| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #13753 |
| Two Weeks From Primary, Hagan Out in Front: In a Democratic Primary in NC for United States Senator today, 04/22/08, for the right to oppose incumbent Republican Elizabeth Dole in November, Kay Hagan beats Jim Neal, 38% to 16%, after 90 days where the two were effectively tied. Duskin Lassiter, Howard Staley, and Marcus Williams remain far back in single digits. 34% tell SurveyUSA they are undecided, or would vote for some candidate that SurveyUSA did not name -- down from 45% two weeks ago. Among men, Hagan trailed by 4 points two weeks ago; today, she leads by 14. Among women, Hagan had led by 6, now leads by 29. Two weeks ago, 55% of women were undecided or voted for some other candidate; today, it's down to 37%. Hagan today leads among every demographic group and in every part of the state. |
| 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 United States Senate were today, would you vote for ...(names rotated) Kay Hagan? Jim Neal? Duskin Lassiter? Howard Staley? Marcus Williams? Or some other Democrat? |
| 734 Actual & Likely Voters | All | Already Voted? | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Region | |||||||||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 3.7 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 & | |
| Hagan | 38% | 32% | 38% | 34% | 41% | 42% | 35% | 35% | 39% | 38% | 37% | 39% | 42% | 35% | 39% | 32% | ** | ** | ** | 38% | 31% | 29% | 43% | 46% | 37% | 40% | 29% |
| Neal | 16% | 20% | 16% | 20% | 12% | 10% | 20% | 20% | 12% | 16% | 17% | 16% | 10% | 18% | 18% | 14% | ** | ** | ** | 16% | 16% | 16% | 19% | 17% | 22% | 12% | 16% |
| Lassiter | 3% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 3% | ** | ** | ** | 3% | 3% | 8% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Staley | 4% | 20% | 3% | 6% | 2% | 9% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 6% | 2% | 6% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 7% | ** | ** | ** | 4% | 5% | 6% | 1% | 5% | 2% | 6% | 1% |
| Williams | 6% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 10% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 12% | ** | ** | ** | 5% | 8% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 10% |
| Other / Undecided | 34% | 21% | 35% | 29% | 37% | 25% | 34% | 36% | 40% | 30% | 38% | 28% | 41% | 38% | 34% | 33% | ** | ** | ** | 33% | 37% | 35% | 30% | 26% | 30% | 34% | 41% |
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| Composition of Actual & Likely Voters | 100% | 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% |