by John Wynne | May 6, 2015 | Budget, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, Tax Reform |
Remember those folks who claimed that the GOP legislature’s economic policy was a disaster and was going to result in a budget shortfall of $270 million? Well, they were only off by a little. The Fiscal Research Division is reporting that the state will end the...
by John Wynne | May 5, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, NCGOP |
State Auditor Beth Wood announced yesterday that she was planning to seek reelection to a third term. Wood, a Democrat, was first elected in 2008, but has been praised for her performance by GOP legislators. The lack of animus between Wood and Republicans in Raleigh...
by John Wynne | May 4, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NCGOP, NCGov |
According to the average of polls, 38% of North Carolinians approve of the job Pat McCrory is doing, while 43% disapprove. On the other hand, 43% approve of the job Roy Cooper is doing as Attorney General, while only 31% disapprove. Numbers like that mean that chances...
by John Wynne | Apr 30, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NCGA |
Progressives should take heart. Yes, whenever the General Assembly is in session, it’s usually bad news for those in North Carolina who are politically left of center, and a number of bills were passed to advance the conservative agenda of the GOP. But there are...
by John Wynne | Apr 29, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Features, National Politics, NC Politics, US House |
Just in case anyone still thinks otherwise: Clay Aiken was never a serious political candidate and never will be. It’s disappointing, too, because the guy in his YouTube campaign announcement video seemed really sincere. Aiken’s subsequent performance has...
by John Wynne | Apr 28, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, Poll Analysis, Polling |
As soon as the dust settled on 2014, there was a flurry of speculation that Democrats would recruit Kay Hagan to run against Richard Burr in 2016. The thinking was: hey, in a GOP wave year, Hagan came within 2 points of retaining her seat. So, obviously, her loss was...
