by John Wynne | Nov 12, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC House Races, NC Politics, NCGA |
Democrats had a bad night in the State Senate last week. They fared a little better in the House, though, but Republicans maintained their veto-proof majority there as well, despite losing four seats. Let me remind you that the goal of Democrats was to eliminate those...
by John Wynne | Nov 11, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, Poll Analysis, US Senate |
Those who cover politics are scrambling to figure out why the polls were so off this year. Nobody saw it coming, they say. Maybe polling is no longer a reliable practice – we might be able to get the numbers in the right ballpark, but until Election Day...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 11, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog |
Contrary to what so many Democrats would like to believe, Kay Hagan and the Democrats could not have saved themselves by wrapping themselves around Obama’s accomplishments. On the contrary, when Obama told an audience that even though he wasn’t on the ballot, his...
by John Wynne | Nov 10, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, NC Senate Races, NCGA, NCGOP |
Overall, Republicans did very well on Election Night when it came to the General Assembly races, especially in the State Senate, where they actually managed to pick up a seat. Yes, they lost a few in the House, and we’ll cover those later, but they maintained...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 10, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, US Senate |
I’ve been a critic of the Democratic super PACs’ Koch brothers obsession for months. So I wasn’t surprised when a reporter called asking for a comment on a memo released by American Bridge, the research arm of those super PACs, touting the success of attacking the...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 7, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, US Senate |
In the aftermath of the election, a lot of Democrats were quick to pile on the Hagan campaign. Most people complained that it was an ugly campaign defined by negative advertisements and lacking any message that encouraged people to vote for Hagan. I called it a near...
