Public Policy Polling (5/28-29, likely voters, 5/8-9 in parens):
Kay Hagan (D): 39 (43)
Elizabeth Dole (R-inc): 47 (48)
(MoE: ±4.2%)
The poll shows Hagan at 50-23 among African-American voters (with 28% undecided), down from 62-21 (with 17% undecided) earlier in the month.
Dole’s recent statewide ad blitz might have something to do with her growing margin. She’s still under 50%, but that’s the advantage of having a ten-to-one cash-on-hand advantage while your opponent refills their coffers.
Dole did noy help herself so much as move Hagan’s numbers a bit. Liddy’s movement is withing the margin of error from the previous numbers. All she accomplished was create a little uncertainty about support for Hagan.
Polls that show Republicans slightly ahead of us, serve as a reminder that we’ve got tons of work ahead of us if we want to win.
First, I see no reason why Hagan should have lost AA support unless the polling service has messed up sampling that segment of the electorate. I have to believe that a nice photo op of support from Presidential nominee Barack Obama will quickly bring those numbers back up to a dead heat! Others have correctly observed that Liddy’s numbers have gone nowhere and that bodes very poorly from such a high profile incumbent!
This is looking to be a highly competitve race.
MAY THE BEST WOMAN WIN 🙂
NC-Pres:
McCain – 43
Obama – 40
NV-Gov:
Perdue (D) – 43
McCrory (R) – 39
This poll appears way off as far as African-Americans are concerned. There is no way in hell 21% of them are going to vote for McCrory, 23% for Dole and 15% McCain.
Also, why the hell do all NC polls as of late have the 18-29 age demographic going heavily for Dole??? This one has her winning that age group 51-35%. That sounds VERY unlikely.
Barr is polling 6% in the presidential race. You would think this is siphoning more support from McCain than Obama. Perot did the same favor for Clinton in 1992, and Clinton almost won NC.
Dole has already shown her cards for the fall campaign. She’s gonna run an all immigration, all the time race. That’s all she has, since she hasn’t done anything for 6 years but support W. She is running the 2008 version of Jesse Helms 1990 campaign that focused on racial quotas. I just hope NC voters don’t fall for this bullshit… again.