PPP (10/18-19, likely voters, 10/11-12 in parens):
Bev Perdue (D): 48 (45)
Pat McCrory (R): 44 (44)
(MoE: ±2.8%)
This week’s PPP snapshot of the North Carolina governor’s race gives Bev Perdue a bit more breathing room. While PPP has generally been the most favorable pollster to Perdue, remember that they had her down by 3 at the start of the month. It seems like some of Obama’s momentum is finally transferring to Perdue, though, as PPP observes that she’s now leading among the under-30 crowd by 55-33; in previous polls, she had lagged Obama and Hagan in the young demo.
UPDATE: Civitas (R) also released governor’s race data today; Perdue and McCrory are tied at 43 each (last month, McCrory led 43-41). That’s sort of good news, too, as Civitas tends to be more favorable to McCrory and Perdue hasn’t led in a Civitas poll since August.
PPP (10/18-19, likely voters, no trendlines):
Jill Long Thompson (D): 36
Mitch Daniels (R-inc): 57
(MoE: ±2.6%)
Man, this Indiana race is a tease. Thompson will occasionally pop up within the margin of error, and then the next poll will always be something like this one. (PPP says Thompson’s problems start with her pulling in only 64% of Democrats.) This poll, however, isn’t much worse than the overall Pollster composite, which is now at 52-37. Bear in mind this is the same sample that just gave Obama a 48-46 edge in freakin’ Indiana, so coattails aren’t helping JLT at all.
I’d long ago given up Long-Thompson for dead anyway. Seems like Perdue is getting a nice bounce though. That’s two polls (the R2K poll is the other one) within a week having her up 4-5 points.
She has another lead, courtesy of Civitas, 44-41.
http://www.nccivitas.org/files…
What’s the Yankee Trash issue that PPP mentions in the write up as helping Perdue’s numbers? Just curious.