NC Voters Reveal Opinions of Top Leaders

Feb. 5, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Francis De Luca (919) 834-2099       francis.deluca@nccivitas.org

McCrory’s Favorable Rating Is 51 Percent; Obama’s 48 Percent

RALEIGH – The most recent Civitas Poll shed light on North Carolina voters’ views of top elected officials.

The poll questioned 600 registered North Carolina voters, of whom 30 percent were “cell phone only” users and were contacted via cell phone. The survey was taken Feb. 1-3, and had a margin of error of plus/minus 4 percent.

Text of selected questions*:

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Thom Tillis?

TOTAL    TOTAL                     VERY       SMWT         SMWT    VERY                         HRD OF/                                   NEVER

FAV         UNFAV                    FAV           FAV             UNFAV   UNFAV                     NO OPIN                                   HRD OF

   37%        39%                          11%            26%                11%        29%                          20%                                              4%

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Richard Burr?

TOTAL    TOTAL                    VERY       SMWT       SMWT    VERY                         HRD OF/                                   NEVER

FAV         UNFAV                    FAV          FAV          UNFAV   UNFAV                     NO OPIN                                   HRD OF

 32%         25%                          8%           25%               12%        13%                            28%                                            15%

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Pat McCrory?

TOTAL    TOTAL                     VERY       SMWT        SMWT    VERY                         HRD OF/                                   NEVER

FAV         UNFAV                    FAV          FAV            UNFAV   UNFAV                     NO OPIN                                   HRD OF

 51%           37%                          16%        35%                14%        23%                             10%                                              2%

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Barack Obama?

TOTAL    TOTAL                      VERY       SMWT       SMWT     VERY                         HRD OF/                                   NEVER

FAV         UNFAV                      FAV          FAV           UNFAV   UNFAV                      NO OPIN                                   HRD OF

 48%         49%                            28%         20%             9%           40%                                3%                                               —

 *Totals may not add up to 100 due to rounding.

Crosstabs here.

About the poll: This poll of 600 registered voters in North Carolina was conducted Feb. 1-3, 2015 by National Research, Inc., of Holmdel, NJ. All respondents were part of a fully representative sample of registered general election voters in North Carolina. Thirty 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 (2012, 2014) or be newly registered to vote since November 1, 2014. 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 – “North Carolina’s Conservative Voice” – 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.