by Thomas Mills | Mar 27, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Polling, US Senate |
In the spring of 2010, Elaine Marshall was a sitting Secretary of State locked in a primary with a former state senator, a prominent Obama fundraiser and three other little known candidates. Marshall had a solid advantage in name recognition but the race wasn’t...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 25, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Democrats, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate |
When I was growing up, there was a joke about a priest, a hippie and then-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in an airplane. The plane’s engines gave out but there were only two parachutes. Kissinger quickly said, “Well, I’m the smartest man in the world and the world...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 22, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate |
You may think Democrats are down on their luck, running from Obamacare, blaming the Koch Brothers and otherwise looking silly. But they have a secret weapon. It’s called the Republicans. And in North Carolina, they just broke it out. Frontrunner and state House...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 21, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Polling, US Senate |
This week’s WRAL poll of the GOP U.S. Senate primary showed Mark Harris, long considered one the three top candidates, lagging far behind House Speaker Thom Tillis and Dr. Greg Brannon. While the poll has value, it’s no indication that Harris is out of the running....
by Thomas Mills | Mar 21, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate |
Finally, Mark Harris wins a week. Granted he wins because Greg Brannon didn’t get arrested or otherwise fire up his base and because Thom Tillis lost it so badly. Still, he emerged as a contender. On Friday, the Duggar family with all of their 19 children and Family...
by John Wynne | Mar 20, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, Poll Analysis, Polling, US House, US Senate
It’s been quite a week for polls in NC politics. The first one is from American Insights, which purportedly wants to become the conservative alternative to PPP. They didn’t poll the Senate race, but they show President Obama with a 43/49 approval here,...
