Public Policy Polling released some fun numbers yesterday showing John McCain and Pat McCrory trailing in North Carolina’s 8th congressional district. It is a swing district as evidenced by the fact that it was carried by both George Bush and Mike Easley in the past.

The presidential race is deadheat according to the survey, which found Barack Obama pulling 43 percent and McCain 39, within the poll’s margin of error. Significantly, LP candidate Bob Barr pulls 7 percent, almost of which has to come from McCain’s possible total.

The numbers are virtually identical for the governor’s race, which simply confirms that the Perdue-McCrory tilt will likely go down to the wire, with Mike Munger possibly bleeding support from McCrory.

Must dissent a little, however, from pollster Tom Jensen’s conclusion that given that the 8th is mostly a Charlotte TV market, a nominal lead for Perdue is a good showing for her. Certainly Cabarrus and to some extent western Union County are full of voters who fled Mecklenburg County during the McCrory years. There is no reason to expect them to be fans of the mayor.

Given that Easley whipped Richard Vinroot in the district, I imagine the McCrory camp would take a draw and certainly has not given up on an outright win.

Bonus Observation: Obama stomps McCain among voters under 30, 53-22. Can’t wait for more those “Obama Cannot Win in the South” stories.

Update: Ed Cone relates that Munger raised $7000 over the 4th of July, swamping the campaign’s $3000 target.