Opinion
Why business leaders ought to worry
What worries is what I perceive to be a growing undercurrent of suspicion, resentment, and outright hostility aimed at the business sector.
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Cooper holds 9-point edge over Whatley in latest US Senate poll
Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper leads Republican Michael Whatley 50% to 41% in a new RightCount-commissioned poll of North Carolina's open US Senate race. Cooper carrying unaffiliated voters by 15 points and leading in every region except Charlotte.
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Cook Political Report shifts NC Senate race from toss-up to lean Democrat
Cook Political Report moved North Carolina's US Senate Race into the Democratic column after labelling it a toss-up prior.
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Poll: Cooper holds wide early lead over Whatley in NC Senate race
Former NC Gov. Roy Cooper holds a commanding lead over GOP challenger Michael Whatley. That margin is considerably wider than two other recent surveys of the race.
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CJ Poll: Cooper leads Whatley by 8 points in first post-primary survey
Former NC Gov. Roy Cooper leads former GOP chair Michael Whatley by 8 points in the first post-primary poll of the NC's US Senate race. The survey also found broad voter pessimism about the country's direction, majority disapproval of President Trump among likely NC voters, and majority approval for Democratic Gov. Josh Stein.
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Cooper, Whatley in statistical dead heat for US Senate seat
NC's open US Senate race is a statistical dead heat, with Democrat Roy Cooper holding a slim lead over Republican Michael Whatley, according to a new PPP poll.
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CJ Politics Week, April 20-24
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review: Prison death: COVID-19 has claimed its first victim at a North Carolina prison. An inmate at Pender Correctional Institution in Burgaw died this week of complications associated...
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CJ politics week in review, Feb. 24-28
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review: Neck-and-neck polling: It’s a three-way race in North Carolina for the Democratic primary. Polls from Civitas Institute and Public Policy Polling show Michael Bloomberg, Bernie Sanders, and...
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N.C. politics this week: What you may have missed
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses what we think are some interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s a week in review: Testy Exchange: The Oct. 2 N.C. State Board of Education got heated when members questioned State Superintendent Mark Johnson’s recent purchases of...
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Smokable hemp rules likely to be settled in court, Dixon says
If passed, North Carolina’s hotly contested hemp law will probably end up in court, says the state legislator leading efforts to ban the plant’s smokable flower. Meanwhile, a new statewide poll shows voters wish the government would stay out of the weeds. A new version of Senate Bill 315, North Carolina Farm Act of 2019,...
Opinion
Medicaid gambit won’t boost Cooper
Cooper is telegraphing that he’ll veto the budget if it doesn’t include Medicaid expansion while GOP leaders are telegraphing that they won’t accept such a vast expansion of the welfare state.
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Public Policy Polling finds N.C. closely divided on Trump, Cooper re-election
Public Policy Polling released a new poll reflecting a divide among North Carolinians over the 2020 elections for president and governor. PPP, which has Democratic clients, surveyed 610 registered voters on June 17 and June 18. The margin of error is plus or minus 4%. The survey was a mixed mode model with some respondents...
