by John Wynne | Jul 2, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, Polling, US Senate |
We’re halfway through the year and Democrats still haven’t come up with a candidate to challenge Richard Burr for United States Senate. The two candidates who would appear to be strongest, Anthony Foxx and Kay Hagan, have ruled out bids. Our reader poll at...
by John Wynne | Jul 1, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NCGov, Polling |
The latest Civitas poll has Governor McCrory leading Attorney General Roy Cooper by 5, 43-38. There’s a very high number of undecided voters, an indication that a lot of people just don’t know what to think about Pat. That means he could easily fall victim...
by John Wynne | Jun 30, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics |
The attempt to redraw the districts for the Greensboro City Council hit a snag yesterday. The House overwhelmingly voted to reject HB 263, which would redistrict not only the City Council of the third-largest city in the state but would also redistrict the town...
by John Wynne | Jun 29, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP |
Today’s ruling by the Supreme Court keeps hope alive for a nonpartisan redistricting commission here in North Carolina. The question before the Court was whether or not the legislature could delegate drawing districts to commissions, or if that power resided...
by John Wynne | Jun 26, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, US House |
Well, that was interesting. Earlier this week we learned that Rep. Mark Meadows was going to be removed from his position as chair of the Government Operations subcommittee. Meadows, a conservative Republican, represents the 11th District in Western North Carolina and...
by John Wynne | Jun 25, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NCGov, Race |
Governor Pat is hopping on the bandwagon on the most important issue of our time: the Confederate flag. We don’t have a Confederate flag flying over the Capitol as our neighbors do in South Carolina, but the state does offer specialty license plates for the...
