What are the chances of the GOP winning a supermajority in North Carolina's General Assembly in this November's General Election? While the probability of that happening looked pretty good earlier in the year, many experts say the chances for that happening have now diminished.
No matter what the courts do with North Carolina's new congressional district map, the area that was once a deep-blue secure district for Democrats, and specifically for Rep. G.K. Butterfield for the last 18 years, is likely to be a competitive congressional seat over the next decade. A decline in the African-American voting population and