New poll: Don Davis on top in three-way race for NC-01
Phil Berger assured President Trump he had fixed the district so it was a Republican’s to take. The new district went for Trump by 11 points in 2024. *Oh, if only the voters would go along more willingly with those deals concocted in smoke-filled backrooms.*
A new poll from the polling firm GQR has the First Congressional District general election race — as of the last week of June — at Don Davis (D) 45%, Laurie Buckhout (R) 41%, and Tom Bailey (Libertarian) at eight percent.
As you can see, the race has changed little since February: Davis gained 3 points, Buckhout gained 2 points, and Bailey lost one point.
Let’s compare these findings with those of the National Republican Congressional Committee — the campaign arm of US House Republicans led by North Carolina’s Richard Hudson – released in May.
Of course, this polling does not factor in the Libertarian candidate Bailey. The GQR polling shows Davis leading Buckhout in a head-to-head matchup 49-47. But, as we all know, the Libertarian will be there when voters take to the polls in November.
It’s also important to note that we’re in somewhat of a dead zone for political campaigns. People take off on vacation from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Little to no attention is paid to politics. But things take off on a shotgun start following Labor Day weekend.
Keeping control of Congress is essential if we are to stop the Democrats from destroying America, and this is a key seat in accomplishing that objective. That some uninformed Republicans would vote for this “Libertarian” is something that the GOP needs to tackle and educate voters on what he really is. Years ago, the Libertarian Party was dominated by “right Libertarians” who thought a lot like Republicans, but today it has shifted more to the “left Libertarians who think more like Democrats. The last Libertarian presidential candidate was a left Libertarian. The head of the Democrat Socialists of America, of all people, is also involved in a “socialist libertarian” group. Today’s Libertarians are not what they once were. They are no longer the Rand Pauls or Ron Pauls of the world.
Laurie Buckhout was not my choice in the primary, but for the survival of the country, this is one race that all conseervatives need to come together on. A vote for the left Libertarian in this race is really a vote to send Don Davis, who marched with BLM/Antifa in Greenville back to Congress.
The district is a mess right now. Fighting. Poor Leadership. Can I please go back to the 3rd disrict?