Talk:McCrae Dowless

Dubious Interpretation of Voting Records
Regarding the following commentary: "While he worked for candidates of both major parties, his NC State Board of Elections voter history showed a voting record that was 100% Democrat from 2002 through the 2016 primary, at which time, when he switched to the Republican party"

The record cited does show that he voted in democratic primaries in that time, but in general and municipal elections in that span he was unaffiliated, so the characterization of the voting record as 100% Democrat is not accurate. Because primaries are not closed in North Carolina, activity in a primary election does not demonstrate someone's party affiliation, ostensibly the point of the entire sentence. --Talkary (talk) 21:24, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Misleading opening sentence
“Conservative political operative” and “member of the Republican Party” are highly misleading descriptions of Mr. Dowless’ overall political life. When paired with “convicted felon,” this is especially misleading, as he was a registered Democrat at the time of his felony conviction.

Mr. Dowless was in fact a registered Democrat most of his life, and did not register as a Republican until 2016.

Also, many of the politicians listed in the article that hired Mr. Dowless are Democrats, but this is not mentioned in the article. Dphoward62 (talk) 23:17, 30 November 2021 (UTC)


 * I agree that these factors are not important enough to be thrown immediately in at the lede. The Vote Collectors' book, which is partially a biography of Dowless, makes it clear he worked for whoever was paying him. He was a serial fraudster and and a political operative, but not a politician. -Indy beetle (talk) 23:01, 24 April 2022 (UTC)