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...
by John Wynne | Jan 28, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, US House |
A couple days ago, Hillary Clinton earned the endorsement of U.S. Rep. David Price of the 4th district. Now, another member of the NC congressional delegation has chosen a candidate. This time the endorser is Rep. Mark Meadows, the anti-establishment congressman from...
by John Wynne | Jan 27, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC Politics |
State Sen. Josh Stein isn’t the Democratic nominee for Attorney General yet, but he might as well be. And at least monetarily, he’s off to a good start. His campaign raised over a half million dollars in the last quarter of 2015, giving him $1.49 million...
by John Wynne | Jan 26, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, National Politics, NC Politics, NCGov, US Senate |
The moment of truth! The moment of truth is upon us. Will Donald Trump actually win the first nominating caucus in Iowa, or are his poll numbers just a mirage? Is it possible that a late attack from the establishment will raise enough doubts about the businessman to...
by John Wynne | Jan 25, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, US Senate |
Deborah Ross may indeed coast to a landslide victory in the Democratic primary two months from now, but at present things are looking pretty close. Both PPP and Civitas show Ross with leads of single-digits over her nearest opponent. For those not paying attention,...
