carolina and across the country.
Duke professors said that Friday's federal injunction blocking portions of the controversial House Bill 2 at University of North Carolina foreshadows an ultimate ruling on the case later this year.
