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September 2024 – Harris, Trump Race Tighter Than Ever in North Carolina
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Featured Carolina Journal poll results
September 2024 – Harris, Trump Race Tighter Than Ever in North Carolina
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Featured Carolina Journal poll results
August 2024 – With Harris as Presidential Nominee, Race Tightens in North Carolina
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Featured Carolina Journal poll results
May 2024 – Robinson, Stein neck and neck for governor’s mansion
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September 2024 – Harris, Trump Race Tighter Than Ever in North Carolina
RALEIGH – The presidential race is tighter than ever in North Carolina. In the first Carolina Journal Poll following the presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris (entering the field just hours after the second assassination attempt), Trump’s lead has shrunk to 0.3 points – well within the poll’s ±3.99%...
August 2024 – With Harris as Presidential Nominee, Race Tightens in North Carolina
RALEIGH – The presidential race in North Carolina is tighter than ever, according to the latest poll of likely voters from The Carolina Journal. Former President Donald Trump is leading Vice President Kamala Harris by 3.1 points. This lead is within the margin of error of ±3.99%. Support for Trump is up 4.6 points from...
May 2024 – Robinson, Stein neck and neck for governor’s mansion
RALEIGH – The race for North Carolina’s top office has once again narrowed. Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson’s support among likely North Carolina voters is down .7 points from last month and approximately 4.5% since March. Meanwhile, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein’s support has held fairly steady between 37.9% to 39.1% over the same period....
April 2024 – Races for President, Governor Are Tightening in North Carolina
RALEIGH – Ballot-wide, Republican candidates in North Carolina are seeing a squeeze this month, as the party’s leads are narrowing across the board. A plurality of likely North Carolina voters (43.4%) said they intend to vote for Former President Donald Trump, and 39% said they intend to vote for sitting President Joe Biden – a...
March 2024 – NC Voters Favor Trump, Robinson in General Election
RALEIGH – Once again, voters will find themselves choosing between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to take the White House in November. While the winners of this month’s primaries include many familiar faces, they also included some surprising upsets by political newcomers. This month’s Carolina Journal poll went in the field promptly...
January 2024 – Support for School Choice a ‘Call to Action’ in North Carolina
Raleigh – North Carolinians overwhelmingly support school choice, according to the latest Carolina Journal Poll. The survey of 600 likely North Carolina voters found majority support for Education Savings Accounts (ESAs), charter schools, private-school vouchers, and ‘backpack funding.’ A plurality of voters (48%) said they were unhappy with the quality of education students receive at...
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Young voter turnout rates are on the rise
More than forty million members of Generation Z will be eligible to vote in the 2024 election. This generation has higher rates of voting than previous ones did when they were young adults.
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Gender rift in 2024 presidential election shows in NC, national polling
A sleeper issue this year could have a potentially decisive impact on the way the election goes, including right here in North Carolina—the way men will end up voting.
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Robinson back on campaign trail with plans to ‘take CNN to task’ amid staff shake-up
Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson was in Wilkes County Monday, back on the campaign trail after a weekend of resignations among staff and a CNN report late last week alleging he made inflammatory posts on porn websites more than a decade ago.
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Harris trailing Briner in NC state treasurer race
A new poll by Carolina Journal shows Republican candidate for state treasurer Brad Briner with a slight lead over his Democratic opponent, State Rep. Wesley Harris, which may indicate voters’ confidence in which candidate is the most qualified for the position.