Education Next has released its annual survey on American education. The poll of 2,800 respondents included a nationally representative sample of adults. It also included samples of two special populations: public school teachers and adults living in neighborhoods where or more charter schools are located. A brief look at the findings is revealing. Grading the [...]
Polling Archives
- Aug27
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 [...]
- Aug18
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 [...]
- Aug17
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 [...]
- Aug13
July Poll Results
Don’t forget that Civitas has released it’s latest polling data. Give it a reading when you have free time this weekend. You may be surprised at some of North Carolina voters’ reponses.
- Aug12
Even More Whining About Civitas Polling
Another day, another story on some politician whining about Civitas polling. Today’s whiner is Rep. Bill Owens (D-Pasquotank) who tells The Daily Advance that our questions are “slanted”. Here are the questions and results from the poll Civitas conducted in his district. I challenge Rep. Owens to tell us which one of these questions he [...]
- Aug10
Democratic Pollster has Republican in the Lead in HD 49
So much for all the whining on the left that all Civitas does is produce polls favorable to Republicans (they never stop to think that things might actually be that way in reality right now) — let’s see what the knee-jerk reactionaries will say about this one: Democratic polling firm Public Policy Polling (PPP) conducted [...]
- Aug05
District Polling and Race
Apparently some Democrats are unhappy with the district polling we’re putting out the past few months, and according to NC SPIN’s newsletter are questioning the results by saying we are “undersampling minority and young voters.” Well, this is just sour grapes on their part as they search for any explanation for their poor standing in [...]
- Aug05
Voter Opposition to Public Financing Remains Strong
The latest Civitas poll shows more than 3/4ths of NC voters (76%) are opposed to using taxpayer dollars to finance the campaigns of statewide candidates. Full press release here. In fact, even 78 percent of Democratic voters oppose the idea. No wonder there was such a visceral negative reaction from the public when our friends [...]
- Aug04
Civitas District polling wrap-up
Several district polls were released this week detailing state races in eastern North Carolina. You can check out the full details of all three here: Senate 1 (Beaufort, Camden, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Pasquotank, Tyrrell, and Washington counties): Sen. Marc Basnight leads Republican opponent Hood Richardson 49-39 percent. House 1 (Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, and Tyrell counties): [...]
- 5Jul23
Oh Fitzy…
I try not to respond to most inane ramblings by Chris Fitzsimon over at the NC Justice Center, but since he’s decided to distort the truth and omit critical pieces of information about our polling, I figured it was time. Fitzsimon has been a bit flustered the past few months that we at Civitas do [...]
- Jul21
WRAL/SUSA Poll Explores Cell Phone Only Polling
WRAL released a new statewide poll last week conducted by SurveyUSA which included in its sample, respondents that are believed to be “Cell Phone Only” (CPO) voters. And the findings of the behaviors and impacts on including these voters is rather surprising. Full results of poll here. According to best estimates, somewhere between 20-25% of [...]
- Jul09
Legislative District Polling from This Week
In case you missed any of our press releases on this week’s polling of competitive state House and Senate districts links are below: SD 19: Republican Wesley Meredith leads Democratic Senator Margaret Dickson 42%-38%. HD 51: Republican Mike Stone leads Democratic Representative Jimmy Love 47%-43%. HD 25: Republican Jeff Collins leads Democratic Representative Randy Stewart [...]
- Jun25
District Polling Roundup
In case you missed any of our releases on state legislative polling (you can sign up here), here’s the rundown from this week: In HD 116 (Buncombe County), a rematch from 2008, Republican Tim Moffitt leads Democratic incumbent Jane Whilden 45-38. HD 103 (Mecklenburg County) is an open seat to replace the retiring Republican Representative [...]
- Jun17
Civitas Flash Poll: Etheridge Grabs Student, Ellmers Grabs Lead
With a widely publicized video of a confrontation with two students on a Washington, DC sidewalk circulating, incumbent Democratic Congressman Bob Etheridge now trails Republican challenger Renee Ellmers according to a new SurveyUSA poll released today by the Civitas Institute.
- 1Jun15
Public Support for ABC Privatization?
Today, SB1112, “Modernization of the State ABC System,” was considered in the Senate Judiciary II Committee. The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Don Vaughan (D-Guilford), claimed that there is very little support for privatization, which is the most effective way to ensure profitability and efficiency. A Civitas poll from February 2010 contends otherwise. The poll indicates that, [...]
- Jun11
N.C. Senate Immigration Bill Gives Tacit Support to Arizona
An N.C. Senate joint resolution currently in committee smacks decidedly of the nascent Arizonan immigration law that places the power of immigration enforcement into the hands of the state government. This Arizonan law came after many concerns of the federal government being unwilling or unable to sufficiently address the illegal immigration problem themselves. Senate Joint Resolution 1349, sponsored by Don [...]
- Jun03
64% Favor Arizona Immigration Law
Sixty-four percent of North Carolina voters favor the new law in Arizona which tracks federal law and allows local law enforcement to arrest illegal immigrants for being in the state illegally according to new Civitas poll results. Twenty-five percent said they oppose it, and 11 percent said they were not sure. As the debate continues [...]
- Jun02
Over Half of NC Voters Support Offshore Drilling
A recent Civitas poll finds that 56 percent of North Carolina voters support drilling off the state’s coast for oil and natural gas. Thirty-seven percent were opposed and 7 percent had no opinion. Support for oil exploration off the coast has remained consistently strong in Civitas polling results. The May 2009 poll found 71 percent [...]
- May28
SD 9: Goolsby 55, Leutze 37
In the race to replace Democratic Sen. Julia Boseman in New Hanover county, Republican nominee Thom Goolsby starts the race with a large lead over Democrat Jim Leutze according to a Civitas poll released this week. Similar to the lead Bill Rabon enjoys in the neighboring 8th district, Goolsby is benefiting from having spent quite [...]