North Carolina represents a perfect distillation of the promise and peril of modern American democracy: hyperpartisanship, gerrymandering, dissatisfaction with the two-party system, and the rural/urban divide. North Carolina politics and government are increasingly of interest not just to North Carolina citizens but to journalists, political observers, and people across the country. Readers will be introduced to everything that has made North Carolina the most purple of purple states - from the state constitution and the influence of think tanks to the growing racial diversity of the state and the limitations on the governor's power. By explaining how we came to be in the political situation we are in, Christopher Cooper shows us where we might go next. And, as many have said, 'As North Carolina goes, so goes the nation.'
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