Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #13185

NC Democratic Primary for US Senate: Hagen 8 Points Atop Neal. In a Democratic Primary for U.S. Senate today, 01/15/08, 16 weeks to the vote, State Senator Kay Hagan leads businessman Jim Neal 37% to 29%. But: 35% of likely Democratic Primary voters are undecided and much could change. Hagan leads by 4 among white voters, leads by 14 among black voters. Hagan runs strongest in Raleigh. Neal runs strongest in Charlotte. The candidates are effectively tied in Southern NC and on the Coast. The winner of the primary would face incumbent Republican Elizabeth Dole.

Filtering: 2,100 North Carolina adults were interviewed 01/12/08 through 01/14/08. Of them, 1,815 were registered to vote. Of them, 609 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely to vote in the Democratic Primary on 05/06/08.

If the Democratic Primary for United States Senate were today, would you vote for ...(names rotated) Kay Hagan? Or Jim Neal?

609 Likely Voters	All	Gender		Race				Party Affiliation			Ideology			Region			Age				<50 / 50+
Credibility Interval: ± 4.1 pct points		Male	Female	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Republic	Democrat	Unaffili	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal	Charlott	Raleigh	South &	18-34	35-49	50-64	65+	18-49	50+
Hagan	37%	37%	37%	34%	43%	**	**	**	36%	42%	36%	37%	37%	33%	41%	29%	46%	43%	34%	25%	44%	30%
Neal	29%	32%	26%	30%	29%	**	**	**	28%	29%	24%	31%	30%	36%	25%	27%	29%	25%	27%	36%	26%	31%
Undecided	35%	31%	37%	36%	28%	**	**	**	35%	29%	39%	32%	33%	31%	34%	44%	25%	33%	38%	40%	30%	39%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Likely Voters	100%	42%	58%	63%	30%	3%	4%	0%	93%	7%	16%	40%	22%	32%	53%	15%	17%	32%	28%	23%	49%	51%

** Too few respondents of this type were interviewed for this data to be meaningful.