by Thomas Mills | Sep 16, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, US Senate
Thom Tillis has seen a rash of bad polls over the past week. As John Wynne noted, it’s still too early for Republicans to hit the panic button. There’s still time for the mood to change and in 2004, Richard Burr was trailing Erskine Bowles by about the same margins...
by John Wynne | Sep 15, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, Poll Analysis, Polling, US Senate |
Rasmussen: Hagan leads by 6. Civitas: Hagan up 3. Elon: Hagan up 4. American Insights, which has been called “the first homegrown polling firm with a Republican slant”: Hagan up 10. What’s going on? Well, Hagan leads. That much is assured. The last...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 15, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, Poll Analysis, US Senate
As the political environment starts to solidify post-Labor Day, the news is not good for Thom Tillis. Two more polls show him trailing Kay Hagan by significant margins. That’s five polls released in the last week that show Hagan breaking away. The Elon University poll...
by John Wynne | Sep 11, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC House Races, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP
House District 35: Rep. Chris Malone (R) vs. Brian Mountcastle (D) House District 35 is based in northeastern Wake County. It encompasses the towns of Zebulon, Wendell, part of Knightdale, and Wake Forest. Even a decade ago this was a very rural part of the county,...
by John Wynne | Sep 10, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Features, NC House Races, NC Senate Races, NCGA, Polling, US Senate
Some of the hottest political races of this cycle are happening in Wake County. Wake just passed 1,000,000 residents, so it’s no surprise that this county is going to be seeing a lot of action, both now and in the future. Both parties are going to be heavily...
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...
