by Kirk Kovach | May 18, 2019 | Demographic Trends, The Feed, The Kovach Corner
Pew has a new survey out that looks at the nature of politically independent voters, and the upshot is something that is apparent from polling but still goes rather undiscussed on network news: Independents are not just a large cohort of people sitting on the fence,...
by Janet Colm | Jan 12, 2018 | Demographic Trends, Features, National Politics, NC Politics |
This post was originally published by Janet Colm on WomenAdvanceNC.org on January 10, 2018. If you caught Oprah’s amazing speech at the Golden Globes, you might be one of those jumping on the Oprah For President bandwagon. Regardless of how you feel about that, one...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 1, 2017 | Demographic Trends, Editor's Blog |
The News & Observer has a very good article about voter trends in North Carolina. The reporter looks beyond just the registration numbers to examine trends in past elections and what to look for in 2018. He looks at money, enthusiasm and off-year turnout....
by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 25, 2016 | Democrats, Demographic Trends
National pundits often overestimate the current role of Latinos in North Carolina’s electoral transformation. Many of them seem to assume that growing Hispanic, African-American and upmarket white populations is an essentially universal formula. Here, the first two...
by Thomas Mills | May 26, 2016 | Demographic Trends, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
As I’ve been calling around the state talking to people about my campaign, I often get the refrain, “But those districts are gerrymandered. They’re safe Republican.” It’s a story that Democrats and analysts have been telling that’s just not true. Or at least it...
by John Wynne | Nov 4, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Demographic Trends, Features, NC Politics |
Republicans now need two things to happen in order to elect one of their own as mayor of Charlotte: they need depressed minority turnout, and they need to absolutely crush in the suburbs. During Edwin Peacock’s two campaigns for mayor, both those things have...
