by Thomas Mills | Sep 9, 2014 | Economy, Editor's Blog, Education, NCGOP |
North Carolina Republicans have a problem with their statistics bumping into reality. We’ve been hearing about the Carolina Comeback and our dramatic drop in the unemployment rate. Unfortunately, nobody’s feeling it. In reality, our job growth is barely keeping up...
by John Wynne | Aug 11, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NC Senate Races, NCGOP, Polling
Senate District 15 – Johnny Mac Alexander (R) vs. Tom Bradshaw (D) This has been a race to watch ever since the present occupant of this seat, Neal Hunt, announced that he was going to retire. Since then, this race has seen many twists and turns. Republicans had...
by John Wynne | Aug 4, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, NC Senate Races, NCGA, NCGOP |
Senate District 19 – Sen. Wesley Meredith (R) vs. Former Rep. Billy Richardson (D) Senate District 19 comprises part of Cumberland County. The district has a quite interesting shape, drawn for the benefit of the current occupant of that seat, Republican Wesley...
by John Wynne | Jul 16, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Features, NCGOP, US House |
In my last post, I predicted that Phil Berger Jr. would win the runoff, and it wouldn’t be that close. Well, I got the second part right. Walker clobbered Berger, 60-40. So, what happened? The biggest takeaway from this race: Candidates in today’s GOP have...
by John Wynne | Jul 15, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, NCGOP, US House |
Today is the day of the second primary here in North Carolina. The last time we held a runoff election, only 3.5% of registered voters came. To look at it another way, 96.5% of registered voters in North Carolina were doing something else besides voting. Emphasis on...
by John Wynne | Jul 14, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NCGOP |
Tomorrow, North Carolina is holding runoff elections, technically the second primary elections. Just think. Had Thom Tillis not eclipsed 40% two months ago, he would have been engaged in a heated runoff battle with Greg Brannon and the most fired-up conservative...
