You can use this tracker to select an early voting site and see the party and age breakdown of traffic at that site. You can also see which sites are busiest and least busy in your county. This is a ...

Former Governor Roy Cooper dominates in the U.S. Senate race Democrats appear poised to make large gains in the state legislature There is widely bipartisan voter anger over Flock cameras and the ...

North Carolina's last transportation funding cycle left $114 billion in proposed projects without funding. The state has $2.76 billion in unfunded water, sewer, and stormwater project requests.

Choose between pre-built budget scenarios or build your own custom scenario See how a 3.5% cap constrains your options See how much you can raise by taxing different brackets at different rates Ever ...

Tools to help North Carolinians learn and understand how state government works — from campaign finance data to polling insights to legislative tracking. Follow the money in NC politics. Finance data ...

North Carolina's early child care system is failing on three fronts — workforce, delivery, and financing — and until the state builds capacity across all three simultaneously, access will remain ...

Carolina Forward is an independent, grassroots think tank producing policy research and analysis for North Carolina.

One of the three amendments you’ll see on your ballot this fall asks if you support developing an unspecified cap on property taxes. Our staff have reviewed public data to develop a county-level model ...

“Political geography” refers to how the geographic distribution of voters influences political outcomes North Carolina’s political geography is about a third rural, but increasingly clustered in metro ...

After more than a year of delays and failed starts, North Carolina has a state budget bill The 2026-2027 state budget includes major capital projects, state employee raises, and more The nearly ...

Roy Cooper maintains a durable lead for U.S. Senate Donald Trump's historic unpopularity is boosting strong Democratic voter preference By a large margin, voters blame the Trump administration for the ...