Governor’s Race — Sept. 2016 Poll
September 22, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Our September, 2016 poll found a tight race for governor:
If the election for Governor were being held today and you had to make a choice, for whom would you vote?
4/16 5/16 6/16 9/16
36% 45% 45% 45% Pat McCrory, the Republican,
46% 40% 40% 43% Roy Cooper, the Democrat,
5% 3% 3% 1% …or Lon Cecil, the Libertarian?
12% 11% 10% 9% Lean/Undecided
30% 39% 38% 38% DEFINITELY MCCRORY
7% 7% 7% 7% PROBABLY MCCRORY
2% 2% 1% * LEAN MCCRORY
38% 34% 34% 40% DEFINITELY COOPER
8% 6% 6% 3% PROBABLY COOPER
2% 1% 1% 1% LEAN COOPER
4% 1% 1% 1% DEFINITELY CECIL
1% 2% 2% * PROBABLY CECIL
* 1% 1% — LEAN CECIL
9% 8% 7% 8% HARD UNDECIDED
— * * — NAMED OTHER
1% * 1% 1% REFUSED
More on the poll can be found here.
For questions, or to arrange an interview, please contact Brooke Medina, communications director, at bmedina@nccivitas.org.
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