by John Wynne | Sep 25, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, Social Media Rankings, US Senate |
Yesterday, Dr. Michael Bitzer posted about the absentee ballots being cast in NC, where Democrats are looking unusually motivated. A less serious gauge of enthusiasm might be found through social media, in particular Facebook. On that medium, Tillis is way ahead in...
by John Wynne | Sep 23, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, US Senate |
Libertarians often complain that the two parties are conspiring to deny voters any real choice by shutting out parties with differing views from the election process. More often, though, it’s the candidates themselves who ensure they end up with a minimal level...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 23, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, US Senate |
During the Republican primary, a little noticed issue kept popping up among TEA party groups. Thom Tillis supports toll roads in North Carolina. In particular, he supports them along 1-77 between Statesville and Charlotte. The TEA party doesn’t and they blasted Tillis...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 22, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, Education, US Senate |
Thom Tillis is up with another ad defending his record on education. National pundits are asking why education has so dominated the North Carolina Senate contest. It’s a subject usually confined to state politics, while federal races are more often about issues like...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 18, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, Education, US Senate |
Seems Thom Tillis and the GOP are upset about the Democratic ads claiming Republicans cut $500 million from education. They claim the ads are false and cite several fact checkers that have cast doubt about the numbers. Yesterday, John Hood of the John Locke Foundation...
by John Wynne | Sep 17, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, NCGOP, US Senate |
I’ve speculated in the past that Richard Burr is very likely to retire in 2016. Not only are there rumors that Burr is tired of life in the Senate, several of his friends are leaving also and it might be getting kind of lonely up there. Burr’s very anemic...
