Democrats Hillary Clinton and Deborah Ross are leading their Republican counterparts in the races for President and Senate in the latest CBS News Poll of North Carolinians.
Clinton holds a 46-42 lead over Republican Donald Trump in the Presidential race. Libertarian Gary Johnson was supported by four percent of respondents and Green Party candidate Jill Stein is polling at two percent.
Trump supporters said they were voting for the Republican more because they disliked Clinton than favored Trump by a 49/39 margin.
Meanwhile, among Clinton supporters, 37 percent said they were voting for Clinton because they supported her, 36 percent oppose Trump and 26 percent were voting for Clinton purely because she was the Democratic candidate.
Those surveyed felt that Clinton was more prepared to be Commander in Chief (51/49) than Trump (37/63).
In the United States Senate Race, Democrat Deborah Ross leads Republican incumbent Richard Burr 41/40. Seventeen percent of those surveyed said they still were not sure who they would support in the Senate race.
North Carolina respondents also said overwhelmingly (66/34) they thought Burr was a “different kind of Republican” than Donald Trump.
The state’s controversial House Bill 2, which advocates maintain is the worst piece of anti-LGBT legislation in the nation, continues to be unpopular with 56 percent of those surveyed saying they oppose the bill, while 36 percent support HB2. Surprisingly, eight percent of respondents said they haven’t heard enough to say whether they support the much-debated law.
It does appear, whoever they will be voting for, North Carolinians will be heading to the polls this November with 60 percent of respondents saying they were more motivated to vote.
The survey was conducted of nearly 1100 likely voters from August 30 – September 2 with a four percent margin of error.
See the full survey results here.
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