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| Issue | Date | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| 44 | July 2007 |
NC
Judiciary |
| 42 | April 2007 |
Legislative
Trends |
| 41 | October 2006 |
NC Congressional Races Top
The State Ballot |
| 40 | March 2006 | The Continuing Cycle Analysis of the electoral, demographic and financial aspects of the 2004 legislative races. |
| 39 | July 2005 |
North Carolina's Political Geography |
| 38 | April 2005 | Straight-Party and Split-Ticket Voting Analysis of North Carolina voter trends, historical voting patterns, political geography by county, and media expenditures, with special focus on Presidential and gubernatorial races. |
| 37 | Fall 2004 | 2004 North Carolina Election Primer Analysis of North Carolina voter trends, historical voting patterns, political geography by county and campaign expenditures. |
| 36 | April 2004 | A
Changing Electorate Analysis of the impact that such growing segments of the electorate as Hispanics, Catholics, transplanted Northerners and unaffiliated voters are having on North Carolina politics. |
| 35 | November 2003 | U.S. House Districts Reflect Partisan Divide Analysis of the electoral, demographic and financial aspects of the NC delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives elected in 2002. |
| 34 | June 2003 | A
Distinctive Legislature: The 2003-2004 General Assembly Analysis of the electoral, demographic and financial aspects of the 2002 legislative races. |
| 33 | March 2003 | A
Senator for a Metropolitan State: 2002 U.S. Senate Race Discussion of the political strategies, voting trends, and financial realities at work in the 2002 U.S. Senate election. |
| 32 | October 2002 | 2002 North Carolina Election Primer Comparative data on off-presidential election year voter trends, congressional elections, and General Assembly races. |
| 31 | September 2002 | Non-Profit But Hardly Non-Influential Profiles of the Locke Foundation, NCFREE, the Common Sense Foundation, and the NC Budget and Tax Center Analysis of election trends in State Supreme Court race between 1990 and 2000 Discussion of judicial campaign reform in NC Comparison of the websites of the candidates for US Senate |
| 30 | March 2002 | NC 2000 Governor's Race Follow the Money: Campaign Spending in Governor's Race 2000 Increased Competition Drives Up Costs of Races Hunt for Statewide Leadership Draws Big Spenders Polling in the 2000 NC Gubernatorial Race Best Election Predictors Are Counties That Look Like NC Labor Commissioner Goes Republican |
| 29 | October 2001 | NC Congressional Districts Votes Just the Start of Long Redistricting Process Incumbent Wins Set Record Without Serious Challengers, Incumbents Still Spend Big Congressional Race Spending, 1992-2000 2nd District: Etheridge Stabilizes Swing District 8th District: Incumbency Turns Tight Race Into Easy Win 11th District: Incumbency Overcomes Scandal 1st & 12th Districts: Incumbents Survive Changing Districts Congressional Delegation Increasingly Diverse Voter Turnout Growing Faster Than Population GOP Delegates More Loyal to Party Than Democrats Parties' Paths to Helms's Seat |
| 28 | July 2001 | 2000 Presidential Election Bellwether Counties Result Maps, by county and congressional district Growth and Politics in 20th Century North Carolina Exploration of Assigning Presidential Electors by District Presidential and Congressional Voting Clearly Linked Phone and Mail Polls Deliver Consistent Results Exit Polls Show Gap Between NC and Nation Ticket Splitting Still Prevalent Primary Predicted Election Trends Primary and General Election Results Varied Widely |
| 27 | February 2001 | 2000 US Presidential and Gubernatorial
Elections Mail vs. Telephone Polls Exit Polls vs. Actual Vote in the 1990s Automatic Computer Polling Job Approval Ratings and Incumbent Re-elections State vs. National Television Campaign Coverage Ambition Ladders for Governor and U.S. Senators Presidential and Gubernatorial Voting Trends Regional Representation in Statewide Offices Registration and Voter Turnout Voter Falloff Down the Ballot Election Results |
| 26 | November 2000 | 2000 Elections Primer for North Carolina 20th Century Presidential Voting in NC 20th Century Presidential Voting vs Gubernatorial Voting NC Voter Registration an Turnout in Presidential Election Years, 1960-1996 Growth of NC Registered Voters, 1968-April 2000 Growth of NC Voters in Presidential Elections, 1960-1996 Bellwether Counties in NC Gubernatorial Elections, 1960-1996 Jim Hunt as the Democrat's Fire Wall Voter Falloff Down the Ballot in Recent Presidential Election Years 1984 General Election Results 1988 General Election Results 1992 General Election Results 1996 General Election Results 2000 General Election Results (scorecard) |
| 25 | June 2000 | Historical Perspectives on NC Politics Turnout in NC's Gubernatorial Primaries NC Party Registration: 1966-2000 Cost of Gubernatorial Elections Cost of U.S. Senatorial Elections Helms/Hunt Political Money A State Lottery for NC? USA Today's Presidential Rankings versus NC's Voting History NC DataNet's New Home |
| 24 | March 2000 | NC's 1998 State Senate Elections NC State Senate Voting Results: 1968-1998 Trends in the Demographic Make-up of NC's State Senate NC State Senate Results: 1992-98 Competitiveness in NC's 1998 State Senate Elections NC's Most Vulnerable State Senators in 1998 A Decade of Political Turmoil: NC from 1988 to 1998 How NC's Most Vulnerable Senators of 1996 Fared in 1998 Seniority in the New Senate "Mother's Milk" and the NC State Senate Elections |
| 23 | December 1999 | NC's 1998 State House Elections Voting for the NC General Assembly: Election Trends from 1968 to 1998 Trends in the Demographic Make-up of NC's State House NC State House Results: 1992-1998 NC's Most Vulnerable House Representative in 1996: How Did They Fare in 1998? NC's Most Vulnerable House Representatives in 1998 Seniority in the New House How Did the Democrats Regain Control of the House in 1998? "Mother's Milk" and the NC State House Elections |
| 22 | October 1999 | 1998 US Senate Race 1998 NC Senate Race: Party Money Plus Organization Led to Democratic Triumph Unity '98: The NC Democratic Party Coordinated Campaign How Hollywood Helped Fund NC's Democrats in 1998 Campaigning via the Internet: Edwards and Faircloth in '98 Does Public Journalism Contribute to Better Campaign Coverage? What Difference Does It Make? The Arrival of Dem. Edwards in NC's Second Senate Seat |
| 21 | June 1999 | 1998 US House Elections Congressional Voting Trends: 1968-1998 Demographic Trends in NC Congressional Elections: 1968-1998 Competitiveness in NC's Congressional Districts: 1992-1998 District 2 Congressional Race District 4 Congressional Race District 8 Congressional Race NC's Six "Safe" Republican Seats The 1st and 12th Districts in 1998 NC Congressional Campaign Costs CQ Analysis Map: 1998 Redistricting Plan |
| 20 | April 1999 | Factionalism in the NC Republican Party The N&O's Front-Page Political Coverage How Well Represented Are North Carolinians Today? Should NC Increase its Tobacco Tax? The Changing Political Status of "Carolina" Effectiveness of Internet Use in NC Political Campaigns The State of Childcare in NC |
| 19 | September 1998 | Higher Education The State of Higher Education Higher Education Questions on the Fall '97 Carolina Poll Gaps in How North Carolinians View Higher Education Support for State Spending on Private Universities Support for Affirmative Action in Higher Education Undergraduate Admissions at Four NC Universities Graduate Education in the US |
| 18 | May 1998 | Talk Radio Talk Radio as a Virtual Community The World of Talk Radio The Recent Explosion in Talk Radio Who Listens to Talk Radio? Talk Radio in NC: 1997 Local vs. Syndicated Shows Rush is Everywhere (in NC) Locally Produced Shows |
| 17 | January 1998 | 1996 State Senate Elections NC State Senate Voting Results: 1968-1996 Trends in Demographic Make-up of NC's State Senate NC Senate Results: 1988-1996 Competitiveness in NC's 1996 Stare Senate Elections NC's Most Vulnerable State Senators in 1996 How NC's Most Vulnerable Senators of 1994 Fared in 1996 Seniority in the New Senate "Mother's Milk" and the NC State Senate Elections |
| 16 | October 1997 | 1996 State House Elections Voting for NC's General Assembly: Trends from 1968-1996 Trends in the Demographic Make-up of NC's State House North Carolina State House Results, 1988-1996 Competitiveness in NC's State House Districts in 1996 NC's Most Vulnerable House Representatives in 1996 Seniority in the New House "Mother's Milk" and the NC State House Elections Secretary of State Elaine Marshall and the NC Voter |
| 15 | June 1997 | 1996 US Senate and House Elections NC Congressional Voting Trends, 1968-1996 2nd District's Etheridge Regains Traditional Democratic Seat 4th District Races in 1994 & 1996 The 7th District's Post-Rose Era Bill Hefner's 8th District NC's Six Safe Republican Seats The 1st and 12th Districts in 1996 Cost of Congressional Campaigning in North Carolina Congressional Redistricting for 1998: by Which Numbers? |
| 14 | March 1997 | 1996 US Presidential and Gubernatorial
Elections Choice Within NC Public Schools The Increasing Significance of the Metropolitan Vote Structure of the Electorate Impact of Younger Voters NC Support for Republican Presidential Candidates Helms' Fifth Term No Surprise Council of State The Real Cost of NC's Gubernatorial Elections New Hanover County: Still a Bellwether in 1996 Democratic Voting: Sampson County vs. NC Clinton, Hunt & Gantt in 1996 Dole, Hayes & Helms in 1996 Charting the Hayes-Vinroot Primary Vote NC Campaigns and the Web White NC Voters in the 1996 Elections |
| 13 | October 1996 | Pre-1996 Election Primer Presidential Election Years in NC NC Voter Turnout Supporters of Hunt & Helms Are Mirror Opposites |
| 12 | September 1996 | 1996 Party Primaries Primary Turnout Lowest in 20 Years Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate: Gantt vs. Sanders Gantt: 1990 vs. 1996 Gantt and Black Voters Hayes vs. Vinroot 1996 The Metro Counties The 1996 Runoff Primaries Spring 1996 Carolina Poll: Campaign Finance Reform Interest in Presidential Campaign Best Friends Tobacco Farming & Use Computer Use Remote Control Use Vacations Poll Methodology |
| 11 | June 1996 | Practical Politics The Art of Practical Politics Marketing Tools Make Political Campaigns More Complex, Expensive Poll Readers Beware! So-Called "Polls" that Mislead & the Media That Misreport Them Consultants Key to a Successful Foray in Politics Parties Trying to Regain Ground Polling Provides Candidates with Vital Opinions of Voters Subtlety Rules in Political Attack Ads Politicians Get Valuable Feed-back from Focus Groups Candidates, Media Often at Odds Even in the Public Eye, Candidates Duck Reporters NC Issues Poll: NC Growing Diversity Shifts Political Landscape Voter Gap Race Gap Gender Gap Income Gap Education Gap |
| 10 | March 1996 | Republican Presidential Primaries in NC,
1972-1992 Democratic Presidential Primaries in NC, 1972-1992 1994 Election at the County Level Comparative State Population Structures NC Voters and the 1993 Bond Issues Who's Afraid of Boss Hogg? The Beltline Phenomenon in Raleigh New Hanover Voters Reject a Doomed Merger Effort |
| 9 | September 1995 | 1994 State Senate Elections NC State Senate Voting Results, 1968-1994 Trends in Legislative Demographics NC State Senate Results, 1988-1994 Competitiveness in NC State Senate Districts The Most Vulnerable Senators, NC State Senate: 1994 Seniority in the New Senate "Mother's Milk" and the NC State Senate Elections |
| 8 | August 1995 | 1994 State House Elections NC General Assembly Voting Results, 1968-1994 Trends in Legislative Demographics NC State House Results, 1988-1994 Competitiveness in NC State House Districts The Leaning Democratic Districts The Tossups--Spicing up the 1996 State Elections The Leaning Republican Districts The Safe Seats: Democratic and Republican The Most Vulnerable Representatives, NC State House: 1994 Seniority in the New House "Mother's Milk" and the NC State House Elections |
| 7 | March 1995 | 1994 Congressional Elections in NC Analyzing NC's congressional Voting Trends, 1968-1994 Redistricting and Race: Effects on the NC Congressional Delegation Individual District Analysis (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th, 11th) 1st and 12th: The Minority Race-Majority Districts Safe Republican Districts |
| 6 | January 1995 | Rating Jim Hunt's Performance as Governor Rating Bill Clinton's Performance as President Carolina Poll Respondents' Party Identification, 1982-1994 Carolina Poll Respondents' Political Ideology, 1987-1994 Are the Democrats Really in Decline? Religion and Politics in NC The Growing Impact of The "Big 7" Counties in Governor's Races N&O Polls, October/December 1994 Findings from the Fall 1994 Carolina Poll Trends in New Hanover County 1989-1994 Census 2000 Content Uncertain |
| 5 | November 1994 | County Level Economic Development Efforts in
NC Economic Analysis of NC's Rural Counties NC's Urban Areas: An Economic Development Perspective A Comparative Study of Small Business Incubators in NC Economic Development as a Career in NC Selected Data on NC Economic Development |
| 4 | May 1994 | Recent Carolina Poll Results (Fall 1993, Spring
1994) Rating NC Public Institutions and Elected Officials NC's Majority Party NC's Elective Leadership, 1953-1993 Issues of Concern to New Hanover County Voters Black Office-Holding in NC |
| 3 | December 1993 | The NC Media Views Itself Charlotte Observer Leads the Way in Election Coverage Reform 'The Age of Indifference' and the Media in NC Ideology and Partisanship in the NC Media News-gathering by North Carolinians in the 1990's Governors and U.S. Senators |
| 2 | April 1993 | Non-Traditional News Sources in the 1992 Presidential
Campaign New Hanover County Still a Bellwether County What About Those Presidential Polls? Democratic Strength: Past, Present, Future Ticket Splitting at the Top: President, U.S. Senate, Governor Changes in Terry Sanford's Support, 1986-1992 Voting Trends Among Whites in the 1992 Election The Clinton and Sanford Vote in the Greater Greensboro Area |
| 1 | October 1992 | October Turnout in Presidential Elections
1960-1988 Plurality Politics in NC NC Politics: A View from New Hanover County |
