| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #14324 |
| Teeter-Totter in NC Governor Race Tips Republican:
In an election for North Carolina Governor today, 09/09/08, 8 weeks to the vote, Republican Mayor of Charlotte Pat McCrory seesaws into the lead over Democratic Lieutenant Governor Beverly Perdue 49% to 41%, according to this latest SurveyUSA election tracking poll conducted exclusively for WTVD-TV in Raleigh. Compared to an identical SurveyUSA poll released four weeks ago, McCrory is up 5 points and is in the lead for the first time; Perdue is down 6 points and trails for the first time. Libertarian Mike Munger, a professor at Duke University, takes 5% of the vote today, unchanged from one month ago.
McCrory has gained ground in many key demographics: men, women, young, old, less affluent, more affluent, less educated, more educated. In Charlotte, his home town, McCrory's once 10-point lead is now 27 points. In Raleigh, Perdue's once 18-point lead has evaporated. Only in Southern and Coastal NC has Perdue gained ground month-on-month. |
| Filtering: SurveyUSA interviewed 900 North Carolina adults 09/06/08 through 09/08/08. Of them, 783 were registered to vote; of them, 671 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely to vote in the 11/04/08 general election. Incumbent governor Mike Easley, first elected in 2000, is term limited. |
 | North Carolina voters will also elect a Governor. If the election for Governor were today, would you vote for (choices rotated) Republican Pat McCrory? Democrat Beverly Perdue? Or Libertarian Mike Munger? |
| 671 Likely Voters | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | College Grad | Attend Religious Service | Abortion | Change Your Mind | Top Issue For Next President | Income | Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 3.9 pct points | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | 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) | 49% | 53% | 46% | 46% | 45% | 52% | 57% | 45% | 54% | 60% | 11% | ** | ** | 78% | 18% | 53% | 72% | 42% | 22% | 50% | 49% | 50% | 53% | 44% | 64% | 35% | 44% | 51% | 45% | ** | 38% | 49% | 76% | ** | ** | 70% | 42% | 54% | 59% | 45% | 42% |
| Beverly Perdue (D) | 41% | 38% | 45% | 40% | 45% | 41% | 38% | 43% | 40% | 32% | 77% | ** | ** | 16% | 73% | 32% | 21% | 50% | 64% | 42% | 42% | 42% | 39% | 45% | 27% | 57% | 44% | 41% | 47% | ** | 56% | 50% | 14% | ** | ** | 17% | 49% | 38% | 32% | 46% | 48% |
| Mike Munger (L) | 5% | 5% | 5% | 9% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 7% | 2% | 4% | 5% | ** | ** | 3% | 3% | 10% | 4% | 5% | 9% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 4% | ** | 1% | 0% | 7% | ** | ** | 11% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 9% |
| Undecided | 5% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 7% | ** | ** | 3% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 7% | 3% | 4% | ** | 5% | 2% | 3% | ** | ** | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 1% |
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| Composition of Likely Voters | 100% | 48% | 52% | 22% | 32% | 28% | 18% | 54% | 46% | 76% | 20% | 1% | 3% | 41% | 40% | 16% | 38% | 35% | 11% | 48% | 52% | 60% | 24% | 16% | 51% | 46% | 17% | 81% | 49% | 3% | 9% | 6% | 11% | 5% | 5% | 8% | 36% | 64% | 34% | 50% | 16% |