Tag:Donald Trump

• Close partisan divide will persist

  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.

  by John Hood
• Midterm spread favors the Democrats

  In the modern era, the party not in the White House has almost always gained seats in the North Carolina legislature in midterm elections.

  by John Hood
• Politics isn’t always the answer

  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.

  by John Hood
• Political rhetoric affects trade views

  During the Bush presidency, Republicans were more supportive of free-trade agreements than Democrats were. The opposite was true during the Obama presidency.

  by John Hood
• Tax cuts are not self-financing

  While North Carolina’s GOP leaders may share a party label with Kansas Republicans or the Trump administration, their approach to fiscal policy has been quite different.

  by John Hood
• Seeking protection, rather than competition

  Americans are upset. Some are just mildly unhappy, others seem miserable, many are plain mad. A NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll reports that more than half have believed the country is “on the wrong track” in every month since February 2005. A Pew survey reveals most of us have been…

  by Andy Taylor
• Both parties face age barriers

  Rather than extrapolating a few statistical trends into the future and then waiting for political prizes to fall into their laps, successful candidates will take nothing for granted.

  by John Hood
• Swing voters aren’t all alike

  Think of the Democrats and Republicans as competing teams that pool together the varying talents, resources, and energies of players, coaches, support staff, and fans.

  by John Hood
• Political ads remain key tool

  During the homestretch, 70 percent of TV ads supporting Donald Trump were about policy, compared to only 25 percent of the ads supporting Hillary Clinton.

  by John Hood
• Judge in H.B. 2 case now ‘writing on a blank slate’

  RALEIGH — An order by the U.S. Supreme Court vacating a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on a transgender rights issue could affect a North Carolina case…

  by Barry Smith