by John Wynne | Mar 16, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Demographic Trends, Features, NC Politics |
Last week the NC GOP announced “Project Listen” which will focus on engaging with residents in Wake and Mecklenburg counties in order to make sure that the party stays abreast of continued demographic changes in the two largest urban areas of the state....
by John Wynne | Mar 9, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Demographic Trends, Economic Development, Economy, Features, NCGov |
As much as some folks might not want to admit it, there are now two North Carolinas. Governor McCrory is going to have to appeal to both to win reelection. The first North Carolina is traditional North Carolina – the small towns and rural areas that dot the...
by John Wynne | Mar 6, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Demographic Trends, Features, NCGA |
This week’s “Worst Week in Raleigh” award can be divided sevenfold between the seven Democrats who serve on the Wake County Board of Commissioners. Democrats achieved a huge victory in Wake last November, sweeping the entire board in spite of a...
by John Wynne | Feb 3, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Demographic Trends, Features |
The map you see to the left depicts the partisan breakdown of new voters by county. Unaffiliated voters constituted the greatest number of new voters in 74 of 100 counties, colored purple on the map. In five counties, Republicans outnumbered everyone else. And in 21...
by John Wynne | Jan 29, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Demographic Trends, Features, National Politics, NCGA, NCGOP, US House |
Barring some kind of cataclysm that results in a severe reduction in the state’s population, North Carolina is on track to get another congressional district following the 2020 census. We fell just short of getting a 14th district following the 2010 census, ten...
by John Wynne | Jan 23, 2015 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Demographic Trends, Features, Moral Monday, NC House Races, NC Politics, NCGA, US Senate |
Buncombe County was one of the brightest spots for Democrats on Election Night, not just in North Carolina, but nationwide. In a year where few incumbent GOP legislators were defeated, Buncombe ousted both of its Republicans in the NC House delegation. In addition,...
