John William Pope Civitas Institute

For those are regular readers here, you know that the Ogre was liveblogging the North Carolina Conservative Leadership Conference this past weekend. The conference was sponsored by a number of good organizations that are working to advance conservative ideas in North Carolina. One of those is the John William Pope Civitas Institute.

Civitas Institute is a research and public policy organization dedicated to providing conservative solutions for North Carolina's pressing issues.

The Institute carries out its mission by conducting sound research and analysis of public policy issues; conducting monthly tracking polls; conducting institutes for newly elected officials, community leaders, undergraduate and graduate students, and candidates; and communicating with the public and elected officials through the news media, Civitas website, monthly newsletter and quarterly magazine.

The Institute's monthly tracking polls are a great source of information about politics and issues in North Carolina. Their polls are carefully conducted to ONLY poll actual voters, instead of the public at-large. That tends to give a much more accurate view of the people who actually care about government. Be sure to check out their extensive list of polls and results online.

They also run various training sessions:

to prepare students for participation in democratic politics, providing them with the critical thinking, knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in professional careers in applied politics.

While I disagree with that last part (professional careers in politics is WRONG), they appear to be trying hard to get more people involved in politics. In North Carolina, that will be a good thing, because the majority of the voters in North Carolina self-identify themselves as conservative. Now if we can just get the politicians to stop lying about which ones are conservative, we could make some progress.

So, if you're interested in conservative politics and you've got a little extra time today, be sure and stop by their website and have a look around.

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