Elections

North Carolina voters’ opposition to health care reform and their souring opinion of President Barack Obama are the driving forces behind voting behavior and voter ... Keep Reading

Civitas polling indicates that the November election could certainly reset the balance of power in the North Carolina General Assembly.  It is a similar story to what ... Keep Reading

Chapel Hill’s “voter-owned elections” program had its first run in 2009 and is already being heralded as a success by its supporters. According to them, the ... Keep Reading

Articles in This Series: The fifth recommendation in the Civitas Institute 2010 Agenda: “20 Changes for 2010: A Primer for State Reform” focuses on reducing threats ... Keep Reading

State and national blogs have been all abuzz with headlines referencing U.S. Sen. Richard Burr's (R-NC) potential vulnerability citing new polling information released by Civitas ... Keep Reading

Seven additional seats in the General Assembly (three in the House, four in the Senate) have recently come open either through members retiring mid-term, or announcing they would ... Keep Reading

Two veteran North Carolina lawmakers in recent weeks have announced their decision to not run for re-election in 2010. Rep. Melanie Wade Goodwin, a three-term Democratic House ... Keep Reading

It was no secret last year that candidate Bev Perdue had a “Charlotte problem" in her race for governor.  Despite running even or slightly ahead statewide, she ... Keep Reading

According to Civitas’ July polling, after just seven months in office, Governor Bev Perdue’s favorability rating has fallen to 30 percent.  This low number is ... Keep Reading

On July 2, The News and Observer’s Web site posted an article recapping a report on North Carolina’s publicly financed judicial elections by the Center for ... Keep Reading