When I received the results of the latest Elon University poll on the Charlotte’s mayor’s race I had to chuckle. The pollsters had clearly assumed that it would be safe to poll post-primary and get some sort of definitive difference between Anthony Foxx and John Lassiter.

Nope.

As we’ve said, not until Lassiter starts trying to draw distinctions on crime, taxes, and size of government will most folks see any difference between the two. Meanwhile, Foxx is tip-toeing out into brandishing signifier votes like funding the CIAA tourney and a second Afro-American Cultural Center to his base, pumping them up for the stretch run.

But still, overall, you’d have to say that Flaxxiter holds a slight lead right now.