by John Wynne | Feb 22, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Features, National Politics, NC Politics, US House |
Assuming the district lines don’t change again (which could be a big assumption), the title of this post aptly describes Renee Ellmers’ situation. Already embroiled in a heated contest for renomination, Ellmers now finds herself in a dramatically...
by John Wynne | Feb 18, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, National Politics, NC Politics, US House |
So the new map is out. Democrats are flustered because the new map is so beautiful. In the Redistricting Committee meeting yesterday afternoon, Sen. Dan Blue’s prepared talking points clearly anticipated an ugly monstrosity of a map when he said that...
by John Wynne | Feb 10, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Features, NC Politics, US House |
No one is watching the developments of the North Carolina redistricting case with greater interest than U.S. Representative Renee Ellmers. If the Supreme Court decides that the show must go on (and denies the state a stay) then it’s overwhelmingly likely the...
by John Wynne | Feb 8, 2016 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, Race, US House |
So congressional districts 1 and 12 have been deemed illegal racial gerrymanders by a federal court. The court found that race, not politics, predominated in the drawing of those two districts, dispelling the fiction that the General Assembly didn’t know what...
by John Wynne | Jan 28, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, US House |
A couple days ago, Hillary Clinton earned the endorsement of U.S. Rep. David Price of the 4th district. Now, another member of the NC congressional delegation has chosen a candidate. This time the endorser is Rep. Mark Meadows, the anti-establishment congressman from...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 27, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, US House |
If this election should tell us anything, it’s that Americans have lost trust in their government and lost faith in the political establishment to fix it. Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Bernie Sanders express the frustrations of average citizens who believe the system is...
