| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #13892 |
| Perdue Has Early Lead in Race for NC Governor: 24 weeks from election day, Lieutenant Governor Beverly Perdue leads Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory by 7 points in the North Carolina gubernatorial race. Today, it's Perdue 52%, McCrory 45%. Among men, McCrory leads by 4; among women, Perdue leads by 18. Among whites, McCrory leads by 11; among blacks, Perdue leads by 73. 21% of Republicans cross over to vote for Perdue; 23% of Democrats cross over to vote for McCrory. Among Republicans, Perdue leads by 8. McCrory leads by 10 points in Charlotte and the western portion of the state; Perdue leads by 14 in Raleigh and Greensboro, and by 27 points in southern and coastal Carolina. |
| Filtering: SurveyUSA interviewed 1,000 North Carolina adults 05/17/08 - 05/19/08. Of them, 866 were registered to vote; of them, 713 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely to vote in the 11/04/08 general election. |
 | North Carolina voters will also elect a Governor. If the election for Governor were today, would you vote for (choices rotated) Republican Pat McCrory? Or, Democrat Beverly Perdue? |
| 713 Likely Voters | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | College Grad | Attend Religious Service | Abortion | Change Your Mind | Top Issue For Next President | Income | Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.7% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | < Obama | > McCain | > In Bet | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Yes | No | Regularl | Occasion | Almost N | Pro-life | Pro-choi | Could Ch | Mind Mad | Economy | Environm | Health C | Iraq | Terroris | Social S | Educatio | Immigrat | < $50K | > $50K | Charlott | Raleigh | South & | |
| Pat McCrory (R) | 45% | 50% | 39% | 38% | 51% | 46% | 39% | 46% | 43% | 44% | 39% | 46% | 54% | 11% | ** | ** | 78% | 23% | 41% | 74% | 39% | 20% | 47% | 42% | 46% | 42% | 42% | 58% | 31% | 49% | 43% | 40% | ** | 32% | 32% | 80% | ** | 29% | 80% | 35% | 50% | 53% | 41% | 35% |
| Beverly Perdue (D) | 52% | 46% | 57% | 57% | 46% | 51% | 57% | 50% | 54% | 52% | 57% | 50% | 43% | 84% | ** | ** | 21% | 73% | 49% | 23% | 57% | 76% | 49% | 54% | 50% | 54% | 56% | 39% | 66% | 46% | 54% | 57% | ** | 64% | 63% | 20% | ** | 69% | 16% | 62% | 46% | 43% | 55% | 62% |
| Undecided | 4% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 5% | ** | ** | 1% | 4% | 10% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 3% | ** | 4% | 5% | 0% | ** | 2% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
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| Composition of Likely Voters | 100% | 48% | 52% | 22% | 33% | 27% | 19% | 54% | 46% | 46% | 11% | 44% | 76% | 20% | 2% | 3% | 33% | 49% | 15% | 31% | 34% | 12% | 49% | 51% | 63% | 24% | 14% | 49% | 46% | 18% | 81% | 47% | 3% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 42% | 58% | 36% | 49% | 16% |