public policy polling

Public Policy Polling finds N.C. closely divided on Trump, Cooper re-election

Public Policy Polling released a new poll reflecting a divide among North Carolinians over the 2020 elections for president and governor. PPP, which has Democratic clients, surveyed 610 registered voters on June 17 and June 18. The margin of error is plus or minus 4%. The survey was a mixed mode model with some respondents...

Lindsay Marchello

Opinion

State Pollsters Earn Good Grades

According to the latest nationwide study by the website FiveThirtyEight.com, all of the pollsters that are most active in our state receive high marks for accuracy — either an A or a B+.

John Hood

Opinion

Don’t Overstate Political Divide

If you add in independents with partisan leanings, party preference during the last several months of polling averages 45 percent Republican and 45 percent Democratic.

John Hood

Opinion

In Spite of Myself

It is difficult to write a “neutral” poll question about a complex issue about which many people have either mixed views or no clear view at all.

John Hood

Opinion

Reading The North Carolina Polls

Many of the coming stories on NC races will reference public-opinion polls. I encourage you to read and use the poll results carefully.

John Hood