The North Carolina 9th congressional district controversy is an interesting case of how the data-rich environment of North Carolina elections allows election geeks to explore in great detail the dynamics of an election, using the incomparable North Carolina Board of Elections data website. In particular, Nathaniel Rakich at FiveThirtyEight and Michael Bitzer at Old North State Politics have mined the data deeply.
I don’t have much more to add, but I did want to put my oar in on two topics that may have relevance to the unfolding scandal. The topics are:
- Unreturned ballots by newly registered voters
- Unreturned ballots by infrequent voters CONT.
Charles Stewart III (MIT), Election Update
