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Analysis: Why Did the Lumbees Vote for Dan Bishop?

EDITOR’S NOTE: In the September special election in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District, the Republican winner split the vote evenly with the Democratic candidate in Robeson County. Malinda Maynor Lowery explains why Native Americans, who outnumber whites in Robeson, didn’t necessarily follow the national pattern of supporting the Democratic candidate. North Carolina’s Ninth Congressional district […]