The chronicle
Volume43,Number9 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, November 3, 2016
ANALYSIS
Why many believe whoever
wins N.C, wins presidency ^
BY CASH MICHAELS .
FOR THE CHRONICLE
No matter which news
paper you read, or news
cable channel you listen to,
the consensus seems to be
the same - whoever wins
North Carolina in next
Tuesday's hotly contested
presidential election, wins
the presidency.
The Tar Heel state is
considered such a crucial
battleground because it has
rewarded both Democrats
and Republicans each a
presidential victory since
2008, and the most recent
statewide polls between
Republican Donald Trump
and Democrat Hillary
Clinton are so tight going
into the Nov. 8 general
election, that it is consid
ered a bellwether for the
rest of the nation.
"North Carolina is a
very purple state," N.C.
U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers
(R-NC-District 2) told
CNN. "I know sometimes
it gets lumped into the cat
egory of 'red state' but it
really isn't. It's very
diverse, and the population
and the demographics are
changing."
The state is home to 40
percent registered
Democrats, 30 percent reg
istered Republicans and 30
percent registered unaffili
ated voters. It is home to
hot controversies like the
House Bill 2 law, which
many see as denying trans
gender citizens their civil
rights, controversial police
shootings, and the over
turning of the state's voter
suppression law, which the
U.S. Fourth Circuit Court
.of Appeals recently dis
mantled, saying that the
Republican-led law target
ed African-American vot
ers with "surgical preci
sion."
Indeed, the Tar Heel
state is home to much of
the liberal versus conserva
tive public policy battles
that seem to embody the
larger controversies in the
nation today.
There's no question the
Clinton and Trump cam
paigns see North Carolina
as a much sought-after 15
electoral-vote jewel.
Hardly a week has gone by
since September when
there hasn't been either a
Clinton or Trump surro
gate, if not the candidates
themselves, campaigning
from one end of the state to
the other. Just Wednesday
of this week. President
Obama made his third cam
paign visit to stump for his
former secretary of state.
Last week, his wife, first
lady Michelle Obama,
made an electrifying joint
appearance with Clinton in
Winston-Salem.
"It's a must-win," Eric
Trump, the GOP candi
date's son, told a Charlotte
television station in
August. "It's a place we're
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Church offering rides to the polls
Hanes Memorial C.M.E. Church, at 819 Highland Ave., is of
fering transportation to East Winston voters to early voting lo
cations on Thursday, today, Nov. 3, and Friday, Nov. 4, from
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Transportation on Election Day, Tuesday,
Nov. 8, during polling hours is also available from 6 a.m. to 7
p.m.
In addition to providing roundtrip transportation to the polls.
Hanes Memorial will also provide a hot meal for any person
who has an "I Voted" sticker during polling hours. Proof of
early voting will also be honored. Call 336-724-7151 with your
inquiries and ride requests.
Also a Pre-Go-To-Vote Rally will be held on the church
grounds on Saturday, Nov. 5, from noon to 6 p.m. Food, re
freshments, votgr education information and music for all will
be available.
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A resident takes a photo of the historic marker outside the Winston Mutual Building on East Fifth Street.
BYTEVIN STINSON
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City officials preserved a piece of history when they
unveiled a historic marker outside the Winston Mutual
building on East Fifth Street last weekend.
The four-story Building was originally built in 1969 to
serve as the headquarters of Winston Mutual Life
Insurance Co., which provided health and accident.insur
ance for blacks in the area who worked in the tobacco
industry. Retired Winston Mutual manager William Fulton
said their mission statement was "Strengthening the weak
without weakening the strong."
While reflecting on his time spent with the company,
Fulton said Winston Mutual financed some of the homes
in East Winston during a time buyers in the community
couldn't get loans anywhere else. He said, "We would take
the nickels, dimes and quarters that no one else would
take."
"Winston Mutual had a tremendous economic and
social impact," he said. "We were all about building
wealth in our own communities and that's what we strived
for each day we walked in that building."
After the insurance company was sold to Gold State
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Democrats
rally behind
Clinton and
against Trump
.
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
First lady Michelle Obama and Democratic presiden
tial candidate Hillary Clinton campaigned at the Lawrence
Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Thursday, Oct. 27.
Many Democrats spoke before Obama and Clinton
took to die stage. A group of black Democratic represen
tatives from several states where joined on the stage by the
Rev. Jesse Jackson as North Carolina's Rep. Alma Adams
and Rep. G. K. Butterfield both voiced their support for
Clinton.
Adams, who represents the 12th District that contains
Mecklenburg County, praised Clinton for how she han
dled the Charlotte riots that were triggered by a police
shooting earlier this year.
She said Clinton didn't just
CAMPAIGN speak when she came to the
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"I know we can trust
Hillary to listen to our com
munity." said Adams.
Debra Ross, who is challenging Sen. Richard Burr,
criticized her opponent's support of Republican presiden
tial candidate Donald Trump. The crowd cheered as Ross
called on "nasty women" to organize, a callback to what
Tramp called Clinton in the final debate. "He forgot that
nasty women vote," she said.Ross said Burr calls her "rad
ical" but that her positions on things like equal pay for
women, raising the minimum wage, increasing pell grants
and refinancing student loans are in keeping with what
voters want.
Kay Hagan, a former senator, said that Clinton will do
great things for the state. She compared Clinton's plan to
invest in infrastructure to the creation of the transconti
nental railroad and United States highway system.
Linda Coleman, who is running to unseat Lt. Gov. Dan
Forest, hit her opponent on both his support of Tramp and
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