Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #13753
 
Perdue Narrowly in Front of Moore in Dem Gov Primary: In a Democratic Primary for Governor of NC today, 04/22/08, two weeks to the vote, Lieutenant Governor Beverly Perdue wins with 43% of the vote, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively for WTVD-TV, the ABC-owned TV station in Raleigh. State Treasurer Richard Moore takes 39%. Two weeks ago, the two were tied at 40% each; one month prior to that, Perdue led by 16 points. In six tracking polls, conducted between November 2007 and today, Perdue has never received less than 40% or more than 48% of the vote; Moore has never received less than 28% or more than 40% of the vote.
 
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, 734 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely to vote or to have already voted in the Democratic primary. One-stop early voting began on April 17 and continues through May 3. The primary is on May 6.
 
If the Democratic Primary for Governor were today, would you vote for ...(names rotated) Richard Moore? Beverly Perdue? Dennis Nielsen? Or some other Democrat?
734 Actual & Likely VotersAllAlready Voted?GenderAge<50 / 50+AgeRaceParty AffiliationIdeologyRegion
Credibility Interval: ± 3.7 pct pointsAlready Likely VMaleFemale18-3435-4950-6465+18-4950+< Obama> McCain> In BetWhiteBlackHispanicOtherRepublicDemocratUnaffiliConservaModerateLiberalCharlottRaleigh South &
Moore39%38%39%42%36%36%42%40%36%39%38%38%36%40%43%33%******40%32%44%46%35%45%38%28%
Perdue43%35%43%40%45%41%39%44%49%40%46%40%47%44%39%49%******42%46%35%43%47%34%45%54%
Nielsen2%3%2%2%1%0%2%2%1%1%2%1%1%2%2%1%******1%3%1%2%3%3%1%0%
Other / Undecided17%24%16%16%17%23%17%14%14%20%14%20%16%14%16%18%******17%19%20%9%16%18%16%17%
Total100%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%100%
Composition of Actual & Likely Voters100%6%94%45%55%23%29%29%20%52%48%45%12%43%64%30%3%3%0%88%12%15%38%24%33%51%15%
 
** Too few respondents of this type were interviewed for this data to be meaningful.