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Poll: Cooper holds wide early lead over Whatley in NC Senate race
Former NC Gov. Roy Cooper holds a commanding lead over GOP challenger Michael Whatley. That margin is considerably wider than two other recent surveys of the race.
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CJ Poll: Cooper leads Whatley by 8 points in first post-primary survey
Former NC Gov. Roy Cooper leads former GOP chair Michael Whatley by 8 points in the first post-primary poll of the NC's US Senate race. The survey also found broad voter pessimism about the country's direction, majority disapproval of President Trump among likely NC voters, and majority approval for Democratic Gov. Josh Stein.
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Cooper, Whatley in statistical dead heat for US Senate seat
NC's open US Senate race is a statistical dead heat, with Democrat Roy Cooper holding a slim lead over Republican Michael Whatley, according to a new PPP poll.
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Poll: Voters’ trust in authorities sinks, as do Cooper’s approval ratings
A new Civitas Poll of 600 likely voters conducted between Aug. 13 and Aug. 16 produced one of the more interesting survey results in recent memory. That’s according to John Locke Foundation senior political analyst Mitch Kokai, who discussed the poll results with JLF president and chief strategy officer Donald Bryson on Thursday, Aug. 19....
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What the Polls Do and Don’t Tell Us
Sometimes it pays to look beyond the basic numbers.
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Give Polls a College Try
The Elon University poll leans slightly Democratic while the High Point University poll is among the few with no partisan bias at all.
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Three Polls, Four Observations
It looks like there will be at least three polling outfits regularly tracking voter opinion in North Carolina during the 2012 election cycle.
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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.
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Should We Buy the Generic?
If you’re a Democrat, you loved 2006 and 2008. You’ll mourn 2010.
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A Final Word On The ’08 Polls
While you may disagree with the political leanings of the individuals involved, PPP on the left and Civitas on the right now have a proven record of clarity, accuracy, and honesty.
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[Too Much] Fun with Polling at the Post
The folks at The Washington Post have a story out describing the findings of their recent poll of public attitudes on Iraq. Unfortunately, their account bears little relationship to their own poll findings.
