by John Wynne | Nov 4, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Demographic Trends, Features, NC Politics |
Republicans now need two things to happen in order to elect one of their own as mayor of Charlotte: they need depressed minority turnout, and they need to absolutely crush in the suburbs. During Edwin Peacock’s two campaigns for mayor, both those things have...
by John Wynne | Nov 3, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics |
It’s Election Day in North Carolina. Hundreds of people from across the state will participate in today’s “off-year” municipal elections. The two most interesting contests are described below. Charlotte Mayor Former City Council member Edwin...
by John Wynne | Nov 2, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NCGOP, US House |
North Carolina’s own Representative Walter Jones was a thorn in the side of the GOP leadership under John Boehner. And while Boehner might have been replaced by Paul Ryan, Jones is not letting up. Jones refused to join other anti-establishment figures like Mark...
by John Wynne | Oct 29, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC House Races, NC Politics, NC Senate Races |
As we’re approaching the filing deadline, more and more people are starting to announce their candidacies. Yesterday, two Democratic women announced they were running for state legislative seats in Wake County. Neither of the seats are solidly Republican so they...
by John Wynne | Oct 27, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, NCGOP |
An interview given by Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest confirms what’s pretty much an open secret in Raleigh: he has aspirations for higher office. Forest, the son of former U.S. Representative Sue Myrick, wants to be governor. If McCrory gets another term (and...
by John Wynne | Oct 26, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, National Politics |
As Donald Trump started rising in the polls over the summer, the GOP elites consoled themselves with the thought that surely, this was going to be a short-lived phenomenon and that the blowhard billionaire would implode eventually. When Trump made the comments about...
