by John Wynne | Jun 6, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, National Politics, NC House, NC Politics |
North Carolina is one of those states where voters seem to like women politicians. In some states, that’s not the case. States like Iowa and Mississippi have no women in Congress and have never had a female governor. On the other hand, you have states like New...
by John Wynne | Jun 5, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Economy, Features, Moral Monday |
Conservatives in North Carolina have been wrestling for some time with how to handle protesters, particularly of the Moral Monday variety. Writing blistering editorials which mocked them as “Moron Mondays” didn’t work. Giving them delicious freshly...
by John Wynne | Jun 3, 2014 | Campaigns, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Debates, Features, US Senate |
Whatever you think of Thom Tillis’s proposal for ten debates, one thing is clear: it would be unprecedented in NC political history. In fact, by my count, that would be almost as many debates in one Senate election as we’ve had, total, in the past 30...
by John Wynne | Jun 2, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Campaigns, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Education, Features, NC Senate Races |
The powers-that-be in the North Carolina General Assembly want to keep their short session short and sweet. A lot of people are saying that’s because Thom Tillis doesn’t want to engender a lot of controversy while he’s running for Senate, but...
by John Wynne | May 30, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Campaigns, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, Poll Analysis, Polling, US Senate |
Civitas is out with a new poll, and it shows Speaker of the House Thom Tillis with a slight lead over Democratic incumbent senator Kay Hagan. General election Tillis – 39% Hagan – 36% Haugh – 8% This is the second poll which finds the Libertarian...
by John Wynne | May 29, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Environment, Features, Issues, US Senate |
It’s unusual for the Speaker of the House to vote on legislation, but Thom Tillis did so yesterday when it came to the fracking bill. He explained that he wanted to “make it very clear where I stood on this issue.” Clearly, Tillis is a big fan of...
