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PHOTOS – STEPHEN MOORE – ICON LECTURE

Tuesday, September 20th, 2016

 

ICON Lectures partnered with Civitas Institute to present Stephen Moore as our guest speaker on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  Stephen Moore is the Chief Economist for the  Heritage Foundation , a former editor of the Wall Street Journal and is an economic adviser to the Donald Trump campaign.    His presentation was on our nation’s economy and as you scroll down through the photos from the event,  you will see a few of the slides on our economy that he spoke about.   
ICON’s next lecture on October 18, 2016,  will present as our guest speaker,  Diana West, author of “The Death of  the Grownup” and “American Betrayal” .  Diana will be speaking on Cultural Marxism and the Frankfurt School and how this ideology created “political correctness”.   
For tickets and additional information, please go to www.iconlectureseries.com
The following photos were taken at the Stephen Moore event.  Nancy
Stephen Moore, Guest Speaker

Stephen Moore, Guest Speaker

Stephen Moore with Janie Wagstaff, President ICON Lectures

Stephen Moore with Janie Wagstaff, President ICON Lectures

Stephen Moore and Linda Hester, Regent Gen. Davie Chapter, NSDAR, Durham

Stephen Moore and Linda Hester, Regent Gen. Davie Chapter, NSDAR, Durham

Francis DeLuca, President, Civitas and Nancy Clark, ICON board member

Francis DeLuca, President, Civitas and Nancy Clark, ICON board member

From the left:   Dee Park, John Rowerdink, Chairman, Moore County Republicans and Carol Wheeldon

From the left: Dee Park, John Rowerdink, Chairman, Moore County Republicans and Carol Wheeldon

Jim Wickes, Wynne Coleman and Pam Stevens, representing  the Wake County Taxpayers Association

Jim Wickes, Wynne Coleman and Pam Stevens, representing
the Wake County Taxpayers Association

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Marif and David Minshall

Marif and David Minshall

From the left:  Barbara and Ron Conner and Meg Gresham, ICON board member

From the left: Barbara and Ron Conner and Meg Gresham, ICON board member

B.J. and Barry Vogel

B.J. and Barry Vogel

From the left:  Wynne Coleman, Pam Stevens and Tony Bruno

From the left: Wynne Coleman, Pam Stevens and Tony Bruno

Don Hunter, Diane Roush and Marilyn Roush

Don Hunter, Diane Roush and Marilyn Roush

Charles Hamner and Dan Dyer

Charles Hamner and Dan Dyer

From the left:   Cheri Hardman and Dr. Laura Gutman, ICON board member

From the left: Cheri Hardman and Dr. Laura Gutman, ICON board member

Parker Morris, Lane Cobble and Noel Fritsch

Parker Morris, Lane Cobble and Noel Fritsch

From the left:  Noel Freelander, Kimberly Rosario Sanchez, ICON board member, Larry Beckler, Marlene Waller and Kathy Arab, Friend of ICON

From the left: Noel Freelander, Kimberly Rosario Sanchez, ICON board member, Larry Beckler, Marlene Waller and Kathy Arab, Friend of ICON

Old Friends !  Stephen Moore and Bonnie O'Neill

Old Friends ! Stephen Moore and Bonnie O’Neill

Stephen Moore and Bonnie and Seamus O'Neill

Stephen Moore and Bonnie and Seamus O’Neill

From the left:  Bonnie O'Neill, Gladys Kofalt, Rachel Orstad and Nancy Clark

From the left: Bonnie O’Neill, Gladys Kofalt, Rachel Orstad and Nancy Clark

From the left:  Mary McKinney and Karen Macomson

From the left: Mary McKinney and Karen Macomson

From the left:  Susan Amalong and Grete Yanke

From the left: Susan Amalong and Grete Yanke

From the left:  Dwight and Susan Thomas and Nancy and Bob Erdmann

From the left: Dwight and Susan Thomas and Nancy and Bob Erdmann

Stephen Moore and Phil Wolf

Stephen Moore and Phil Wolf

From the left:  Pamela Ransohoff and Cheri Hardman

From the left: Pamela Ransohoff and Cheri Hardman

P.J. and Ray Gentry

P.J. and Ray Gentry

From the left:   Jim and Wendy Ball, Jim Kofalt, Steve and Ruth Bishop and Gladys Kofalt

From the left: Jim and Wendy Ball, Jim Kofalt, Steve and Ruth Bishop and Gladys Kofalt

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From the left:  Terry Wiegers, Friend of ICON and Jane Hogan, ICON Advisory Board

From the left: Terry Wiegers, Friend of ICON and Jane Hogan, ICON Advisory Board

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From the left:  Nancy Clark,  and Bob  and Mary Lou Drake

From the left: Nancy Clark, and Bob and Mary Lou Drake

Ed Sanchez, Justin Sanchez and Andrea Rock, ICON board member

Ed Sanchez, Justin Sanchez and Andrea Rock, ICON board member

From the left:  Marlene Waller, Matt Arnold and Mary Lopez Carter

From the left: Marlene Waller, Matt Arnold and Mary Lopez Carter

From the left:  Kimberly Rosario Sanchez and Andrea Rock, ICON board members

From the left: Kimberly Rosario Sanchez and Andrea Rock, ICON board members

From the left:  Carollyn Carlo, Germaine Parre and Joy Hollar

From the left: Carollyn Carlo, Germaine Parre and Joy Hollar

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PHOTOS – CIVITAS CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE – MARCH 2016

Thursday, March 10th, 2016

 

Civitas Institute presented their Conservative Leadership Conference for 2016 on March 4 and 5 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Cary, North Carolina.

Civitas was founded in 2005 and is committed to creating a North Carolina whose citizens enjoy liberty and prosperity derived from limited government, personal responsibility and civic engagement. To that end, Civitas develops and advocates for conservative policy solutions to improve the lives of all North Carolinians.

The following photos were taken at the event. Nancy

Francis DeLuca, President, Civitas Institute

Francis DeLuca, President, Civitas Institute

North Carolina Lt. Governor Dan Forest

North Carolina Lt. Governor Dan Forest

Lt. Colonel Allen West, Executive Director, The National Center for Policy Analysis

Lt. Colonel Allen West, Executive Director, The National Center for Policy Analysis

Francis DeLuca and Lt. Colonel Allen West

Francis DeLuca and Lt. Colonel Allen West

Lt. Governor Dan Forest and Howard Schultz

Lt. Governor Dan Forest and Howard Schultz

Lt. Colonel Allen West

Lt. Colonel Allen West

Ann McElhinney, Journalist, Firm Producer and Director - Frack Nation and soon to be released movie, Gosnell

Ann McElhinney, Journalist, Firm Producer and Director – Frack Nation and soon to be released movie, Gosnell

Dinesh D'Souza, Filmmaker, Author & commentator, soon to be released Hillary's America

Dinesh D’Souza, Filmmaker, Author & commentator, soon to be released Hillary’s America

David Limbaugh, Author, Columnist & Commentator

David Limbaugh, Author, Columnist & Commentator

Heidi Cruz, wife of Senator Ted Cruz

Heidi Cruz, wife of Senator Ted Cruz

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Heidi Cruz

Heidi Cruz

From the left:  Jim Duncan, candidate of U.S. House of Representatives and Sean Moser

From the left: Jim Duncan, candidate of U.S. House of Representatives and Sean Moser

From the left:  Dr. Rosemary Fernandez Stein, candidate, North Carolina Superintendent of Public Schools and Emily Walker, Durham GOP

From the left: Dr. Rosemary Fernandez Stein, candidate, North Carolina Superintendent of Public Schools and Emily Walker, Durham GOP

Frank Roche, candidate, U.S. House of Representatives and Nancy Clark, founder, Conservative Women's Forum

Frank Roche, candidate, U.S. House of Representatives and Nancy Clark, founder, Conservative Women’s Forum

On the right:  Mark Harris, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC

On the right: Mark Harris, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC

Robert Knight, candidate, North Carolina House, District 91 and Mary Lou Drake

Robert Knight, candidate, North Carolina House, District 91 and Mary Lou Drake

From the left:  Donna Willimas, past Chair, Wake County GOP, Ron Margiotta and Ann Marie Calabria, Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals

From the left: Donna Willimas, past Chair, Wake County GOP, Ron Margiotta and Ann Marie Calabria, Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals

From the left:  Terry Johnson, Francis DeLuca, President, Civitas Institute, and Patricia Johnson

From the left: Terry Johnson, Francis DeLuca, President, Civitas Institute, and Patricia Johnson

From the right:  Ted Hicks, Johnathan Riches, and Peter Lipsett

From the right: Ted Hicks, Johnathan Riches, and Peter Lipsett

Dinesh D'Souza and his fiancee and Mary Lou Drake

Dinesh D’Souza and his fiancee and Mary Lou Drake

Center, Ken McClendon, The Best in Urban Conservative Talk

Center, Ken McClendon, The Best in Urban Conservative Talk

From the left:  Robert Knight, Mary Lou Drake, Ann McElhinney, and Felice Pete

From the left: Robert Knight, Mary Lou Drake, Ann McElhinney, and Felice Pete

Lt. Colonel Patrick Testerman, Civitas Guest Speaker and Nancy Clark, Conservative Women's Forum.  Lt. Col. Testerman's talk was Reversing the Leadership Crisis in our Armed Forces

Lt. Colonel Patrick Testerman, Civitas Guest Speaker and Nancy Clark, Conservative Women’s Forum. Lt. Col. Testerman’s talk was Reversing the Leadership Crisis in our Armed Forces

Jimmy Kemp, son of Jack Kemp,  Civitas Guest Speaker

Jimmy Kemp, son of Jack Kemp, Civitas Guest Speaker

From the left:  Zan Bunn, President, North Carolina Federation of Republican Women, Felice Pete, past President, Wake County GOP and Emily Walker, Durham GOP

From the left: Zan Bunn, President, North Carolina Federation of Republican Women, Felice Pete, past President, Wake County GOP and Emily Walker, Durham GOP

From the left:  Dave Carter, Sean Moser and Janie Wagstaff, President, ICON Lecture Series

From the left: Dave Carter, Sean Moser and Janie Wagstaff, President, ICON Lecture Series

From the left:  Meg Gresham, ICON Board Member and Jane Hogan , ICON Advisory Board Member

From the left: Meg Gresham, ICON Board Member and Jane Hogan , ICON Advisory Board Member

Dinesh D'Souza and Nancy Clark

Dinesh D’Souza and Nancy Clark

ICON Lecture Series table at Civitas CLC

ICON Lecture Series table at Civitas CLC

From the left:   Meg Gresham and Nancy Clark, ICON Lecture Series Board Members

From the left: Meg Gresham and Nancy Clark, ICON Lecture Series Board Members

From the left:  Betty Ann Guidry, ICON Treasurer, Karin Nemetz, LIberty Lunch and Meg Gresham, ICON Board Member

From the left: Betty Ann Guidry, ICON Treasurer, Karin Nemetz, LIberty Lunch and Meg Gresham, ICON Board Member

From the left:  Colonel (Ret) Jay Stoobs, Ranger, US Army, Mary Lou Drake and Jay DeLancy, Voter Integrity Project

From the left: Colonel (Ret) Jay Stoobs, Ranger, US Army, Mary Lou Drake and Jay DeLancy, Voter Integrity Project

Mary and Dave Carter

Mary and Dave Carter

From the left:  Janie Wagstaff and Betty Ann Guidry

From the left: Janie Wagstaff and Betty Ann Guidry

From the left:  Karen Nemetz, LIberty Lunch, Andrea Rock, ICON Board Member and Lee Green, Vice Chair, Durham GOP

From the left: Karen Nemetz, LIberty Lunch, Andrea Rock, ICON Board Member and Lee Green, Vice Chair, Durham GOP

 

 

Francis DeLuca, President, Civitas Institute

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MAPPING THE LEFT: THE REYNOLDS FAMILY CONNECTIONS

Sunday, April 26th, 2015

 

The following two articles give insight into a detailed history of the far reaching left-wing groups in North Carolina that are having an impact throughout our country.  Mapping the Left (www.mappingtheleft.com) was created as an online database that helps to  “follow the dots”  that connect the left-wing groups and the activists that are attempting to  influence public policy.      Nancy 
NC CAPTIAL CONNECTION    www.nccapitolconnection.com

David Neal and the Reynolds Family Connections

This is part one of a three-part series

Susan Myrick

EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:  His (David Neal) first involvement was starting at the top as the executive director of the Fair Trial Initiative from 2000 to 2006. The Fair Trial Initiative is a nonprofit activist group established to continually introduce “innovative approaches to the defense of death penalty cases.” Neal founded the group with, among others, Jonathan Soros, son of liberal billionaire George Soros, one of the wealthiest and most powerful liberal activists in history. Jonathan Soros is vice chairman and director of his father’s multibillion-dollar Open Society Foundation, a linchpin of left-wing activism across the globe.

It can be very difficult to grasp or visualize the vastness of the network of left-wing groups in North Carolina. But one way to start is with the key group on the left, the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation – and the family that dominates it.

There are literally hundreds of liberal/progressive groups from different areas of the political, public, private and nonprofit sectors. Moreover, groups with different interests and missions work together at a moment’s notice to advocate for each other’s goals, as long as they serve the larger vision of the Left. In addition, many of these groups have carefully selected names that, while not completely lying about their mission, tend to cloak their true intent.

It is for all these reasons that we created Mapping the Left, an online database which helps make it easier to visualize the groups and the activists that make them work. Of special importance, Mapping the Left’s graphics illuminate the connections among these seemingly unconnected groups. The connections are so numerous and so deep that it is necessary to use images to help illustrate them.

Our research has confirmed that the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation has changed radically from its inception as a tribute to Zachary Smith Reynolds, the son of R.J. Reynolds. (Zachary was shot dead in a mysterious incident at their home in Winston-Salem when he was 20.) Over time the foundation has abandoned its original mission and has turned into an organization bent on reshaping NC governance, culture and society. Once it was one of North Carolina’s oldest and most well-regarded philanthropic foundations, known for building schools and hospitals all across our state. But in the latter half of the 20th century, it morphed into a radical activist organization that now leads the charge for public policy that will grow government, increase regulation and weaken the family.

The foundation’s board members have connections to various left-wing organizations, making it not only a microcosm of the liberal/Left in our State, but an integral part of the national progressive movement. Our challenge in the Mapping the Left project is to illustrate these connections, and where better to begin than with the members of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Board of Trustees: They were, and are, unquestionably the most important single force behind the liberal/progressive movement in North Carolina.

David Neal, Hillsborough NC

DavidNeal-citywebsite    Let’s start with an individual at the core of this group and its drive to reshape North Carolina.

That would be David Neal, a member of the Reynolds family and the founder of Blueprint NC – the organization that rallied the Left in North Carolina to “eviscerate, litigate, mitigate, cogitate and agitate” the state’s leaders.

David Neal calls himself an “accidental philanthropist,” but a look at his resume suggests otherwise. While Neal is not a direct descendant of R.J. Reynolds or the Z. Smith Reynolds family, he is related. His great-great grandmother, Mary Joyce Reynolds, was R.J. Reynolds’ sister. Neal is the immediate past president of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation’s board of trustees (2010-2014), and has been a board member since 2001.

His life is interwoven with liberal causes and organizations. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1995, Neal served as a volunteer in the Peace Corps in the former Soviet country of Turkmenistan. On his return to North Carolina, he started law school at the University of North Carolina in 1998 and began his active involvement in the work of left-wing nonprofits, inside and outside of North Carolina.

His first involvement was starting at the top as the executive director of the Fair Trial Initiative from 2000 to 2006. The Fair Trial Initiative is a nonprofit activist group established to continually introduce “innovative approaches to the defense of death penalty cases.” Neal founded the group with, among others, Jonathan Soros, son of liberal billionaire George Soros, one of the wealthiest and most powerful liberal activists in history. Jonathan Soros is vice chairman and director of his father’s multibillion-dollar Open Society Foundation, a linchpin of left-wing activism across the globe. (more…)

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STEPHEN MOORE AT THE CIVITAS EVENT – RALEIGH – MAY 29, 2013

Monday, June 3rd, 2013

STEPHEN MOORE,  ECONOMIST WITH THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, APPEARED AT A CIVITAS INSTITUTE EVENT ON TAX REFORM IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA ON MAY 29, 2013

 

Stephen Moore chatting with attendees

North Carolina  State Senator Bob Rucho was also a speaker on tax reform in North Carolina

North Carolina Representative David Lewis

On the Left, Becki Gray of the John Locke Foundation and Zan Bunn attended the talk

Stephen Moore

From the left, Janie Wagstaff, President of Triangle Republican Woman, Francis DeLuca, President of Civitas Institute and Lee Green, Vice Chair of the Durham GOP

On the left, Felice Pete, President of the Wake County Republican Women and Lee Green

Francis DeLuca, President of the Civitas Institute and Nancy Clark of Conservative Women’s Forum

On the left, Laura Cox, Janie Wagstaff and Zan Bunn

Matt and Linda Arnold and Felice Pete

 

 

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9 STATES LEAD THE WAY TO TAX REFORM

Wednesday, January 30th, 2013

 

The Wall Street Journal

  •  January 30, 2013

The State Tax Reformers

More Governors look to repeal their income taxes.

  • EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:  A new analysis by economist Art Laffer for the American Legislative Exchange Council finds that, from 2002 to 2012, 62% of the three million net new jobs in America were created in the nine states without an income tax, though these states account for only about 20% of the national population. The no-income tax states have had more stable revenue growth, while states like New York, New Jersey and California that depend on the top 1% of earners for nearly half of their income-tax revenue suffer wide and destabilizing swings in their tax collections.

    In the case of North Carolina, a new study by the Civitas Institute concludes that a tax reform that shifts more of the burden to consumption from income would increase average annual personal income growth by 0.38% to 0.66%. That’s enormous over time and would lead to much higher state tax revenues. North Carolina’s top income tax rate is 7.75%, which is higher than that of most nearby states that it competes with for investment. Virginia’s top rate is 5.75% while Tennessee has no personal income tax.

Washington may be a tax reform wasteland, but out in the states the action is hot and heavy. Nine states—including such fast-growing places as Florida, Tennessee and Texas—currently have no income tax, and the race is on to see which will be the tenth, and perhaps the 11th and 12th.

Oklahoma and Kansas have lowered their income-tax rates in the last two years with an aim toward eliminating the tax altogether. North Carolina’s newly elected Republican Governor Pat McCrory has prioritized tax reform this year and wants to reduce the income tax. Ditto for another newcomer, Mike Pence of Indiana, who has called for a 10% income-tax rate cut. Susana Martinez, New Mexico’s Republican Governor, has called for slashing the state corporate tax to 4.9% from 7.6%, and the first Republican-controlled legislature since Reconstruction in Arkansas is considering chopping its tax rates by as much as half.

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PHOTOS – A FABULOUS CIVITAS EVENT – MARCH 2 – 3, 2012

Monday, March 5th, 2012

The following photos were taken at the Conservative Leadership Conference that was hosted by the Civitas Institute in Raleigh, North Carolina, on March 2nd and 3rd, 2012.  The mission of the Civitas Institute is to facilitate the implementation of conservative policy solutions to improve the lives of all North Carolinians.   The guest speakers for this sold out conference  were Charles Krauthammer, the celebrated American Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist and political commentator, Arthur Brooks, President of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a non-partisan public policy think  tank in Washington, D.C.,  and Jason Lewis, host of the nationally syndicated Jason Lewis Show and author of “Power Divided is Power Checked:  The Argument for States’  Rights”.   As you can see from the photos, we all had a wonderful time at this two-day conference that was filled with powerful talks by the guest speakers and extremely informative workshops that will help us to sharpen our conservative skills for the crucial upcoming November election.

Arthur Brooks, President of American Enterprise Institute and guest speaker

Art Pope, left, President and Chairman of the John William Pope Foundation and Jason Lewis, guest speaker and national radio host

Charles Krauthammer, left, guest speaker and celebrated American Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist and Jim Duncan, Chairman, Chatham County Republican Party and co-founder of CAPS

Cynthia DeLuca, left, Francis DeLuca, center, President of the Civitas Institute, and Jan Pueschel, Raleigh attorney and member of Wake County Republican Women

Arthur Brooks, Guest Speaker and President of American Enterprise Institute

Chad Adams, Hometown Wilmington Media talk show host and North Carolina Representative Marilyn Avila, District 40

Dan Forest, right, candidate for North Carolina Lt. Governor

North Carolina Representtives Chuck McGrady, District 117 and Pat Hurley, District 70

Nancy Clark, founder, Conservative Women's Forum and Charles Krauthammer

Donna Yowell and Louis Stannard, co-founders of Feet to the Fire, an activist grassroots organization. Their latest project, NC Tea Billboard Project - billboards stating a conservative message of RECLAIM AMERICA, VOTE ENOUGH! The billboards will be strategically placed around Charlotte and then throughout the state in time to welcome the Democrats to our state for their convention!

Linda Harper, Diane Rufino and Bonnie Sagan

Charles Krauthammer and Billie Ann Peterson of Pinehurst, North Carolina

Jim Duncan, Felice Pete, President Wake County Republican Women, John Amanchukwu and his wife, Crystal, of the Upper Room Church of God in Christ and Colonel Jay Stubbs, (Ret. Army)

Samantha Nguyen (left) and Holly Grange, both from Wilmington, NC

Supporters of Chad Barefoot who is a Republican candidate for the North Carolina Senate

Linda and Matt Arnold Matt is the past Chairman of the Orange County Republican Party

Charles Krauthammer and Sandra Henson

Nancy Clark, left, Jessica Anderson, Deputy Political Director for Heritage Action for America and Anna Beavon Gravely

Jim Duncan, left, Sandra Henson and Colonel Jay Stubbs, (Ret. Army)

Cathy Frank and Janie Wagstaff, both are members of Triangle Republican Women

Charles Krauthammer and Diane Bingle of Cabarrus Republican Women

Charles Krauthammer and Bonnie Sagan

Jan Pueschel and Jan Wilson, 2nd Vice Chair, Wake County GOP

Donna Williams, past president, Northern Wake County Republican Women

Nancy Clark and Dallas Woodhouse, North Carolina Director, Americans for Prosperity

Charles Krauthammer and Colonel Jay Stubbs, (Ret. Army)

Holly Gardner, left, Charles Krauthammer and Samantha Nguyen

Al and Bonnie Sagan, Diane Rufino and Linda Harper. Al Sagan is very active with the Disabled American Veterans

Pat Murray, Mecklenburg GOP Vice Chairman and Marlyn Burns

Carlena Jones and Charles Krauthammer

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PANTANO IN TIGHT RACE IN NORTH CAROLINA

Friday, October 1st, 2010

Civitas Poll: Pantano Holds Slim One Point

Lead in NC 7th District

Katie Trout |  September 29, 2010

Raleigh, N.C. – The battle for North Carolina’s 7th Congressional district seat between Republican candidate Ilario Pantano and Democratic Rep. Mike McIntyre is virtually tied, according to a new SurveyUSA poll released today by the Civitas Institute.

According to the poll of 450 registered voters in that district, 46 percent of voters said they would vote for Pantano if the election for United States House of Representatives were held today.  Forty-five percent said they would vote for McIntyre, and nine percent of voters said they are undecided.

However, when looking at those who are most likely to vote in 2010, Pantano’s lead jumps to a 52 percent-42 percent margin.  In addition, Republicans are heavily backing Pantano (81 percent-14 percent), along with unaffiliated voters by a 61 percent-34 percent margin.  Democratic voters are in support of McIntyre by 71 percent-16 percent.
Furthermore, 46 percent of voters think McIntyre is a moderate compared to 21 percent who think he is a conservative.  Nineteen percent of voters said he is a liberal, and 14 percent said they are not sure. (more…)

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CIVITAS POLL RE ETHERIDGE

Friday, June 18th, 2010
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Etheridge Grabs Student, Ellmers Grabs Lead

Raleigh, N.C. – With a widely publicized video of a confrontation with two students on a Washington, DC sidewalk circulating, incumbent Democratic Congressman Bob Etheridge now trails Republican challenger Renee Ellmers according to a new SurveyUSA poll released today by the Civitas Institute

According to the poll of 400 registered voters in North Carolina’s 2nd Congressional district, Ellmers leads Etheridge 39 percent to 38 percent. Twelve percent said they would vote for Libertarian Tom Rose and 11 percent said they were undecided.

Etheridge has been in elected office since 1973 and has served in Congress since 1996. With his long career in office the voters know him well, however the recent video has damaged his standing among voters. Of those polled, 40 percent said they have an unfavorable opinion of Etheridge. While only 25 percent view him favorably. Thirty-three percent said they had no opinion or were neutral. Thus, Etheridge has a net -17 favorability rating when subtracting his favorability rating from his unfavorable rating.

Ellmers, a medical clinic director from Dunn, is relatively unknown to voters. She is seen favorably by 17 percent of voters and unfavorably by 11 percent. The remaining 71 percent said they are neutral or had no opinion, for a net +6 favorability rating.

“With the mood of the voters in the second district, this was always going to be a tough race for Etheridge. However, the video confrontation has vastly complicated his efforts and has now put him in the national spotlight,” said Civitas Institute President Francis De Luca. “Even prior to the video, Etheridge’s votes on the bailout, health care and Cap and Trade were hurting him with voters.”

Click Here to Read More & See Poll Results and Crosstabs

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Civitas – Acorn in North Carolina

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

Single Seed Grows Many Branches: ACORN’s Web of Connections in North Carolina

Francis De Luca |  January 7, 2010

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A Single Seed Grows Many Branches: ACORN’s Web of Connections in North Carolina

The Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN) has woven itself into the fabric of the left in North Carolina. Listed below are short explanations of the ties between the groups illustrated on the above chart. For more detailed information on ACORN NC see Capitol-Monitor.org. (more…)

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Civitas – Protect Against Voter Fraud

Friday, February 26th, 2010

20 Changes For 2010: Protect Against Voter Fraud

Susan Myrick |  February 22, 2010

Articles in This Series:

The fifth recommendation in the Civitas Institute 2010 Agenda: “20 Changes for 2010: A Primer for State Reform” focuses on reducing threats to the integrity of our elections.

The Problem: North Carolina Is Vulnerable to Voter Fraud

Ballot security is most often thought of as the process of safe-guarding voted and unvoted ballots and making them only accessible to certified election officials.  What is not considered is the security of the ballot when it is handed to the voter at the polling place.  North Carolina requires only that a voter state their name and address in order to receive a ballot, opting for the honor system instead of ballot security in the polling place. (more…)

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