by John Wynne | May 6, 2015 | Budget, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, Tax Reform |
Remember those folks who claimed that the GOP legislature’s economic policy was a disaster and was going to result in a budget shortfall of $270 million? Well, they were only off by a little. The Fiscal Research Division is reporting that the state will end the...
by Thomas Mills | May 6, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, Poll Analysis, Polling |
In 2014, incumbent Senator Kay Hagan led state House Speaker Thom Tillis throughout the year only to lose the election in the final days. A week or so before the election, an astute friend pointed out that Hagan seemed to be stuck at about 46 or 47 percent in the...
by John Wynne | May 5, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, NCGOP |
State Auditor Beth Wood announced yesterday that she was planning to seek reelection to a third term. Wood, a Democrat, was first elected in 2008, but has been praised for her performance by GOP legislators. The lack of animus between Wood and Republicans in Raleigh...
by John Wynne | May 4, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NCGOP, NCGov |
According to the average of polls, 38% of North Carolinians approve of the job Pat McCrory is doing, while 43% disapprove. On the other hand, 43% approve of the job Roy Cooper is doing as Attorney General, while only 31% disapprove. Numbers like that mean that chances...
by Thomas Mills | May 4, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
My friend Jason Stanford has a wonderful piece in the Austin American-Statesmen today. Jason correctly points out that liberals waiting for things to get so bad that people will eventually vote out hard-right Republicans is a doomed strategy. He’s talking about the...
by Thomas Mills | May 1, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Democrats, Editor's Blog, US Senate |
North Carolina Democrats are starting to get a bit nervous about the lack of a US Senate candidate. 2016 could be a good year for Democrats, the first in awhile. The Republican-led legislature and Congress are unpopular, Attorney General Roy Cooper will be a...
