by John Wynne | Apr 3, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Campaigns, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Features, NCGOP, US House |
North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District – Walter B. Jones (R) Welcome to the second edition of the District Geography series, where we analyze the competitive districts in NC. Today we’ll be looking at North Carolina’s 3rd congressional district. The...
by John Wynne | Mar 6, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, Social Media Rankings, US Senate
Two months to go (until the primary). Filing has officially ended. The candidates are official. And, just before filing closed, came two new entrants: perennial candidate Jim Snyder of Lexington, and Alex Bradshaw of Icard. That brings the total number of GOP...
by John Wynne | Feb 9, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, Social Media Rankings |
Once again, I’m going to add up the Facebook and Twitter followers for each Senate candidate here in North Carolina, come up with a ‘score’ and see if we can spot any big changes. Can an analysis of social media spot new developments taking...
by John Wynne | Jan 15, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, Social Media Rankings, US Senate
It’s been a long time since we examined how the U.S. Senate candidates are doing in terms of social media. A loooooooooong time. For those of you who are just joining us, it’s a gauge of support where we add number of Facebook ‘likes’ to...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 19, 2013 | Campaigns, Editor's Blog, Politics
Best of PoliticsNC 2013 is part of our blogathon to highlight some of our best posts over the past 8 months. We’ll post one a day between now and Thanksgiving. This piece was first posted on March 15, 2013 in the predecessor to PoliticsNC. It was a response to...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 13, 2013 | 2014 Elections, Campaigns, Democrats, Editor's Blog, NC House Races, NC Senate Races |
In 1996, Democrats in North Carolina professionalized their legislative campaigns. For decades, they had relied primarily on local party bosses and precinct chairs to deliver votes. The system was outdated and ineffective and the 1994 Republican rout exposed its...
