| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #13753 |
| Fred Smith Makes Inroads Against Pat McCrory: In a Republican Primary for Governor of North Carolina held today, two weeks until votes are counted, Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory wins with 35% of the vote, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively for WTVD-TV Raleigh. State Senator Fred Smith is second with 24%, businessman Bill Graham and former State Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr tie for third in single digits. McCrory is down 3 points and Smith is up 5 from an identical poll taken two weeks ago, when McCrory led by 19; today, McCrory leads by 11. One in four likely voters remain undecided. |
| Filtering: 2,100 state of NC adults were interviewed 04/19/08 through 04/21/08. Of them, 1,829 were registered to vote. Of them, 426 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely to vote or to have already voted in the Republican primary. One-stop early voting began on April 17 and continues through May 3. The primary is on May 6. |
 | If the Republican Primary for Governor were today, would you vote for ...(names rotated) Bill Graham? Bob Orr? Pat McCrory? Or Fred Smith? |
| 426 Actual & Likely Voters | All | Already Voted? | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Region | |||||||||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 4.8 pct points | Already | Likely V | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | < Obama | > McCain | > In Bet | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Unaffili | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Charlott | Raleigh | South & | |
| Graham | 8% | ** | 8% | 10% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 12% | 8% | 9% | ** | ** | ** | 8% | ** | 4% | 8% | 7% | ** | 8% | 6% | 13% |
| Orr | 9% | ** | 8% | 12% | 6% | 13% | 9% | 7% | 9% | 11% | 8% | 12% | 6% | 8% | 8% | ** | ** | ** | 9% | ** | 9% | 9% | 4% | ** | 6% | 9% | 19% |
| McCrory | 35% | ** | 35% | 31% | 39% | 30% | 39% | 30% | 39% | 35% | 34% | 34% | 40% | 34% | 35% | ** | ** | ** | 34% | ** | 44% | 33% | 43% | ** | 49% | 32% | 8% |
| Smith | 24% | ** | 24% | 27% | 20% | 21% | 23% | 30% | 20% | 22% | 26% | 23% | 20% | 26% | 25% | ** | ** | ** | 25% | ** | 12% | 28% | 21% | ** | 19% | 25% | 34% |
| Undecided | 24% | ** | 24% | 20% | 29% | 26% | 22% | 26% | 21% | 24% | 24% | 24% | 22% | 24% | 24% | ** | ** | ** | 23% | ** | 30% | 22% | 24% | ** | 18% | 28% | 25% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Actual & Likely Voters | 100% | 4% | 96% | 57% | 43% | 20% | 30% | 29% | 21% | 50% | 50% | 44% | 13% | 44% | 94% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 94% | 0% | 6% | 64% | 22% | 3% | 39% | 44% | 16% |