Monday, October 29, 2012
North Carolina News Yes, Virginia, North Carolina is a total tossup too for president: New Elon University Poll
Posted by Bob Geary @rjgeary on Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 11:23 AM
The headline from the Elon University Poll is that Obama has pulled into a tie with Romney in North Carolina among likely voters, 45-45. Way down is the news that Obama leads by 2 points with registered voters.
Also, the poll was conducted Oct. 21-26, meaning that the first two days preceded the final presidential debate, in which Obama dominated. So, if anything, the poll may over-estimate where Romney stands in N.C. today.
Elon is one of the few live-interviewer polls, and its relatively large sample size of 1,200-plus reduces the margin of error to below 3 percent.
In the gubernatorial race, Pat McCrory is still ahead by double-digits. The internals are interesting. Here's the full poll release from Elon:
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