NORTH CAROLINA, USA — It was a weekend of chaos in the race to be your senator. Between Thom Tillis testing positive for coronavirus and Cal Cunningham admitting to sexting a woman who is not his wife, there’s a lot for voters to process.
WFMY News 2’s Ben Briscoe chatted with UNCG political science professor Thom Little about what all of this could mean for the race.
“Little: Nobody has seen anything like this where candidates can’t even go out and shake hands and kiss babies.
Briscoe: So, this really is crazy?
Little: Oh, everything about this campaign season is different.
Briscoe: We’re in October. Has the October surprise gone away at this point?
Little: If there’s anything left that would surprise us, I cannot imagine what it would be. Unless, God help us, it’s an international attack or an asteroid hit the planet. I’m not sure that this weekend is going to make a real big impact on either side. Whether it’s the announcement by Tillis that he’s tested positive for Covid-19 or the announcement from the Cunningham campaign that he has the scandal with sending the text messages. The number one story is the president, so any of the other stuff is going to get buried. The other thing, I think most voters are just pretty much locked in as to who they are going to support.”
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