by John Wynne | Jul 7, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Demographic Trends, Features, NC Politics, NCGOP, News |
This post is an analysis of changes in partisan registration in the state of North Carolina since the election of 2012. Data comes from the North Carolina Board of Elections. Overall, since November 6th, 2012, Democrats have lost 117,613 of their voters. Republicans...
by John Wynne | Jun 19, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, Moral Monday, NCGA, NCGOP, Poll Analysis, Polling |
For well over a year now, we’ve been hearing about how the GOP-controlled legislature here in North Carolina is extremely unpopular. That people are outraged. That Republicans are headed for massive losses in 2014, despite their viciously gerrymandered...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 9, 2014 | Democrats, Education, NC Politics |
Don’t look now, but the Democrats just accomplished a significant feat. In the midst of right-wing advances on taxes and fracking, the center-left took a long-overdue step of their own. They seized the political narrative. The Senate honchos thought their budget a...
by John Wynne | May 15, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NCGOP |
In the second-largest county in the state, there are dark clouds on the horizon for the GOP. Despite a midterm turnout that should favor Republicans, they’re on track to lose control of the Wake County Board of Commissioners. Republicans right now have four out...
by James Kotecki | Apr 29, 2014 | Democrats, NC Politics, NCGov, Politics, The North Carolinian, US Senate
Greg Lacour is a political blogger and contributing editor for Charlotte Magazine. He tells a telling tale about Thom Tillis, dives into Democratic disarray, and ponders the age-old question: what’s the deal with Charlotte? Hear Greg’s take on the Charlotte mayoral...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 21, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Congressional Races, Democrats, NC Politics |
Last week, here on PoliticsNC, Matt Phillippi made the case that Democrat Keith Crisco is the better candidate to face Republican incumbent Renee Ellmers in the race for North Carolina’s Second Congressional District. Matt argues that Crisco can pull moderate to...
