And the silverware!
Posted on 12/31/2016 4:42:29 AM PST by maddog55
A taxpayer-funded political science professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has concluded that political conditions in North Carolina are comparable to political conditions in totalitarian nations such as Cuba, Venezuela and Iran because Republicans are too politically successful.
The professor, Andrew Reynolds, aired his 936-word grievance last week in The News & Observer, a newspaper out of Raleigh.
North Carolina “can no longer be classified as a full democracy,” Reynolds declares, because the statewide Republican Party has been too successful at winning the state’s winner-take-all elections.
The winner-take-all system — which is excessively common throughout the United States — is a huge problem, Reynolds pontificates, because “one party wins just half the votes but 100 percent of the power.” North Carolina Republicans have won so many elections in recent years that they have “a huge legislative majority” and “absolute veto-proof control.”
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It was never a full democracy to begin with. The professor should consult the books and read what our nation is - a Constitutional Republic.
Good. Democrats can all leave the state, then. Leave the office furniture here, please.
The WSJ had a piece on this “study” yesterday (or the day before - the papers get mixed up) giving a list of one-party dictatorships that are more “democratic” than North Carolina.
A taxpayer-funded political science professor, nuff sed, pull his money plug! This is a republic
Can you believe that this idiot teaches political science at the university level? He doesn’t even understand the subject or our governmental system.
Oh, bless his heart, he just can’t stand our WINNING!!
The Democrats just won the governorship! One of only 18 Dem govs in the country and probably the only one south of Virginia and east of California except for Louisiana.
Looks like political science majors at this university are getting crap for lessons....this “professor” is too stupid to teach his area of specialization....
Uhm, it never was one to begin with.
Oh, no no no no no. They might come to Michigan, and we’re just ridding ourselves of them. You keep him...or buy him a ticket to the People’s Republik of San Diego.
“..and to the Democracy for which it stands”? I must have missed the change to the Pledge...
I’m sure Michigan would be much more comfortable for Democrats.
Ex-governor McCrory can choke on his toll road. I say several rude things about him each day as I negotiate road construction in every direction.
And the silverware!
Montana RE-elected it’s POS Dem Governor...
Good point.
In California this year there were only two candidates on the ballot for US Senate. A socialist democrat and a communist democrat. The communist democrat won.
Snowflake melting in N.C.?
Transport to cooler climate, snowflake.
Madness! Let’s have this fellow arrested!
Oh damn, it’s not actually like Cuba at all, is it...
Ah, but that's different, because liberals are in charge in those places.
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