Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr leads potential Democratic challenger Elaine Marshall by eight percentage points, according to a new poll released today by the Civitas Institute.
Civitas' poll of 600 likely North Carolina voters was conducted Dec. 1-3, before former state Sen. Cal Cunningham entered the [...]
In advance of the Wake County School Board meeting scheduled for later today, we went in the field yesterday with a flash poll to gauge Wake County voters’ opinions of the more contentious issues. And the results were pretty surprising. Those issues we thought were supposed contentious really aren’t. The [...]
The Raleigh Board of Adjustment, after a nearly three-hour hearing, voted 4-1 to uphold the inspections department’s decision that Bett Padgett’s house concerts violate the city’s residential zoning. The fact that she hosts more than three concerts a year, the board decided, makes them a business even though she [...]
President Barack Obama’s favorability in North Carolina hit a new low in our poll this month with less than half of voters having a favorable opinion of him. It now stands at 48% favorable, 38% unfavorable, down from a high of 64% the first time we asked in March of [...]
The Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, the only racially-segregated-by-rule organization in Durham, and maybe North Carolina, pulled more hi-jinks last week:
Only 18 of the estimated 100 people who attended were allowed to vote as the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People re-elected Lavonia Allison [...]
Disastrous economic policies inflict real and painful consequences on real people, not to mention the toll they take in the political sphere, as new polling data shows. From Rasmussen Reports:
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 23% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve [...]
Just a few hours ago the U.S. House of Representatives passed The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, House Bill 4173, which if passed by the U.S. Senate will do the following:
The House voted 223 to 202 today to approve the most sweeping overhaul of financial regulations [...]
About half of North Carolina voters remain happy with the job President Barack Obama is doing, according to a new poll.
The Civitas Institute surveyed 600 likely voters Dec. 1-3, and found that 48 percent had a favorable opinion of Obama. That is down from earlier in the [...]
Folks in the state progressive community should take note today of the ten-year anniversary of the reform coalition known as N.C. Voters for Clean Elections. The group, whose director Chase Foster is a regular contributor to the Progressive Pulse, has produced an impressive and [...]
I’m no fan of George W. Bush’s expansion of government and entitlements, but this Public Policy Polling survey of national registered voters made me smile. I’d bet a million bucks Dick Cheney is smiling, too.
Q5: Who would you rather have as president right now: George W. Bush or [...]
As you can probably imagine, I don’t like the latest aquatic center idea being floated by some Greensboro City Council members.
The way I see it, even if the $6.8 million shortfall is voted down in a bond referendum, that still leaves Matt Brown, Robbie Perkins and Zack Matheny [...]
