American Insights’ recent statewide poll of 611 North Carolina registered voters finds that N.C. Senator Kay Hagan slightly leads all potential match-ups with leading Republican challengers.  Hagan holds a 3 point lead on Thom Tillis, 38% to 35%.  She also holds a 4 point lead on Mark Harris, 39% to 35%, and a 2 point advantage over Greg Brannon, 38% to 36%.  Each of these leads is within the poll’s 4 point margin of error. In analyzing the relative performance of the three GOP challengers against the Senator, weRead More

American Insights’ recent statewide poll of 611 North Carolina registered voters finds that in considering candidates for U.S. Senate, voters prefer one with a professional background in Business.  23% of voters opted for Business with a Faith-Based professional background being the second most popular in a candidate at 14%.  A Finance background polled very closely behind Faith-Based, also at 14%.  13% of voters prefer a background in Health Care while 9% are partial to Law and only 7% most prefer a professional background in Government. Business was the most preferredRead More

American Insights’ recent statewide poll of 611 North Carolina registered voters finds that the GOP Senate Primary field still lacks a strong frontrunner, just over two months from the May 6 election.  Thom Tillis leads the pack with 11% of the Republican vote, followed by Mark Harris (7%), Greg Brannon (4%) and Heather Grant (4%).  More than half of Republicans (55%) remain undecided. Among self-identified Strong Republicans, Tillis leads Harris 12% to 10%, with Brannon and Grant trailing at 4%.  Among voters who consider themselves Conservative Republicans, Tillis and HarrisRead More

American Insights’ recent statewide poll of 611 North Carolina registered voters finds that Senator Kay Hagan’s approval is currently negative, but within the poll’s margin of error.  37% of voters approve of the job Kay Hagan is doing as US Senator, while 39% disapprove.  Behind those topline numbers, the strength of sentiment regarding the Senator paints a more troubling picture for her.  27% strongly disapprove of the job she is doing, while only 15% strongly approve, a negative 12 point margin on intensity.  20% of voters are undecided on theRead More

Researchers at The University of North Carolina at Wilmington published a study in December of 2013 that gauged the opinions of North Carolina teachers on the broad education reforms passed in state government in the past year.  The researchers believe that teacher are the best barometer of the current state of public education in North Carolina and recognized a void of data regarding the opinions of educators on the education reforms. The researchers assert that the findings, supported by anecdotal evidence, point to a climate of dissatisfaction and resentment amongRead More

A poll conducted by the High Point University Survey Research Center this month took a detailed look at how North Carolina voters feel regarding some of the education related reforms passed by the N.C. General Assembly during the 2013 legislative session.  The statewide poll of 421 adults, which was fielded from January 26-30, asked a variety of questions related to subjects such as teacher pay and tenure, the Read to Achieve Program and school choice. Regarding Common Core, 50 percent of adults favored having a mandatory national curriculum for schools,Read More

A recent Gallup poll has found that Americans have a new top problem, jobs and unemployment.  In January, only 16% of the country mentioned jobs and unemployment as the top problem.  But the February poll found that the number increased to 25%, replacing the previous top problem—the government and politicians. While Washington may be glad to longer be seen as the top problem, it comes at the expense of the US workforce.  From 2008 to fall of 2013—nearly a five year stretch– jobs and the economy had been the topRead More

A new CNN/ORC International poll of American citizens asks the chicken and the egg question regarding immigration: is it more important to fix the border or to create a better pathway to citizenship? The survey of 1,010 American adults, conducted from January 31-February 2, 2014, revealed the shifting opinions of the American populace when it comes to the issue of immigration.  54% of respondents believed the main focus should be on developing a plan to allow illegal immigrants with jobs the chance to become legal residents.  Only 41% believed theRead More