Research Library
Review a list of all of our research reports here:
This section houses all of our current and archived research reports, arranged chronologically with the most recent reports first. If you don't see what you are looking for here, check out our Press Releases section.
2012 Research
- May 2012: Status of Voter Supression Legislation in NC
- February 2012: Speaker Tillis Gets Big Bucks from Special Interest He Helped
- February 2012: Election Officials Call for Release of HAVA Funds
- January 2012: Election Officials Agree: New Redistricting Plans Cause Big Problems
2011 Research
- October 2011: Duke + Progress Would Rank #1 in Corporate Political Clout in NC
- October 2011: Art Pope: North Carolina's 40 Million Dollar Man (with links to details of his campaign contributions and other political spending)
- September 2011: Status of Voter Suppression Legislation in NC
- July 2011: Twenty-two Legislators Receive Sunshine Award for Superior Campaign Disclosure
- June 2011: Republicans Jump on Chance to Raise Money from PACs
- May 2011: Merger of Ethical Oversight Committees Would Cripple Campaign Finance Disclosure
- May 2011: Consumer Finance Bill Linked to Campaign Donations
- April 2011: Insurance Bill Sponsors Were Top Recipients of Blue Cross Campaign Contributions
- April 2011: 50-State Survey of Voter ID Standards
- March 2011: Analysis of Active NC Voters Lacking IDs
- March 2011: Vacation Island Donors Give $2 Million To State Leaders, Push For Taxpayer-Funded Jetties
- February 2011: Legislative Winners Raise Mystery Money Before Session Begins
2010 Research
- December 2010: 10 Milestones in NC Politics For 2010
- December 2010: Judicial Public Campaign Program Adds Diversity, Reduces Special-Interest Influence on NC Courts.
- December 2010: New Analysis Profiles Who Voted in 2010
- October 2010: White GOP Men Lead This Cycle’s Early Voting
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July 2010: Analysis of Fundraising by North Carolina Candidates for US House of Representatives.
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June 2010: Statement from Bob Hall on Video Poker Sweepstakes.
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April 2010: Fetzer/Sen. Burr Caught Misleading Public About Wall Street Fundraising.
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March 2010 - The Success of North Carolina’s Judicial Campaign Reform Program.
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March 2010 - NC Counties at Highest Risk of Losing Funds Because of a Census Undercount.
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January 2010 - New Analysis Shows Dramatic Shifts in NC Voters Over Past Decade.
2009 Research
- December 2009 - Democracy NC Announces Sunshine Awards to Honor 32 State Legislators for Their Exceptional Compliance With Campaign Disclosure Rules
- December 2009: New Poll and Co-Sponsors for Federal Reform Show Growing Bi-Partisan Support Among North Carolinians for Voter-Owned Elections
- October 2009: Amendment to State Board of Elections re Mike Easley Committee and Related Improper Contributions
- August 2009 - Healthcare Debate: Follow the Money For NC Members of Congress, 2004-2008
- July 2009 - Letter to Board of Elections about Mike Easley Committee and Improper Contributions
- June 2009 - NC Budget, Tax Loopholes & Special-Interest PACs
- June 2009: Billboard Money Targets General Assembly Allies
- March 2009 - New Report on Spending by NC Lobby Groups
- March 2009 - Decline in Big Tobacco Political Donations Seen
- March 2009 - Political Donations from Blue Cross Blue Shield
- March 2009 - Chart of Blue Cross/Blue Shield Recipients
- January 2009: County-by-county Voter Activism Index
2008 Research
- August 2008: Young Voters: A Mixed Picture of Success & Under-Performance
- July 2008: Complaint Filed About Republican Governors Association Donations in NC
- July 2008: Surge in Registration Shows Need for Early Voting Sites
- July 2008: State Legislators Improve Their Campaign Finance Disclosure
- April 2008: Early Voting in NC: Are We Prepared?
- April 2008: Deceptive Campaign Ads and Phone Calls Challenged
- February 2008: Missing Voters: Challenge, Opportunity for May Primary
2007 Research
2006 Research
- November 2006 - Legislative Fundraising, Third Quarter Summary
- June 2006 – Report on Success of the Judicial Public Financing Program
2005 Research
- December 2005 - The Good, Bad & Ugly: Report Card for 2005
- December 2005 - New Analysis of Giving by Video-Poker Donors, plus Michael Decker's Money from Donors Ralated to Speaker Jim Black
- September 2005 - Political Donations by Members of the NC Lottery Commission
- July 2005: Survey Shows Problems & Potential of Youth Voting in NC
- June 2005 - Hundreds of Reports Missing from Special Interests Lobbying NC
- May 2005 - Lobbyists Earn Millions, But Disclose Less about Wining and Dining than 15 Years Ago
- April 2005 - The Utility of Giving: Political Investments by NC Electric Utilities
- March/Feb./Jan. 2005 -- 3 Reports about Purged Voters Using Provisional Ballots in Nov. 2004 Election
- February 2005 - Factsheet: Does Healthcare Make You Sick?
2004 Research
Pre-2004 Research
- August 2003 - The Color of Presidential Money: North Carolina Case Study
- July 2003 - The Color of Money: Race and Gender in State and Local Politics
- December 2000: Voter Turnout in NC - 2000 Election
Summer 1996 - The Pollution Lobby Series
1996 - Nuclear Money in Politics
In This Section:
Our Research Director
Most of Democracy North Carolina’s research is conducted by our Executive Director, Bob Hall. Bob has been conducting research projects on economic, social, political and electoral issues since 1970. He is the former executive director of the Institute for Southern Studies, one of Democracy NC’s predecessor organizations, and helped found its quarterly journal, Southern Exposure. In 1992, he was named a MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in Chicago for his work at the Institute. He is the author of a number of definitive research studies, including The Democracy Index (1992 and 1996), The Green Index: A State-by-State Guide to the Nation's Environmental Health (1991) and Environmental Politics: Lessons from the Grassroots (1987). He also has provided expert testimony and research on election law and campaign finance reform for government officials in a dozen states. Contact him at sprc@mindspring.com or 919-489-1931.
