With five days until the General Election, a new Civitas poll shows Republican challenger Renee Ellmers leading Democratic incumbent Bob Etheridge by 5 percent in the 2nd Congressional District:
According to the poll of 400 registered voters in North Carolina?s 2nd Congressional District, Ellmers leads Etheridge 46 percent to 41 percent. Libertarian candidate Tom Rose garners 6 percent of the vote while 7 percent of voters are undecided.
Among voters who say they are definitely voting this year, Ellmers? lead grows to 49 percent to 40 percent.
?Bob Etheridge is in the political fight of his life,? said Civitas Institute Senior Legislative Analyst Chris Hayes. ?The Republican tide sweeping across the nation appears to be catching Bob Etheridge in its wake.?
At a Civitas poll luncheon in Raleigh Wednesday, Democratic strategist Brad Crone predicted that the Etheridge-Ellmers match would prove more competitive than the Kissell-Johnson race in the 8th Congressional District, long considered North Carolina’s closest U.S. House race.
