North Carolina Voters Would Choose Burr Over Democrats
The tune hasn’t really changed in the last year when it comes to Richard Burr’s political status: he has mediocre approval numbers but it doesn’t stop him from leading all of his Democratic opponents by decent margins.
North Carolinians are evenly divided on Burr with 35% giving him good marks and 35%
saying they’re unhappy with his job performance.
30% continue to have no opinion one way or the other. Burr has the approval of 57% of Republicans and 16% of Democrats, and his standing with independents is identical to what it is overall at 35/35.
Burr leads Elaine Marshall 43-33, Cal Cunningham 44-32, and Kenneth Lewis 44-31.
Two common themes drive those leads for Burr- Republican voters are much more
unified than Democrats and Independents are leaning toward Burr as well.
The Democratic candidates are still suffering from low name recognition. 29% of voters have an opinion of Elaine Marshall while just 17% do of Kenneth Lewis and 14% do for Cal Cunningham.
“This race doesn’t seem like it will move much until the candidates become better
known,” said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling. “It’s going to be really interesting to see where things stand at the beginning of May once Democrats have a nominee.”
Tested against a generic Democratic candidate Burr leads by a more narrow 42-35
margin. Even in that scenario 22% of Democrats are undecided compared to just 16% of
Republicans.
PPP surveyed 788 North Carolina voters from February 12th to 15th.
The survey’s margin of error is +/-3.5%. Other factors, such as refusal to be interviewed and weighting, may introduce additional error that is more difficult to quantify.
Complete results are attached and can be found at www.publicpolicypolling.com
If you would like an interview regarding this release, please contact Dean Debnam at
(888) 621-6988 or 919-880-4888.
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Sources: Public Policy Polling, Google Maps
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