North Carolina Gives Republicans a Wake-Up Call
The results of a special election portend trouble for the GOP in 2020—but also reveal real weaknesses for Democrats.
Why does election fraud happen? Because it works, of course. Usually it works because it’s undetected, and the candidate who commits the fraud, or on whose behalf it is committed, wins.
The results of a special election in North Carolina’s Ninth Congressional District yesterday are more peculiar. In a tight election, the Republican Dan Bishop, a state senator, beat the Democrat Dan McCready by roughly 4,000 votes, far wider than the 905-vote margin for the Republican Mark Harris in unofficial results last year. (In a separate special election yesterday in the, the Republican Greg Murphy won, as expected.)
