Suffolk Poll: In NC, Trump and Burr lead

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Boston’s Suffolk University polled North Carolina voters about the November election and produced some very interesting findings: 

  • When:  Poll of 500 likely NC voters taken between 9/5 and 9/7, 4.4% margin of errorpoll-results4
  • WHO?: The pollsters actually found THREE people who had never heard of Barack Obama. (Of course, they all say they plan to vote in November.)  Even worse?  SIxty-seven respondents said they had never heard of Richard Burr. 
  • Right Track?  Roughly 26 percent of respondents said they thought the country was on the right track.  Sixty-one percent said WRONG TRACK.
  • Approval-Disapproval:  Obama is at 43-51; Clinton at 37-55; Deborah Ross at 18-16 (45% don’t know of her); Trump at 41-49; Burr at 35-29 (23% undecided)
  • For President:   Trump 44%, Clinton 41%, Johnson 4%, Undecided 8%. 
  • For Senate: Burr 41%, Ross 37%,Haugh 4%, Undecided 16%
  • 2012:  Respondents split almost evenly between Romney voters (45%) and Obama voters (44%).
  • Safety?: Fifty-two percent of respondents said they felt less safe over the last 5 to 10 years.  Thirteen percent said ‘more safe.’
  • Race:   White voters — 28% Clinton, 57% for Trump.  Black voters — 84% Clinton, 7% for Trump
  • Gender: Male — 53% Trump, 32% Clinton; Female — 36% Trump, 49% Clinton