Obama leads in N.H., tighter in Nev., N.C.

President Barack Obama leads Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in New Hampshire, and the two are locked in tight contests in Nevada and North Carolina, according to a new series of NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls released Thursday. Obama’s leads in each of the states are fueled by voters’ improved [...] Read more »

A better way than runoff elections

North Carolina’s primary election on May 8 saw a high turnout, with nearly three times as many voters showing up as in 2010’s primary. Unfortunately, the primary runoff elections on Tuesday will likely drop to single digit turnout. … There is value in requiring nominees to have substantial support in [...] Read more »