by John Wynne | Aug 8, 2013 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Political Geography |
Durham County, located in central North Carolina in what is known as the Research Triangle, is one of North Carolina’s larger counties. The county seat is Durham. As of 2010, 267,587 lived in Durham County. The city of Durham is home to Duke University and North...
by John Wynne | Aug 5, 2013 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features
It has come to my attention that the latest post on social media follows is in error. Up until now, I have been using Speaker Tillis’s Facebook page as an incumbent House member in order to calculate his number of followers. What I should have been using was the...
by John Wynne | Aug 3, 2013 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Political Geography |
Located northeast of Raleigh, Nash County was founded in 1777, named for Revolutionary War hero Francis Nash. The county seat is Nashville, though its biggest city is Rocky Mount, half of which lies in Edgecombe County. The economy is predominantly agricultural. In...
by John Wynne | Aug 3, 2013 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features |
EDIT: All wrong. Use of the wrong Facebook account artificially lowered Tillis’s number of followers on that site. The updated, corrected version, much more favorable to Tillis, is posted here. It’s been two months since we last looked at social media...
by John Wynne | Aug 2, 2013 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Political Geography
Located on North Carolina’s southeastern coast, New Hanover County contains the city of Wilmington, once the largest in the state and the county seat. Over 200,000 people live in New Hanover, making it an important urban county. The county is also the site of...
by John Wynne | Jul 31, 2013 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features
To the surprise of no one, Representative Renee Ellmers is staying in the House, foregoing a bid for U.S. Senate. It seemed abundantly clear a while ago that Ellmers was not planning a move to higher office, commenting that her heart was in the House and saying kind...
