by John Wynne | Mar 23, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, National Politics, Polling |
Ted Cruz announced that he was running for President at midnight last night. The midnight announcement came at Liberty University, the largest Christian university in the United was well-received by the conservative movement. With Scott Walker having had a bad last...
by John Wynne | Mar 20, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NCGov
Across the state, people are waiting in breathless anticipation for who will win the coveted “Worst Week in Raleigh” award. Turns out, there’s no clear winner. But if I had to name one person, it would be former SEANC executive director Dana Cope...
by John Wynne | Mar 19, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, Moral Monday, NC Politics, US Senate |
A couple of days ago, a group of North Carolinians went to meet with Sens. Burr and Tillis to try to convince them to support Obama’s nominee for Attorney General, Loretta Lynch. They came away angry and disappointed, as the 45-minute meeting failed to convince...
by John Wynne | Mar 18, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Economy, Features, NC Politics, NCGov |
Good news for Governor McCrory: the state’s falling unemployment rate. The Department of Commerce revealed yesterday that the unemployment rate in North Carolina is holding steady at 5.4%, below the national average. When McCrory was elected in November 2012,...
by John Wynne | Mar 17, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Demographic Trends, Features, NCGA, NCGOP |
State Sen. Harry Brown is a Jacksonville Republican, but he’s preparing to file a bill that will spread the wealth around. Brown’s bill would change the formula for how sales taxes are distributed. Right now, the formula gives a portion of the revenue to...
by John Wynne | Mar 16, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Demographic Trends, Features, NC Politics |
Last week the NC GOP announced “Project Listen” which will focus on engaging with residents in Wake and Mecklenburg counties in order to make sure that the party stays abreast of continued demographic changes in the two largest urban areas of the state....
