McCrory vs. Cooper — June 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Our June 2016 poll found that in a governor’s race head-to-head match up, Republican Gov. Pat McCrory maintains his lead over Democrat Attorney General Roy Cooper— 45 percent to 40 percent. Three percent prefer Libertarian Lon Cecil.

“Governor McCrory has consistently led Cooper in head-to-head match ups in our polls,” Civitas President Francis De Luca said. “The only exception was at the height of the negative media coverage over HB2, when McCrory took a hit. His net favorable numbers have been consistently positive among likely voters, and they continue to climb as the North Carolina economy strengthens.”

The text of the question is as follows:

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
36%        45%        45%        Pat McCrory, the Republican,
46%        40%        40%        Roy Cooper, the Democrat,
5%          3%          3%          …or Lon Cecil, the Libertarian?
12%        11%        10%        Lean/Undecided

30%        39%        38%        DEFINITELY MCCRORY
7%          7%          7%          PROBABLY MCCRORY
2%          2%          1%          LEAN MCCRORY

38%        34%        34%        DEFINITELY COOPER
8%          6%          6%          PROBABLY COOPER
2%          1%          1%          LEAN COOPER

4%          1%          1%          DEFINITELY CECIL
1%          2%          2%          PROBABLY CECIL
*             1%          1%          LEAN CECIL

9%          8%          7%          HARD UNDECIDED
—             *             *             NAMED OTHER
1%          *             1%          REFUSED (DNR)

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The poll surveyed 600 registered, likely voters (30% on cell phones) with a margin of error of +/- 4.00%. This survey was taken June 21-23, 2016.