Former N.C. Gov. Jim Martin and John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood discuss changes in partisan politics in the 50 years since Martin first entered public office. Martin and Hood offered these comments during the Oct. 6, 2015, edition of Time Warner Cable News’ “Capital Tonight.”
North Carolina: Early to the revolution
In early 1776, battle lines in NC had already been drawn between loyalists to the British crown and American patriots. At the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge, these lines burst into the open.