by John Wynne | Feb 21, 2017 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC House, NC Politics |
Rep. Mike Speciale (R-New Bern) is known as a very conservative bombthrower in the General Assembly, but recent events suggest that he is rapidly transitioning into a progressive hero, fighting steadfastly to defend the rights of his countrymen against the ravages of...
by John Wynne | Feb 13, 2017 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, Politics |
In a setback for progress, this weekend North Carolina Democrats elected a white, cisgender, heterosexual male to lead their party. The new chairman of the NCDP is former Commissioner of Insurance Wayne Goodwin, who lost his seat on the Council of State in the Trump...
by John Wynne | Feb 11, 2017 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, Voting Rights |
As we all know, voter fraud never happens and only exists in the minds of crackpots and conspiracy theorists. Yet, this week, a man in Haywood County was convicted of felony voter fraud for voting twice in the March 2016 Republican primary. (The mountain counties of...
by John Wynne | Feb 2, 2017 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC House |
The newest member of the General Assembly is Democrat Deb Butler of Wilmington. Butler was chosen to fill the vacancy left by retiring incumbent Susi Hamilton, who left to become Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources in Roy Cooper’s administration. The...
by John Wynne | Jan 31, 2017 | Features, Politics |
Now that full precinct data has been released for the 2016 general election in North Carolina, an analysis of the results in the various congressional districts is possible. And the findings indicate that Democrats might sorely regret being successful in last...