by Thomas Mills | Oct 23, 2014 | Campaigns, Editor's Blog
Nothing shows the insularity of the Republican Party more than their hilarious attempts to reach beyond their narrow constituency of older white people. They rely on shallow stereotypes which tells us more about the GOP than the groups they are trying attract. The...
by John Wynne | Sep 25, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, Social Media Rankings, US Senate |
Yesterday, Dr. Michael Bitzer posted about the absentee ballots being cast in NC, where Democrats are looking unusually motivated. A less serious gauge of enthusiasm might be found through social media, in particular Facebook. On that medium, Tillis is way ahead in...
by John Wynne | Sep 9, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Debates, Features, Poll Analysis, Polling, US Senate |
Glen Bolger of Public Opinion Strategies (POS) is the official pollster for the Tillis campaign. Yesterday, he released an internal poll which showed the two candidates tied with 43% each and Haugh taking 8% of the vote (the YouGov poll from Sunday showed Haugh taking...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 5, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Debates, Editor's Blog, US Senate |
Thom Tillis is a man who can’t get out of his own way. In the debate, he looked more comfortable than Kay Hagan and stuck to his talking points. He should be feeling good. So why did he refer to her as “Kay”? I don’t believe he did it to demean her. I think he...
by John Wynne | Aug 18, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Campaigns, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC House, NC House Races, NC Politics
Welcome to the first edition of our series of articles analyzing the State House races in North Carolina. There are 120 House seats but only a fraction of them are truly competitive, or could possibly become competitive. We’re going to be taking a look at the...
by John Wynne | Jul 9, 2014 | Campaigns, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Features, NCGOP |
North Carolina-based political analyst John Davis says Phil Berger Jr. is likely to win next Tuesday’s low-turnout Republican runoff. The reason, says Davis, is opponent Mark Walker’s inconsistent position on illegal immigration. With all the charges of...
