While some votes here in North Carolina remain to be counted, we can nevertheless make some interesting observations from this week's elections. I will address two of them in this ... Keep Reading
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Do you find your eyes contradicting the polls?
There is an interesting post at Powerline titled "My Lying Eyes." It's related to one of the most talked-about topics in politics now—the disconnect many Trump supporters feel ... Keep Reading
Karen Pence making progress on occupational licensing reform for military spouses
Military families move around a lot. My dad was a U.S. Air Force pilot and I lived in three different countries and five different states before I was 16. Obviously, that can ... Keep Reading
Skeptical of the polls? The media used to be too
There is little doubt that the 2016 presidential outcome has inflicted some damage on the credibility of political opinion polling. So much so, W. Joseph Campbell recently ... Keep Reading
Cutting through the noise on the presidential election opinion polls
Leah Byers and I used W. Joseph Campbell's book "Lost in a Gallup" as a springboard for a discussion on presidential polling. The subtitle of his book is "Polling Failure in U.S. ... Keep Reading
Are Civitas polls pointing to law and order as tipping point issue of 2020?
Two police officers were shot in Louisville, Kentucky in the wake of renewed protests and violence over the grand jury decision in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor. During the ... Keep Reading
Could the media and polls be mistaken again in 2020?
There is a perception that polling in the 2016 presidential race melted down. But while that happened in key states, overall, most poll results weren’t far off the mark. The final ... Keep Reading
Does a 40-year-old presidential campaign bolster the shy Trump voter theory?
I'm now just finishing W. Joseph Campbell's book "Lost in a Gallup: Polling Failure in U.S. Presidential Elections." [Full review forthcoming at Civitas] Given that President ... Keep Reading
Hispanic voters and values with Gil Pagan
Ray and Brooke are joined by Gil Pagan, the leader of Hispanos Del Sur (Southern Hispanics) to discuss how Latin culture and faith play into voting patterns among Hispanics. They ... Keep Reading
No, Trump did not advocate for voting twice, but he was still (partially) wrong
The news has been full of headlines like "Trump appears to encourage North Carolinians to vote twice to test the system" or "Trump encourages supporters to vote twice, which is ... Keep Reading
