by John Wynne | Jul 22, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NCGA, Poll Analysis, Polling, US Senate |
The plan this year was for the General Assembly to convene, give teachers raises, make some tweaks to the budget, and then get out so they can campaign. So far, it hasn’t worked out that way. The legislature is still in session, and it doesn’t look like...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 30, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Poll Analysis, Polling, US Senate, Women's Rights
I haven’t taken a close look at polls in awhile but I decided to delve into the recent Civitas and PPP polls to see if I could find any patterns. And I do. There’s a gaping gender gap that Tillis will have to close if he hopes to unseat Hagan. In both polls,...
by John Wynne | Jun 27, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, Poll Analysis, Polling, US Senate |
A consensus has developed among North Carolina’s leading pollsters. After months of the U.S. Senate race being in a holding pattern, Kay Hagan has retaken the lead. Hagan led throughout most of 2013 when her opponents were unknown, and especially following the...
by John Wynne | Jun 23, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NCGA, NCGov, Polling |
Here’s some more stuff from the PPP poll from last week which deserves some commentary. (I sometimes wonder how they’re able to get respondents to sit through their entire survey). They polled on Governor McCrory’s approval rating and on the 2016...
by John Wynne | Jun 19, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, Moral Monday, NCGA, NCGOP, Poll Analysis, Polling |
For well over a year now, we’ve been hearing about how the GOP-controlled legislature here in North Carolina is extremely unpopular. That people are outraged. That Republicans are headed for massive losses in 2014, despite their viciously gerrymandered...
by John Wynne | Jun 18, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, National Politics, Poll Analysis, Polling, US Senate |
PPP released their latest poll on the U.S. Senate race yesterday. Hagan holds her largest lead since September, before the Obamacare fiasco. Tom Jensen says it’s because the legislature is back in session, which is reasonable, or it could be the flurry of...
