June 6, 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Francis De Luca (919) 834-2099 Francis.deluca@nccivitas.org
RALEIGH – The latest Civitas Institute Poll provides insights on what North Carolina voters think about top elected officials and the direction of the state and nation.
“North Carolina voters remain in a pessimistic mood, especially about the nation’s course,” Civitas President Francis X. De Luca said. “Almost a fifth (19 percent) of voters in North Carolina think the nation is headed in a worse direction than our state.”
“As for politicians, we see the president’s favorability and job approval numbers take fairly significant hits. Governor McCrory, on the other hand, saw his best favorability ratings of 2014.”
Text of questions*:
Do you feel things in the United States are generally headed in the right direction or have things gotten off on the wrong track?
10/12 10/13 1/14 3/14 4/14 5/14
40% 19% 24% 28% 29% 23% Right Direction
55% 75% 66% 64% 61% 68% Wrong Track
5% 6% 10% 8% 10% 9% Don’t Know/Unsure
— — 1% — — — Refused
And now thinking specifically about North Carolina … If the election for North Carolina State Legislature were held today, would you be voting for the:
4/14 5/14
41% 41% Republican candidate
44% 39% Democratic candidate
3% 4% Neither
12% 15% Don’t Know
— 1% Refused
And still thinking specifically about North Carolina … Do you feel things in North Carolina are generally headed in the right direction or have things gotten off on the wrong track?
11/12 10/13 1/14 3/14 4/14 5/14
35% 33% 29% 32% 29% 33% Right Dir.
50% 57% 60% 57% 60% 59% Wrong Track
15% 10% 11% 11% 10% 7% Don’t Know
Now, please tell me if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of…
TOTAL TOTAL VERY SMWT SMWT VERY HRD OF/ NEVER
FAV UNFAV FAV FAV UNFAV UNFAV NO OPIN HRD OF
Barack Obama
5/14 45% 52% 29% 16% 9% 43% 2% —
4/14 48% 48% 29% 20% 10% 38% 3% —
3/14 46% 52% 29% 17% 9% 43% 2% —
1/14 46% 50% 27% 19% 9% 42% 3% —
10/13 43% 52% 28% 15% 8% 43% 5% —
10/12 50% 48% 39% 11% 8% 40% 2% 1%
Pat McCrory
5/14 48% 38% 18% 30% 13% 25% 10% 4%
4/14 44% 42% 17% 27% 14% 28% 11% 3%
3/14 44% 46% 20% 24% 14% 32% 9% 1%
1/14 43% 44% 18% 25% 15% 28% 11% 2%
Now, please tell me whether you approve or disapprove of …
Total Total Strong Smwt Smwt Strong Don’t Refused
Approve Disapprove Approve Approve Disapp. Disapp Know
… the job Barack Obama is doing as President?
5/14 45% 54% 23% 22% 11% 43% 1% —
4/14 47% 50% 24% 23% 10% 40% 3% —
3/14 46% 53% 24% 22% 9% 44% 1% —
1/14 45% 52% 25% 19% 10% 42% 3% —
10/13 44% 53% 25% 19% 9% 43% 3% —
11/12 50% 48% 32% 17% 7% 41% 2% —
The poll of 600 registered North Carolina voters was conducted May 20-22, and has an error margin of plus/minus 4 percent. Twenty-five percent of the respondents were contacted on cellphones.
*Due to rounding, percentages may not equal 100.
Crosstabs here.
This poll of 600 registered voters in North Carolina was conducted May 20-22, 2014 by National Research, Inc. of Holmdel, NJ. All respondents were part of a fully representative sample of registered general election voters in North Carolina. Twenty-five percent of the respondents were cell phone-only users. For purposes of this study, voters interviewed had to have voted in at least one of the past two general elections (2010, 2012) or be newly registered to vote since November 7, 2012.The confidence interval associated with a sample of this size is such that: 95 percent of the time, results from 600 interviews (registered voters) will be within +-4% of the “True Values.”
Civitas conducts the only regular live-caller polling of North Carolina voters. For more information on Civitas polling, see http://www.nccivitas.org/category/poll/.
The Civitas Institute is a policy institute based in Raleigh, N.C. More information is available at www.nccivitas.org, or contact Jim Tynen at (919) 834-2099 or james.tynen@nccivitas.org.
We are in a sour mood! When you see what is happening on our borders with thousands of illegal children coming in, Obama loosing 5 hardcore criminals on the world, the economy still in trouble, chaos reigns in America. We must stop this assault!