Even MORE polls detailing vicious electoral beatdown of Michael Whatley at hands of Roy Cooper

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So, how much longer are we going to keep up this charade of  there being (1) no GOP primary, and (2) only ONE CHOICE (Whatley) for GOP voters?

Poll after poll has demonstrated that Michael Whatley cannot defeat presumed Democrat nominee Roy Cooper in November.  (One poll has him losing just as badly to Cooper as Don Brown does.)

Yet the GOPe has spent so much time and money making sure the fix is in to give Whatley the Senate nomination. The lazy, stupid, cash-bleeding, layoff-decimated drive-by media goes along with the spin that Cooper and Whatley is all you get.  Take it or leave it. 

Is the GOP establishment purposely trying to throw this race to the Democrats?  It sure looks like it. Here is the polling history on a possible Cooper-Whatley matchup in November for North Carolina’s US Senate seat:

For a statewide race, every one of the polls indicates a landslide loss for Whatley.  As a point of reference, Dan Forest lost to Cooper by 4.5 percent in 2020’s gubernatorial race. That one is widely regarded as a rout.

Why is no one else being polled as an alternative to Whatley?  Harper actually polled a hypothetical November matchup between Don Brown and Cooper.  But THAT’S ALL. 

Let’s look at the most recent polls.  Carolina Forward is a left-wing group.  Yet, their survey shows the race closer than the Harper Poll — sponsored by GOPe sycophants — does.  Carolina Forward’s last survey (in September) had a 7-point lead for Cooper.   This time, they looked at likely voters and had a 3.5 percent margin of error.

Now comes the Technometrica (TIPP) poll for a group called The League of American Workers.  They looked at registered voters and had a 2.7 percent margin of error.  The conservative Heritage Foundation sees this poll as a sign of potential political disaster for Republicans in our fair state:

New polling from North Carolina reveals that while President Donald Trump scores his highest marks on border security and immigration enforcement, economic anxiety is threatening to undermine the GOP’s efforts to retain a U.S. Senate seat in the battleground state.

The survey of 1,512 registered voters, conducted Jan. 12-15 by the League of American Workers, shows Trump underwater on nearly every economic metric.

Trump’s approval rating on inflation sits at just 30%, with 59% disapproving. Overall economic performance fares only slightly better at 35% approval, while his handling of the budget and federal spending draws 34% approval against 53% disapproval.

For the first time in state history, there are more voters registered as Republicans (30.24%) compared to Democrats (30.21%). Most of North Carolina’s 7.7 million registered voters are unaffiliated (38.89%).

That might be an encouraging sign for Republican Michael Whatley, who is attempting to retain Sen. Thom Tillis’ seat for the GOP. But the polling tells a different story.

Cooper’s Commanding Lead

Democrat Roy Cooper, the state’s former governor, has a commanding 48% to 24% lead, with 27% still undecided.

Cooper remains popular with voters: 54% view him favorably compared to 31% unfavorably. A plurality has no opinion of Whatley: 43% said they weren’t sure, with 25% viewing him favorably and 32% unfavorably.

Voters ranked health care as the highest priority for North Carolina’s next senator. It topped the list at 50%, followed by inflation at 43%, and economic growth at 31%.

After serving two terms as North Carolina’s governor, Cooper entered the Senate race in July. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer considers him as a top-tier recruit as he attempts to win control of the upper chamber from Republicans in November.

Whatley, the former Republican National Committee chairman, received Trump’s endorsement. He previously led the state Republican Party.

Now, as he makes a statewide run, Whatley is facing an electorate deeply concerned about the economy. The gap between Republican strength on immigration and weakness on the economy couldn’t be starker. […]

The real worry here?  This race tops the ticket for March and November.  If this trend holds, a rout of Whatley could pump up the Democrat base and benefit down-ballot Democrat candidates.