All over but the cryin’
Thanks to everyone for reading PoliticsNC during this midterm election cycle. We’ll continue offering commentary and analysis in the aftermath of the election and moving into the legislative session. And, hey, the 2016 cycle will start before you know it. With a US...
A final look at the numbers
The Hagan campaign must be happy, if not a bit nervous, about where they are right now. All of the polls in the final week had her up by at least a point. The make up of the electorate looks a lot more like 2012 than 2010 and her GOTV operation seems to be working at...
BCBS trolling Obamacare
Blue Cross Blue Shield has never liked Affordable Care Act. Before it was even passed, the not-for-profit corporation used customers’ money to send out mailers and phone calls opposing health care reform. Now, they seem to be surreptitiously inserting themselves into...
Entering the final weekend, advantage Hagan
The North Carolina Senate race has tightened. Thom Tillis and his campaign argue that he has the momentum going into Election Day. That’s not really true. Yes, he appears to be getting closer to Hagan after trailing her for the past two and half months. But it’s more...
Another place for conservatives to go
Thom Tillis is still having trouble with his right flank. Maybe it’s just a very few vocal disgruntled conservatives, but at this point in the campaign, it must be giving the Tillis campaign heartburn. Regardless, the campaign must have decided they need the middle...
So who are those early voters?
If the early vote percentages continue, the make up of the electorate will look much more like 2012 than 2010. The raw vote, though looks more like 2010 so far. The year is different because of the shortened voting period, though as many people have voted in the first...
Down the stretch, it’s still the same race
In the final month of the campaign, Thom Tillis has trailed Kay Hagan by a very slim margin. As he enters the final week, he’s still working on converting voters or persuading the very few undecideds left. He’s bringing in the moderate Republicans like John McCain and...
A stable race
Two polls were released yesterday that show the race for US Senate in North Carolina is essentially unchanged. Tillis supporters will point to the NBC/Marist poll that shows the race tied after Hagan holding a four point lead in September. But the CBS/New York...
North Carolina in the World Series
Ok, while we’re all at each others' throats going down the stretch of this election cycle, let’s agree to pull for a couple of hard throwing North Carolina country boys who are playing in the World Series. Madison Bumgarner from Caldwell County is the San Francisco...
Caught in a rundown
It looks like Democrats are driving a wedge between Thom Tillis and his base. The DSCC launched two ads attacking Tillis for his support of toll roads and financial ties to donors who benefit from them. Earlier this week, The Washington Times ran a story about Tea...
