Roy Cooper and Richard Burr are leading their respective races in North Carolina with Election Day quickly approaching, according to the latest numbers from Quinnipiac University.
In the race for governor, the survey found that the Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper is leading the incumbent Republican Governor Pat McCrory by seven points – 51/44.
While both candidates are winning more than 80 percent of support from their parties, Cooper is polling better than McCrory at a 52-43 rate among independents voters.
Meanwhile, in the United States Senate race, Republican incumbent Richard Burr is fighting off a challenge from Democrat Deborah Ross and holding a 49-43 advantage with eight percent undecided.
Quinnipiac released a survey on Thursday showing North Carolinians prefer Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump by a four-point margin in the race for President.
“Although Republicans Donald Trump and Gov. Pat McCrory are having difficulty in the Tar Heel State, GOP Sen. Richard Burr leads in his reelection fight due to stronger allegiance among the party faithful and a greater appeal to independent voters,” assistant director of the Quinnipiac University poll Peter A. Brown said in a release.
A recent CBS News poll found that North Carolinians felt that Burr was “a different kind of Republican than Donald Trump” at a 66/34 margin.
North Carolina is expected to draw a lot of attention nationally this November. Some have called the Tar Heel state a “must-have state” if Trump has any chance of knocking off Clinton for the White House. North Carolina is also seen as the premiere gubernatorial race in the county and polling numbers have shown nearly every down-ballot statewide race is expected to be close.
Early voting begins on October 20 and Election Day is November 8.
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