by Thomas Mills | Dec 3, 2014 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, NCGov |
Well, Pat McCrory is off and running. He’s got a shiny new web site and a campaign video to boot. He’s kicking off his re-election campaign, officially or unofficially, before the legislature gets back in town and while his approval ratings have recovered from his...
by John Wynne | Dec 2, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Demographic Trends, Features, National Politics, NC Politics, US House |
This is Part 2 of the review of the congressional results. Part 1 is here. This time we’re going to be looking at the results in Districts 8 through 13. NC-08: Richard Hudson (R) vs. Antonio Blue (D) 2012 result: Hudson +8 2014 result: Hudson +30 Hudson walloped...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 2, 2014 | Editor's Blog, NC House |
Cleveland County has long held a place of political prominence in North Carolina. For much of the early 20th century, the Shelby Dynasty dominated North Carolina politics. O. Max Gardner and his brother-in-law Clyde R. Hoey led a group of pro-business Democrats who...
by John Wynne | Dec 1, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Features, NC Politics, US House |
I wasn’t originally planning to do this one because none of the congressional races were particularly exciting affairs, but there are a few interesting things to note. For those who somehow missed what happened, or aren’t political junkies and just...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 1, 2014 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, Politics |
While other people are grooming their fantasy football teams, I’m warming up my fantasy presidential contest. My candidates are Elizabeth Warren and Rand Paul. Not the Rand Paul who is pandering to social conservatives and war mongers, but the libertarian Rand Paul...
by John Wynne | Nov 25, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics |
Mike Robinson has conceded to Justice Cheri Beasley in the one Supreme Court race that was still outstanding. The final margin was 0.22%. Although Election Night was pretty good to Republicans in North Carolina, the losses in these Supreme Court races have to hurt....
