by John Wynne | Mar 7, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, US Senate
First, for the primary: yes. A lot of things would have to go right for him, and a lot of things would have to go wrong for Tillis, but it could happen. Brannon has just the right profile for a Tea Party insurgent in today’s environment. What he doesn’t...
by John Wynne | Mar 6, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, Social Media Rankings, US Senate
Two months to go (until the primary). Filing has officially ended. The candidates are official. And, just before filing closed, came two new entrants: perennial candidate Jim Snyder of Lexington, and Alex Bradshaw of Icard. That brings the total number of GOP...
by John Wynne | Mar 6, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, US Senate
After Greg Brannon was found liable for misleading investors, I felt certain that his campaign was finished. With such a scarlet letter, no respectable Tea Party leader or group would want to endorse him. I was wrong. Today came news that Senator Mike Lee is endorsing...
by John Wynne | Feb 24, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, US Senate
One of my favorite blogs is ElectionProjection.com, run by fellow North Carolinian ‘the Blogging Caesar’. In the past, the Caesar would make ‘edicts’ which were basically bold predictions. Inspired by this, I am going to make an edict of my...
by John Wynne | Feb 18, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, US Senate
Today started out to be a good one for Dr. Greg Brannon. He appeared on the Glenn Beck Show and got rave reviews from the liberty-minded, constitutional crowd. Then WRAL reported that Brannon had failed to pay his property taxes on time. But the biggest blow came with...
by John Wynne | Feb 14, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features |
PPP did a head-to-head between Governor McCrory and Attorney General Cooper, the prospective candidates for governor in 2016. McCrory leads Cooper, 43-41. Back in September, Cooper led McCrory 48-42, so this is an improvement for the governor. His approval rating is...
