What is the biggest threat to the US economy according to the folks managing investment portfolios? It’s not the threat of terrorist attack, inflation or protectionist trade policies — it’s the threat of “government policy missteps” according to this CNBC.com article. “Government Policy Missteps” garnered more than a third of the participants’ votes as their [...]
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District Polling This Week
Four more state legislative district polls were released this week in competitive legislative districts — and as a whole, continue to portray a difficult year for Democratic candidates. On Monday, Civitas released results for HD 4, an open seat in Duplin and Onslow counties, rated as a neutral district on the NCPI. Republican Jimmy Dixon [...]
HD 112: Hager (R) 46% – Proctor (D) 36%
In the race to replace the retiring Rep. Bob England (D-Rutherford) in House District 112, Republican Mike Hager leads Democrat Jim Proctor 46%-36% according to the latest Civitas Poll of that district. The district consisting of Rutherford and a portion of Cleveland county is an R+7 district on the NCPI. Many people have theorized that [...]
Teachers Union Buys A Spot Inside Perdue’s Inner Circle
Remember how the National Association of Educators (NEA) spent $2.2 million helping Bev Perdue get elected governor? Well, it looks like it has bought them a seat in her inner circle. From the News & Observer: Dawn Shephard Pope is Gov. Bev Perdue’s new teacher adviser. The governor’s teacher adviser is a liaison between the [...]
Hackney Leads in HD 54
Since we polled Senate President Marc Basnight’s district a couple of weeks ago, we thought it was only fair that we poll House Speaker Joe Hackney’s as well, and Hackney is faring much better than Basnight. Basnight led challenger Hood Richardson by a mere 10 points, whereas Hackney is leading Cathy Wright by 16 points [...]
