The messages have included hateful language, most notably saying that the recipients were “selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation.”
Several Blue Devils, including alumni, former employees and a law student, ran for office in Tuesday's statewide and federal elections. Here’s a look at how they fared.
Durham City Council passed two rezoning requests for the development of new townhouses, despite concerns raised by residents, and named Kunshan, China, an official sister city of Durham during its meeting Monday evening.
Trump’s victory — called by AP at 5:37 a.m. after Wisconsin brought the Republican candidate's electoral vote count to 277 — concluded a heated election cycle. The final result was released just over 11 hours after the first polls closed, in stark contrast to 2020’s presidential race, which took nearly four days to call.
The Associated Press called the race at 8:50 p.m. As of 8:38 p.m., Stein had won 53.48% of the vote, according to the NCSBE. His opponent, Republican Mark Robinson had won 42.01%.
Read The Chronicle’s live coverage of scenes from around campus and several Durham polling locations today as residents of the Tar Heel state await the final results of this historic election cycle.
With the election underway in North Carolina, The Chronicle is providing insights into national and state-level races and recapping the results.
With Election Day less than 24 hours away, the Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns made last-ditch campaign efforts early this week to win over North Carolina.
A June 2024 Bass Connections report found that one in eight Duke students and nearly half of North Carolina Central University students who voted in the March 2024 primary had their vote thrown out due to provisional balloting.
Karsh accounted for 13,956 of the record 4,465,548 votes across the state, ranking sixth out of Durham County’s 12 early voting locations.
Major party nominees Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have vastly different viewpoints and track records on voting rights. Trump has supported restrictions he contends will protect election integrity, while Harris has promised to expand access to the ballot box and combat laws she considers restrictive or discriminatory.
From pushup competitions to donation drives, Duke student organizations and offices have been actively involved with relief efforts for western North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
As of Wednesday, the 538 polling average shows that Trump narrowly leads the battleground state by one point. As of Tuesday, roughly 3.2 million early ballots had been cast, accounting for 40.7% of registered voters in the state. Early voting in N.C. ends Saturday.
Climate issues have come to the forefront of political discourse in recent years, especially for young voters. Yet, the two major presidential candidates offer drastically different approaches to climate and environmental issues.
This election cycle, U.S. Senate seats representing North Carolina are not on the ticket, but spots in the U.S. House of Representatives, the N.C. General Assembly and some of the state’s courts and executive offices are.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ and former President Donald Trump’s agendas and records are highly divergent. The Democratic nominee is largely in favor of expanding social spending and enacting new programs, while the Republican nominee has long been a proponent of cutting welfare funding.
Duke community members — some alumni of the University’s undergraduate and professional schools, others former employees and one a current student — are running for office at various levels and branches of the government this election season.
As of Sunday, the 538 polling average shows that Trump leads the state by 1.3 points. This gap marks an increase from Sept. 30 figures showing just a 0.1 point gap between the two candidates.
One of the boarding schools for Cherokee students — “Industrial Indian Boarding School” — was operated by Duke’s predecessor institution Trinity College for several years in the 1880s. The school was named in a 2022 investigative report from the Department of the Interior that identified over 400 such schools across the nation.
Two major candidates are vying for the gubernatorial position in North Carolina: Democratic nominee Josh Stein and Republican nominee Mark Robinson. Stein currently leads Robinson by roughly 14 points as of Tuesday.
