Poll: Hagan Holds Onto Small Lead Over Tillis In NC Senate Race

In this Wednesday, April 16, 2014 photo, Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., listens during an appearance in Durham, N.C. Hagan has tried for her first 5 1/2 years in the U.S. Senate to persuade North Carolina voters that being ... In this Wednesday, April 16, 2014 photo, Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., listens during an appearance in Durham, N.C. Hagan has tried for her first 5 1/2 years in the U.S. Senate to persuade North Carolina voters that being in the middle of the road is a good thing. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) MORE LESS
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Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) has a small lead over her Republican challenger Thom Tillis, according to a new CNN/ORC International poll released on Sunday.

Among likely voters, 46 percent said they would support Hagan and 43 percent said they would vote for Tillis. And 7 percent said they would support Libertarian candidate Sean Haugh.

CNN noted that Hagan’s small lead is “well within the poll’s sampling error of plus or minus four percentage points.”

Most recent polls have shown Hagan with a small lead over her Republican challenger. According to TPM’s Polltracker average, Hagan has a 4.5 point lead over Tillis.

CNN/ORC surveyed 1,010 adults via phone Sept. 22-25 with a margin of error plus or minus 3 percentage points.

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  1. Certainly a lot of close races in a year that is supposed to be a cake-walk for Republicans.

  2. And now time for another episode of Stump the Wingnut:

    If the polls are skewed in favor of Dems, but the Dems are going to unleash another massive wave of fraudulent voting, isn’t that a wash?

  3. self-stumping wingnut alert

  4. Tillis is unpopular in NC.

    Same with Ernst in IA.

    Dems have to put pedal to the metal and expose this.

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