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NC-02 shows what Trump is doing to the GOP

by Thomas Mills | Sep 13, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Poll Analysis, Polling

Another poll is out showing Linda Coleman leading George Holding in the race for NC-02. That’s the third poll that has her leading the incumbent Congressman. Yesterday’s Civitas poll gives Coleman a one-point lead. They’re all within the margin of error, though,...

Breaching the GOP firewall

by Thomas Mills | Aug 24, 2018 | 2018 elections, North Carolina, Polling

Civitas has another poll out showing the precarious situation facing Republicans in the fall. Their poll of unaffiliated voters shows them breaking heavily for Democrats in November. The poll tries to imply that support for constitutional amendments could mitigate...

Better for Manning than Budd

by Thomas Mills | Jul 18, 2018 | Politics, Poll Analysis

Civitas has a poll out in the Congressional race between incumbent Republican Ted Budd and Democrat Kathy Manning. The survey shows Budd with a five point lead over Manning with almost 20% undecided. That’s where a challenger wants to be in a race and year like this...

Is that a wave or just a swell?

by Thomas Mills | Jun 22, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, Poll Analysis, Polling | 4 comments

Yesterday, Civitas released its monthly poll of North Carolina politics and it’s brutal for Republicans. It may just be an outlier but the numbers suggest a political environment that’s collapsing for the GOP. The issues on people’s minds favor progressives, Donald...

Democratic edge is holding

by Thomas Mills | May 2, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Polling | 4 comments

There’s another poll that shows the Democratic advantage is holding in North Carolina. The Survey USA poll done for Spectrum News shows Democrats have an edge in the generic ballots for both Congress and legislature. It also shows that Trump is unpopular in the state...

NC Congressional polls

by Thomas Mills | Apr 27, 2018 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina, Polling | 3 comments

Andrew Dunn has created a great new site called Longleaf Politics that, among other things, is tracking polls in North Carolina. The most recent entries look at Congressional races in NC-09 and NC-13. The polls were conducted by PPP for the Democratic SuperPAC Patriot...