RALEIGH, N.C. – If early numbers are any indication it looks like North Carolina is due
for some very close political races in 2010.
On the generic ballot for the state legislature Republicans lead 45-44 and when it comes
to Congress it’s an almost equally close 45-43 Republican advantage.
Republicans are faring well for two key reasons. First, they [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. – Voters in North Carolina would put Republicans in charge of the General Assembly according to results of a new poll released today by the Civitas Institute.
According to the poll of 600 likely voters, respondents were asked if the election were held today for state legislature, would they be more likely to vote [...]

Winston-Salem Journal Editorial
When an agency handles almost a billion dollars of public money, it must do so in the open and with both scrupulous adherence to the state ethics law and the fundamentals of good record-keeping.
None of that should come as news to Dan Gerlach, president of the Golden Leaf Foundation. So [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Pat McCrory is leaving office as Mayor of Charlotte with a pretty high level of popularity, but it doesn’t mean voters in the city are yearning for him to run for Governor again.
59% approve of the job McCrory is doing with 26% disapproving. He gets good reviews
from 81% of Republicans, 62% of [...]

In the end the 2009 elections in North Carolina told us very little about 2010.
There were good signs for Republicans:
-Energized conservatives turned out in large numbers for the Wake County School Board races, electing all of their candidates and defeating an incumbent Democratic Raleigh City Councilman in the process.
-Defeated Democratic Mayor Yvonne Johnson in Greensboro, [...]

Winston-Salem Journal Editorial
During the summer of 2002, while North Carolina suffered through a serious drought, then-Gov. Mike Easley pleaded with residents to conserve water.
Turn off the faucet while you shave and brush your teeth, the governor suggested. His aides set up public-relations events where he walked through parched farm fields and lamented [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. – A new poll released today by the Civitas Institute that shows nearly three-fourths of voters disapprove of Gov. Bev Perdue’s journey to Japan and China.
Perdue returns from her trade mission today.
The live caller poll of 600 likely 2010 voters were asked if they approved or disapproved of Gov. Perdue spending $80,000 to [...]

BY RAMUSSEN
Richard Burr’s U.S. Senate seat has a recent history of high turnover, but the incumbent Republican holds double-digit leads over three Democratic challengers in an early look at North Carolina’s 2010 Senate contest.
The first Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 telephone survey in the Tar Heel State finds Burr ahead of longtime Secretary of State Elaine [...]

BY CIVITAS
RALEIGH, N.C. – With President Barack Obama set to address Congress Wednesday evening to plead his case for overhauling the health insurance and health care industry, a new Civitas Flash Poll released today finds voters deeply divided on their support for the plan.
According to the poll of 662 registered voters, nearly an identical number [...]