May Primary Flash Poll

1. Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 3.1%
   Is North Carolina headed in the right direction? Or is it off on the wrong track?
   26%	Right Direction
   50%	Wrong Track
   24%	Not Sure

2. Asked of actual & likely GOP primary voters Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 5%
   If the Republican Primary for President of the United States were today, and you were filling out your Republican primary ballot now, who would you vote for? (candidate names rotated) Mitt Romney? Newt Gingrich? Ron Paul? Or Rick Santorum?
   52%	Romney
   13%	Gingrich
   9%	Paul
   20%	Santorum
   7%	Undecided

3. Asked of actual & likely GOP primary voters Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 4.5%
   If the Republican Primary for North Carolina Governor were today, and you were filling out your ballot now, who would you vote for? (candidate names rotated) Jim Harney? Scott A. Jones? Jim Mahan? Pat McCrory? Charles Kenneth Moss Or Paul Wright?
   1%	Harney
   3%	Jones
   3%	Mahan
   72%	McCrory
   2%	Moss
   3%	Wright
   17%	Undecided

4. Asked of actual & likely GOP primary voters Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 5%
   If the Republican Primary for North Carolina Lieutenant Governor were today, and you were filling out your ballot now, who would you vote for? (candidate names rotated) Dale Folwell? Dan Forest? Tony Gurley? Grey Mills? Or Arthur Rich? To vote for …
   13%	Folwell
   16%	Forest
   13%	Gurley
   9%	Mills
   3%	Rich
   45%	Undecided

5. Asked of actual & likely GOP primary voters Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 5%
   If the Republican Primary for North Carolina State Auditor were today, and you were filling out your ballot now, who would you vote for? (candidate names rotated) Joseph Hank DeBragga? Greg Dority? Debra Goldman? Fern Shubert? Or Rudy Wright?
   2%	DeBragga
   17%	Dority
   15%	Goldman
   10%	Shubert
   6%	Wright
   50%	Undecided

6. Asked of actual & likely GOP primary voters Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 5%
   If the Republican Primary for North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction were today, and you were filling out your ballot now, who would you vote for? (candidate names rotated) Ray Ernest Martin? David Scholl? John Tedesco? Richard Alexander? Or Mark Crawford?
   5%	Martin
   8%	Scholl
   21%	Tedesco
   9%	Alexander
   10%	Crawford
   47%	Undecided

7. Asked of actual & likely GOP primary voters Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 5%
   If the Republican Primary for North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture were today, and you were filling out your ballot now, who would you vote for? (candidate names rotated) Bill McManus? Or Steve Troxler?
   18%	McManus
   47%	Troxler
   34%	Undecided

8. Asked of actual & likely GOP primary voters Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 5%
   If the Republican Primary for North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance were today, and you were filling out your ballot now, who would you vote for? (candidate names rotated) James McCall? Richard Morgan? Or Mike Causey?
   16%	McCall
   20%	Morgan
   12%	Causey
   52%	Undecided

9. Asked of 406 actual & likely GOP primary voters Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 5%
   If the Republican Primary for North Carolina Secretary of State were today, and you were filling out your ballot now, who would you vote for? (candidate names rotated) A.J. Daoud? Kenn Gardner? Ed Goodwin? Or Mike Beitler?
   10%	Daoud
   18%	Gardner
   13%	Goodwin
   8%	Beitler
   51%	Undecided

10. Asked of actual & likely GOP primary voters Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 5%
    If the Republican Primary for North Carolina Treasurer were today, and you were filling out your ballot now, who would you vote for? (candidate names rotated) Frank Roche? Or Steve Royal?
    19%	Roche
    31%	Royal
    51%	Undecided

11. Asked of actual & likely Dem primary voters Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 4.7%
    If the Democratic Primary for North Carolina Governor were today, and you were filling out your ballot now, who would you vote for? (candidate names rotated) Walter Dalton ? Bob Etheridge? Bill Faison? Gary Dunn? Gardenia Henley? Or Bruce Blackmon?
    32%	Dalton
    27%	Etheridge
    4%	Faison
    3%	Dunn
    2%	Henley
    3%	Blackmon
    27%	Undecided

12. Asked of actual & likely Dem primary voters Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 4.7%
    Would you have preferred if Governor Bev Perdue ran for re-election? Or are you happy with the choices you have?
    41%	Preferred If Governor Bev Perdue Ran
    38%	Happy With The Choices You Have
    21%	Not Sure

13. Asked of actual & likely Dem primary voters Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 4.7%
    If the Democratic Primary for North Carolina Lieutenant Governor were today, and you were filling out your ballot now, who would you vote for? (candidate names rotated) Linda Coleman? Or Eric Mansfield?
    41%	Coleman
    16%	Mansfield
    43%	Undecided

14. Asked of actual & likely Dem primary voters Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 4.7%
    If the Democratic Primary for North Carolina Treasurer were today, and you were filling out your ballot now, who would you vote for? (candidate names rotated) Janet Cowell? Or Ron Elmer?
    46%	Cowell
    14%	Elmer
    40%	Undecided

15. Asked of actual & likely Dem primary voters Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 4.7%
    If the Democratic Primary for North Carolina Commissioner of Labor were today, and you were filling out your ballot now, who would you vote for? (candidate names rotated) Marlowe Foster? Ty Richardson? Or John C. Brooks?
    19%	Foster
    16%	Richardson
    17%	Brooks
    49%	Undecided

16. Asked of actual & likely Dem primary voters Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 4.7%
    If the Democratic Primary for North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture were today, and you were filling out your ballot now, who would you vote for? (candidate names rotated) Scott Bryant? Or Walter Smith?
    25%	Bryant
    27%	Smith
    48%	Undecided

About the Poll: This flash poll was conducted by telephone from April 20 to April 23, 2012. The margin of error was +/- 4.7 percent. Research methodology, questionnaire design and fieldwork for this survey were completed by SurveyUSA of Clifton, NJ.