As the John Locke Foundation celebrates its 25th anniversary this month, it can look back on a quarter century of change, change in the state and in the organization itself.
Published: Sunday, February 8th, 2015 @ 6:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Civitas' annual poll of unaffiliated North Carolina voters provides insights into the views of this key voting bloc as the state heads into the election season.
Published: Friday, September 12th, 2014 @ 11:26 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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After a weekend of online chatter, media spin, and political fulminations, there can be no doubt that the end of the 2013 legislative session was, in truth, the start of the 2014 election cycle.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 10:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new poll by the Civitas Institute examined North Carolina voters' views of state and national leaders.
Published: Friday, April 5th, 2013 @ 9:15 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Or so said Shakespeare's Richard III, a fictional villain who may have borne at least some resemblance to the fellow just found buried under a parking lot in Leicester...
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2013 @ 6:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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One election night television commentator proclaimed that North Carolina had long been a "red" or Republican state.
Published: Thursday, November 8th, 2012 @ 10:54 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Today's political lexicon identifies states that vote Republican as red states, while states voting Democratic are blue. Until recently North Carolina was undeniably blue but a current description might color us purple, the result from mixing the two colors together.
Published: Tuesday, September 18th, 2012 @ 1:10 am
By: Tom Campbell
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More than a third of voters turned out for North Carolina's primary elections, far higher than the normal turnout in a presidential year and almost as high as the record turnout for the Hillary Clinton-Barack Obama slugfest in 2008.
Published: Saturday, May 12th, 2012 @ 1:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Americans for Prosperity Foundation – North Carolina (AFPF-NC) and the John William Pope Civitas Institute, the partners behind NC Real Solutions, today responded to Governor Beverly Perdue’s criticisms of their new television ad.
Published: Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 @ 1:44 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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It's an election year, and both major political parties have an interest in accentuating the differences between Democratic and Republican candidates for governor, legislature, and other North Carolina offices.
Published: Sunday, March 11th, 2012 @ 2:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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