by John Wynne | Dec 16, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Demographic Trends, Features |
December is always a slow news month in the world of NC politics. That’s OK. We need a break from talking about 2016 anyway. So instead, here’s a post with some observations on voter registration statistics. We’re going to look at updated voter...
by John Wynne | Dec 4, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Demographic Trends, Features, NC Politics, US Senate |
The Wake County Board of Elections now has results from November 4th broken down by precinct. These numbers contain early voting totals. With early vote numbers now in, we can finally examine what happened in Wake. Democrats did very, very well there last month. Hagan...
by John Wynne | Dec 2, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Demographic Trends, Features, National Politics, NC Politics, US House |
This is Part 2 of the review of the congressional results. Part 1 is here. This time we’re going to be looking at the results in Districts 8 through 13. NC-08: Richard Hudson (R) vs. Antonio Blue (D) 2012 result: Hudson +8 2014 result: Hudson +30 Hudson walloped...
by John Wynne | Sep 4, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Demographic Trends, Features, Immigration, Race |
Hispanics constitute about 9% of the population in North Carolina. Yet this group, despite reports of their growing clout and influence, have failed to make much of a dent in the state’s politics. In part this is due to Hispanics lagging behind in terms of voter...
by John Wynne | Aug 29, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Demographic Trends, Features, NC Politics, NCGA |
The influence of African Americans in North Carolina politics has grown over the last decade. Before 2008, in presidential elections, Blacks constituted about 19% of the electorate. In both 2008 and 2012 they were 22% and 23%, respectively. In part, this is due to the...
by John Wynne | Aug 26, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Demographic Trends, Features, NC Politics |
There’s been a lot of talk lately about the vast growth in voters who don’t belong to any party. In North Carolina, can register as Unaffiliated. And thanks to the state’s meticulous voter registration records, we can see just how large this group...
