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In the wake of a recent U.S. Supreme Court's decision, a recent Civitas Poll of North Carolina voters shows that two-thirds of them still support the traditional view of marriage.
Published: Monday, July 13th, 2015 @ 4:12 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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In many ways, Republicans and Democrats live in different worlds. I've made the point before that the Internet, while greatly beneficial in many ways, has allowed political factions to retreat into cocoons of news, analysis, and commentary where their preconceived notions are continuously...
Published: Tuesday, July 7th, 2015 @ 3:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The most recent Civitas Poll of North Carolina voters compared their current views with the positions of voters in May 2005, when Civitas took its first poll.
Published: Saturday, May 23rd, 2015 @ 11:34 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The most recent Civitas Poll of North Carolina voters found President Obama's job approval ratings underwater, while Gov. Pat McCrory and U.S. Sen. Richard Burr had positive ratings.
Published: Friday, May 15th, 2015 @ 5:01 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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New poll shows overwhelming support for religious freedom, voters more likely to support candidates who would pass RFRA
Published: Thursday, May 14th, 2015 @ 9:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Tenure entrenches academics in their jobs. While it's a bulwark of academic freedom, tenure also shields those who are not currently earning their keep, as well as many who never did. The current system stymies innovation, most clearly in the area of hiring new faculty.
Published: Wednesday, April 15th, 2015 @ 5:24 am
By: John William Pope Center
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The most recent Civitas Poll shows North Carolina voters strongly support laws protecting the integrity and stature of the election process.
Published: Monday, March 16th, 2015 @ 2:41 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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During the 2014 campaign season, polling organizations issued dozens of surveys of North Carolina voters. If you read them carefully, you spotted the opening that Thom Tillis would later seize to upset Kay Hagan in the U.S. Senate race. A careful reading also revealed that Democrats were unlikely...
Published: Tuesday, February 17th, 2015 @ 1:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Polling, it is said, is more of an art than a science. Pollsters are among the first to say this — particularly when the products, causes, or candidates they project to succeed fall flat.
Published: Thursday, November 13th, 2014 @ 3:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The newest Civitas Poll showed state House Speaker Thom Tillis, a Republican, with a slight edge over Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan in voters' views of the U.S. Senate candidates.
Published: Tuesday, October 28th, 2014 @ 8:22 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The first and only time I ever helped take a political survey was during my undergraduate days at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill back in the 1980s. I was one of many journalism students who made phone calls on behalf of the Carolina Poll, a regular survey of North Carolinians on...
Published: Saturday, October 4th, 2014 @ 5:12 pm
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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Citing health, public safety, criminal justice, and fiscal concerns, Gov. Pat McCrory Tuesday called for immediate federal action to address the relocation of 1,200 unaccompanied illegal-immigrant minors into North Carolina.
Published: Friday, August 8th, 2014 @ 11:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Never let a crisis go to waste," advised Rahm Emanuel when he served as President Obama's chief of staff. And politicians can take advantage of a perceived crisis just as well as a real one.
Published: Thursday, May 22nd, 2014 @ 9:50 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The latest Civitas Poll suggests strong public support for a new state law that requires local school systems to end tenure.
Published: Monday, April 14th, 2014 @ 9:41 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Two East Carolina University professors presented research this week at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2013 in Dallas.
Published: Sunday, November 24th, 2013 @ 1:09 am
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory congratulated recipients of the state's highest civilian honor tonight at the North Carolina Awards Program in Durham.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 1:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I bear good news about a bright spot in higher education. In early 2013, Texas Tech University joined the ranks of world-leading institutions studying and teaching about free markets.
Published: Sunday, October 13th, 2013 @ 5:07 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The latest Civitas Institute Poll shows North Carolina voters oppose having Washington set gun control policies.
Published: Thursday, June 6th, 2013 @ 4:40 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The latest Civitas Poll shows more North Carolina voters voting against than supporting a proposed state constitutional amendment to repeal the requirement that voters must be able to read and write a section of the U.S. Constitution.
Published: Monday, June 3rd, 2013 @ 3:52 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The latest Civitas Poll suggests U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan could face serious competition in 2014
Published: Friday, May 31st, 2013 @ 9:31 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Sustainability is second only to diversity as the most used word in the campus lexicon. While its meaning is vague and its scope unclear, the underlying idea is that you care about the environment and that you are consuming no more energy than you need.
Published: Monday, May 20th, 2013 @ 12:14 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Results from the Civitas Institute's latest poll show overwhelming opposition to North Carolina's program of taxpayer-funded political campaigns.
Published: Tuesday, May 7th, 2013 @ 12:55 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A new poll by the Civitas Institute examined North Carolina registered voters' attitudes about key political leaders.
Published: Saturday, April 27th, 2013 @ 10:46 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A 2011 Civitas Poll showed North Carolina voters will likely support proposed legislation that would require welfare applicants and recipients to pass drug tests to receive benefits.
Published: Sunday, April 14th, 2013 @ 8:46 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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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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The Civitas Institute has released polling questions probing North Carolina voters' attitudes on issues dealing with voting and election integrity.
Published: Monday, March 18th, 2013 @ 12:08 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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For purposes of this study, voters interviewed had to have voted in at least one of the past three general elections (2006, 2008, 2010) or be newly registered to vote since November 2, 2010. The poll had a margin of error of plus/minus 4.9 percent.
Published: Monday, October 15th, 2012 @ 11:40 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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This poll of 600 registered 2012 general election voters in North Carolina was conducted July 16-18, 2012 by National Research, Inc. of Holmdel, NJ.
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 @ 11:36 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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It looks like there will be at least three polling outfits regularly tracking voter opinion in North Carolina during the 2012 election cycle.
Published: Thursday, May 31st, 2012 @ 8:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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