by John Wynne | Jan 20, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Democrats, Features, National Politics, US House |
Clay Aiken gave a lengthy interview about his congressional campaign, which he noted was his “first.” The implication is that in a subsequent campaign, Aiken would do better. Maybe he’ll run again, lose, and run again after that, a la Mitt Romney....
by Thomas Mills | Dec 31, 2014 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Predictions |
Last year, I learned that the prediction game is a tough business. I started off on a roll, but went down hill from there. I said that Thom Tillis would win the primary outright and the race would see unprecedented amounts of money from outside groups. I got both of...
by John Wynne | Dec 23, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, National Politics, NC Politics, US Senate |
Here’s another fun map, this time of turnout by county for the 2014 general elections in North Carolina. As you can see, there are a few regional patterns but as a whole the colors look pretty random. The five counties with the best turnout: 1. Alleghany...
by John Wynne | Dec 8, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Features, NCGA, NCGOP, US House |
One of the biggest talking points used by NC Democrats in the aftermath of the 2012 elections was the victories by NC Republicans up and down the ballot were solely due to gerrymandering. Well that talking point is kaput. Last month, the NC GOP clearly won the popular...
by John Wynne | Dec 4, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Demographic Trends, Features, NC Politics, US Senate |
The Wake County Board of Elections now has results from November 4th broken down by precinct. These numbers contain early voting totals. With early vote numbers now in, we can finally examine what happened in Wake. Democrats did very, very well there last month. Hagan...
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