by John Wynne | Feb 8, 2016 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, Race, US House |
So congressional districts 1 and 12 have been deemed illegal racial gerrymanders by a federal court. The court found that race, not politics, predominated in the drawing of those two districts, dispelling the fiction that the General Assembly didn’t know what...
by John Wynne | Feb 4, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC House Races, NC Politics |
Twelve years ago, Rep. David Miner lost his Cary-based seat to Nelson Dollar in a nasty GOP primary. After his loss, the moderate Miner bemoaned the conservative direction in which the party was moving and warned about the consequences of electing intransigent...
by John Wynne | Feb 3, 2016 | 2014 Elections, 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, National Politics, NC Politics, Presidential race, US Senate |
It should be fairly obvious by now, but those running for office in competitive, high-profile races shouldn’t skip debates. It’s bad. Ask Donald Trump. Ask our former senator, Kay Hagan. According to the Cruz campaign, Trump’s decision to skip the...
by John Wynne | Feb 2, 2016 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, National Politics |
What an interesting night! Here are what I consider a few of the things to take away from the Iowa caucus results: North Carolina a player. Since this is an NC-politics related blog, we’ll start off with this first. The results of Iowa significantly increase the...
by John Wynne | Feb 1, 2016 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, National Politics, Presidential race
The Republican Party will find itself in one of three scenarios following tonight’s Iowa caucuses. I’ve outlined them below, and their implications: 1. Trump wins big. If Trump not only wins, but wins big, he will completely dominate the news cycle between...
