NC Spin Articles


Keep calm and vote

Keeping perspective, commitment to peaceful change the best path for progressives In a 1947 speech in the British House of Commons, Winston Churchill famously and correctly observed that “it has...    Read More

by Rob Schofield   |   March 15, 2016

The latest PPP poll - Trump, Clinton lead

Way back on July 8th PPP released a North Carolina poll that was the first survey to find Donald Trump leading the Republican race anywhere in the country. 8 months later our final poll of the GOP...    Read More

March 15, 2016


Clinton feels the Bern

Hillary Clinton may have a nearly 20-point lead in the latest PPP North Carolina poll, but she and Bernie Sanders are both fighting hard here – and coming here on the last day. Why? Because our...    Read More

March 15, 2016

Why Connect NC Bond won't require a tax hike

Some citizens have raised a very good question regarding the Connect NC bond: How can the state afford to pay for a $2 billion bond without a tax increase? Aggressive debt retirement, strong revenues...    Read More

March 15, 2016




Errors should not be crimes

North Carolina has a serious problem. Adopting a default mens reaprovision would go a long way to solving it. Don’t recognize the phrase mens rea? Hey, you’re hardly alone. I studied neither...    Read More

by John Hood   |   March 14, 2016

More than 10 percent vote early

Maybe it was the new, earlier primary date. Maybe all those Donald Trump rallies and presidential debates got voters fired up. Maybe Tar Heels were just looking for things to do between ACC tournament...    Read More

March 14, 2016