On a measure of net lean to the Democrats or Republicans, North Carolina are one of only six states (along with Pennsylvania, Michigan, Virginia, Maine, and Colorado) to be within two points of the national median.
Levying tariffs to jack up steel prices will hurt other manufacturing firms, which employ vastly more North Carolinians (and other Americans) than the steel companies do.
North Carolina policymakers have set firmer priorities within the state’s transportation budget, initiated new user-funded projects, and redirected gas taxes to their proper use of constructing or maintaining roads.
President Donald Trump won North Carolina in 2016, but his approval ratings in the state continue to slide, poll data from Elon University and Spectrum News North Carolina show. Beginning in 2000, Elon has conducted several…
A new poll suggests that if the presidential election of 2016 were restaged in North Carolina, Trump would probably still win the state.
Republican candidates have to win a sizable majority of unaffiliated and mildly Democratic voters to be competitive.
If you subtract voter preference for Democrats from voter preference for Republicans, only nine states — including North Carolina — have values no greater than two percentage points.
In the modern era, the party not in the White House has almost always gained seats in the North Carolina legislature in midterm elections.
What ought to worry North Carolina leaders, regardless of party or ideology, is that the labor market and other indicators are suggesting a recent weakening of the state’s economic momentum.
During the Bush presidency, Republicans were more supportive of free-trade agreements than Democrats were. The opposite was true during the Obama presidency.
