by John Wynne | Jul 24, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Senate Races, NCGA |
Senate District 17: Sen. Tamara Barringer (R) vs. Bryan Fulghum (D) The 17th Senate district is located in the southwestern suburbs of Wake County. It contains the booming towns of Cary, Apex, and Holly Springs, places that consistently rank high in “Best Places...
by John Wynne | Jul 23, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, Poll Analysis, Polling, US Senate |
Undecided voters in the U.S. Senate race. For the politically astute, such as those who read this blog, the concept is hard to understand. Yet they exist. Some of them know a little bit about the candidates and are conflicted, some of them don’t know anything...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 23, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, National Politics, US Senate |
Apparently, there’s still talk about a Republican wave in November. At least enough for Nate Cohn of the The New York Times to speculate that there might not be one. I’ve never believed that this is a wave year. There’s been a bunch of hype about historical voting...
by John Wynne | Jul 22, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NCGA, Poll Analysis, Polling, US Senate |
The plan this year was for the General Assembly to convene, give teachers raises, make some tweaks to the budget, and then get out so they can campaign. So far, it hasn’t worked out that way. The legislature is still in session, and it doesn’t look like...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 18, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Congressional Races, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US House
On Tuesday, Laura Fjeld, the Democratic nominee for NC-06, got a huge break when Phil Berger, Jr. lost his runoff. She drew Mark Walker, an untested baptist preacher, as her opponent. Now, she’ll probably need another break to win–but that break might already be...
by John Wynne | Jul 17, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Democrats, Features, US House |
Could Democrat Laura Fjeld pull off the extraordinary and defeat Mark Walker in this strongly Republican district? Of course. It’s possible. Then again, there are a lot of things in politics that are possible but not particularly likely to happen, and a...
