by John Wynne | Dec 17, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features |
Some random thoughts this afternoon on the NC political scene: -It will take a while before the impact of the McCrory Tree.com story is known. PPP’s latest poll had his approval spread at 41/46 and leading Cooper by 7. We’ll have to see if that changes...
by John Wynne | Dec 16, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Demographic Trends, Features |
December is always a slow news month in the world of NC politics. That’s OK. We need a break from talking about 2016 anyway. So instead, here’s a post with some observations on voter registration statistics. We’re going to look at updated voter...
by John Wynne | Dec 15, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features |
According to PPP, Ben Carson is the preference of a plurality of North Carolina Republicans. That’s not surprising. The conservative neurosurgeon has pretty good name recognition for someone who doesn’t hold public office and hits all the right notes with...
by John Wynne | Dec 11, 2014 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, Poll Analysis, Polling, US Senate |
This post continues the analysis from yesterday of PPP’s latest poll. This time, we’re going to be concentrating on the U.S. Senate race. Richard Burr is the Republican incumbent and plans to seek reelection. He has yet to draw a Democratic opponent. Burr...
by John Wynne | Dec 10, 2014 | 2016 Elections, Features, NC Politics, Poll Analysis, Polling, US Senate |
PPP is out with a new poll looking at the reelection prospects for both Burr and McCrory. The results are fairly unsurprising, though notably McCrory looks to be in better shape than Burr, which defies the conventional wisdom. At this point, both McCrory and Burr have...
by John Wynne | Dec 8, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Features, NCGA, NCGOP, US House |
One of the biggest talking points used by NC Democrats in the aftermath of the 2012 elections was the victories by NC Republicans up and down the ballot were solely due to gerrymandering. Well that talking point is kaput. Last month, the NC GOP clearly won the popular...
