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  • N.C. Poll: Voters Want Secret Ballot Union Elections

    Posted in Press Releases on January 27, 2009

    As the US Congress makes a renewed push to overturn long-standing secret ballot elections for labor unions, North Carolina voters are casting a doubtful eye on its actions.

  • Freshmen Legislator Series: Don Davis

    Posted in Video on January 26, 2009

    Freshmen Legislator Series: Don Davis

  • N.C. 2008-09 Budget Update: Deficit Swells

    Posted in Budget & Taxes on January 19, 2009

    Gov. Beverly Perdue’s office issued a press release Thursday, Jan. 15 to announce current state financial estimates, which show a projected $2 billion deficit for the FY2008-09 budget. The new estimate increases projected shortfalls by nearly a billion dollars, but it doesn’t include an anticipated $300 million in cash needed to keep the State Health Plan afloat.

  • Undermining Abstinence

    Posted in Life & Family Issues on January 13, 2009

    Current state law (G.S. § 115C-81) mandates that all students from kindergarten to ninth grade be taught an age-appropriate “comprehensive school health education program” that includes instruction on abstinence until marriage and preventing HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Abstinence, in other words, is the expected standard for all school age children when it comes to public schools.

  • Freshmen Legislator Series: Don Vaughan

    Posted in Video on January 13, 2009

    Our Civitas Freshmen Legislator web series starts off with Senator Don Vaughan from Greensboro.

  • Lunch with Art Laffer for Legislative AidesExternal Link

    on January 7, 2009

  • Summer Internship at Civitas

    Posted in Uncategorized on December 15, 2008

    Interested applicants can intern at the John William Pope Civitas Institute through the Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program, administered by the Institute for Humane Studies and the State Policy Network. In addition to an eight-week summer internship, the program provides a $1,500 stipend, housing allowance, travel reimbursement, and two week-long seminars in Washington, DC, with other fellows interning at think tanks across the United States.

  • Why North Carolinians Voted For One Gubernatorial Candidate Over Another

    Posted in Verbatims on December 2, 2008

    The Civitas Institute conducted a poll immediately after the election. After finding out for whom the voters cast their vote, we then asked them why they did not vote for the other candidate. The following is their verbatim responses concerning the N.C. Gubernatorial candidates.

  • Reasons Why North Carolinians Did Not Vote For a Specific Senator

    Posted in Verbatims on November 25, 2008

    Civitas conducted a post-election poll of North Carolina voters. Regarding Senators, we asked them why they did not vote for one candidate as opposed to another. We got many different results and have compiled that list for you to view.

  • NC Governor Race, Why Obama Likes NC, and our Female Council

    Posted in Elections & Voting on November 24, 2008

    John Davis explains why the NC governor race turned out like it did, why Obama liked North Carolina, and N.C.'s all female Council of State.

  • November 2008 DecisionMaker Poll

    Posted in Poll Results on November 20, 2008

    November 2008 DecisionMaker Poll

  • Writing About The Conservative Movement

    Posted in Uncategorized on November 19, 2008

    We here at Civitas feel that the conservative movement is still the movement that represents forward thinking, leadership and ideas. With that in mind we are publishing a collection of short essays from conservative leaders and possibly your essay in the winter issue of Civitas Review.

  • Why Didn’t You Vote McCain or Obama?

    Posted in Verbatims on November 18, 2008

    As a follow up to that question we asked the respondents who said Barack Obama, why they did not vote for John McCain? We asked voters who said they voted for John McCain, why they did not vote for Barack Obama. Below are the verbatim responses. While individually they do not hold statistical significance, we thought you might find them interesting.

  • Francis De Luca Talks about the Young Voter Myth

    Posted in Audio on November 3, 2008

    Francis De Luca Talks about the Young Voter Myth

  • Chris Hayes Interprets the Latest Poll Numbers

    Posted in Polling on November 3, 2008

    Chris Hayes Interprets the Latest Poll Numbers

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