The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely North Carolina Voters finds that State House Speaker Thom Tillis, the winner of Tuesday’s Republican primary, earns 45% support to incumbent Democratic Senator Kay Hagan’s 44%. Five percent (5%) prefer some other candidate, and seven percent (7%) are undecided.(To see survey question wording, click here.)
Tillis held a 47% to 40% lead over Hagan in late January in Rasmussen Reports’ first look at the Tar Heel State’s U.S. Senate contest.
Hagan was elected to her first term in the Senate in 2008 with 53% of the vote. She now has the support of 76% of the state’s Democrats, while 84% of North Carolina Republicans back Tillis. The two run almost even among voters not affiliated with either major party.
by donnamartinez
