North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has a lot of work to do in the next 28 days if he hopes to keep his job. Roy Cooper, McCrory’s Democratic competitor, currently has a six-point lead over McCrory in the election, according a Bloomberg Politics poll. One of the things helping Cooper in his campaign is his unwillingness […]
Negativity, not positivity, influences 2016 voter turnout
October 4, 2016 by
Remember 2008? That year, a young Democrat was elected president after galvanizing voters around the positive ideas of “hope” and “change.” Negativity will be the main factor driving American voters to the polls this November. According to the analysis from website FiveThirtyEight, both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have the two lowest favorability ratings of […]
WCU hosts congressional debate – Meadows vs. Bryson
September 22, 2016 by
North Carolina U.S. congressman Mark Meadows (R-Jackson) will debate his opponent for the U.S. House of Representative for District 11, Rick Bryson (D-Swain) on Friday, Sept. 23, on WCU West Campus in room 204 of the Health and Human Sciences Building. Debate starts at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast live online by WLOS-TV. […]
International students at WCU have their own views about primaries
March 12, 2016 by
With the NC primaries coming up on March 15, students at Western Carolina University have different views and thoughts about the candidates, elections, and foreign policy. Some are impatiently waiting for the voting process to begin. “[Foreign policy] is fundamentally important to every single election…there are 192 other countries that the president will be a symbol for. Foreign […]
Political panel helps students prepare for primary
March 5, 2016 by
On Thursday, March 3, WCU’s Center for Service Learning and The Andrew Goodman Foundation (AGF), with help from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) American Democracy Project, presented ‘Intentional Conversations’, a panel discussion designed to get students excited about voting in North Carolina’s upcoming March 15 primary. “Change is slow, but the first effective […]
Political discussion panel to inspire student voting
March 1, 2016 by
On Thursday, March 3, Western Carolina University’s Center for Service Learning and The Andrew Goodman Foundation (AGF) are presenting ‘Intentional Conversations’, a panel discussion designed to get students excited about voting in North Carolina’s upcoming March 15 primary. The event will begin at 5 p.m. in the UC Theater. According to Joanna Woodson, a WCU […]
