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Less than two years after President Barack Obama won office with a tidal wave of voter support for the Democratic Party, Republicans are on the verge of their own historic movement and will likely reclaim majority status in at least one chamber of Congress, according to a national political analyst who visited campus this week for a series of classroom and public events.

Mileah Kromer, an assistant professor of political science and assistant director of the ������Ƶ Poll, spoke at length with the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire this month on the role of social media in American elections.

������Ƶ Poll director Hunter Bacot spoke with News 14 Carolina on July 9 on recent controversies in the North Carolina State Highway Patrol and how Gov. Bev Perdue has handled the public relations fallout.

������Ƶ Poll director Hunter Bacot spoke at length in June with NBC17 in Raleigh, N.C., and with the national news organization Real Clear Politics about the challenges faced by Democrats in unseating U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., in November.

Hunter Bacot, an associate professor of political science and director of the ������Ƶ Poll, spoke May 19 at the North Carolina Association for County Commissioners’ “Assembly Day.”

Two-thirds of North Carolinians believe that religion is losing influence on American life, compared with about 24 percent who believe religion is gaining influence, according to the latest ������Ƶ Poll. Nearly 65 percent say there should be no requirement for elected officials to believe in God.

Hunter Bacot, an associate professor of political science and director of the ������Ƶ Poll, spoke with News 14 Carolina on Oct. 30 moments after the release of the latest poll results measuring North Carolina attitudes on political leaders in Washington.

Mileah Kromer, an assistant professor of political science and assistant director of the ������Ƶ Poll, spoke with News 14 Carolina this week for an interview on the upcoming Charlotte mayoral and city council elections.

The nationally acclaimed political web site RealClearPolitics quoted Hunter Bacot, director of the ������Ƶ Poll, in a June 3 article that examines North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr’s prospects for re-election in 2010.

Hunter Bacot, an associate professor of political science and director of the ������Ƶ Poll, was interviewed twice by News 14 Carolina in recent days about the latest poll findings on issues ranging from President Barack Obama's approval ratings in North Carolina and how residents feel about same-sex marriage.