Here are the latest results from the North Carolina poll by Public Policy Polling published on USAElectionPolls.com:
There were 1200 voters polled on 10/18-19.
| Public Policy Polling Date: 10/18-19 North Carolina Added: 10/20/08 |
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| Barack Obama | 51% |
| John McCain | 44% |
| Bob Barr | 2% |
| Unsure | 4% |
Quote:
Independent voters continue to move toward Obama in droves. He now has a 51-33 lead with them. He’s also now up to receiving 82% of the Democratic vote. Staying over the 80% threshold there would almost certainly ensure a victory in North Carolina.McCain now leads among white voters just 55-39, an edge that’s not nearly enough given Obama’s 92-6 lead with black voters. George W. Bush won about two thirds of the white vote against both John Kerry and Al Gore in North Carolina.
“A lot of folks thought North Carolina might revert right back to the Republican column after John McCain started really contesting here, but Barack Obama is holding strong,” said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling. “Assuming that the black vote is pretty much fixed McCain needs to add about ten points to his lead among white voters in the next two weeks if he’s going to win the state.”
In North Carolina’s US Senate race challenger Kay Hagan continues to lead incumbent Elizabeth Dole, as she has now in PPP’s last seven surveys of the race. Hagan’s advantage is now up to 49-42. Hagan is annihilating Dole among suburban voters, 56-38. She’s also shoring up her support with the key Democratic constituency of black voters, with whom she is now ahead 84-7, and improvement from 78-12 a week ago.
Source: Current Polls, Electoral College Results
