Political environment shifts toward Democrats as early voting begins
In-person early voting began yesterday to large numbers compared to years past. According to Jonathan Kappler over at the North Carolina Free Enterprise Foundation (NCFREF), 132,814 voted yesterday compared to 121,209 who voted on the first day of early voting in...
NCGA House Ratings
2018 NC House Election Ratings As Election Day approaches, PoliticsNC is releasing ratings for each of North Carolina’s congressional and legislative elections. We’ve already covered elections for the United States House of Representatives and the North...
Sasse identifies the problem but fails to identify the solution
Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse has written a book that attempts to understand this political division that leads to the extremists on both sides who have so little tolerance for disagreement or compromise. He says the country is facing a crisis of loneliness. If political...
The beam in their eye
Conservatives have adopted a victim mentality that insists they’re targets of a biased press and threatened by violent leftists. They cite everything from coverage of Kavanaugh to protesters at universities to prove their point. Of course most of what they whine about...
Hurricanes end the Kavanaugh conversation in NC
In North Carolina, Michael just changed the conversation from Kavanaugh to hurricanes. Between Florence in the east and Michael in the Piedmont, I suspect a majority of North Carolinians have now been impacted directly by a hurricane in the past month. The contentious...
Still a tough environment for Republicans
The Kavanaugh fight exposed the bitter division in the country and better defined the GOP, both for those who traditionally have supported the party and those who oppose it. In polls across the country, Republicans are coming home. They’re solidifying their support in...
About our ratings
The first of our legislative ratings, the state senate, came out this week. The Congressional ratings came out last month. The state house ratings will be out soon. The ratings are primarily the work of Darren Janz, a very talented young researcher and political...
NCGA Senate Ratings
2018 NC Senate Election Ratings As Election Day approaches, Politics NC is releasing ratings for each of North Carolina’s congressional and legislative elections. In late September, we covered the state’s thirteen races for the United States House of...
Dueling polls in NC-09
Dueling polls came out this week showing almost opposite results in the race for North Carolina’s 9thCongressional District. In a Survey USA poll sponsored by the conservative Civitas Institute, Democrat Dan McCready leads Republican Mark Harris by four point, 45-41....
Translating direct action into electoral turnout
There’s a lot of speculation about how the Kavanaugh hearings will affect turnout in November. Conservatives insist the hearings awakened their base. Progressives believe their side is even more energized. I believe that the episode will be a distant memory by the...
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