Incumbent Burr Leads By Four Points In North Carolina Senate Poll

Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., listens to Trent Mooring, co-owner of Mother Earth Brewery, explain their brewing process, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016, during a tour of downtown Kinston, N.C., with Mayor BJ Murphy and city offi... Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., listens to Trent Mooring, co-owner of Mother Earth Brewery, explain their brewing process, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016, during a tour of downtown Kinston, N.C., with Mayor BJ Murphy and city officials. (Janet S. Carter/Daily Free Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT MORE LESS
Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) leads by four points over his challenger, Democrat Deborah Ross, in a Suffolk University poll of the U.S. Senate race in North Carolina.

Burr leads by four points, 41-37, with Libertarian candidate Sean Haugh following at 4 percent.

A recent CBS/YouGov poll showed the Democratic challenger and former North Carolina representative Ross ahead by one point, 41-40. Suffolk University had not previously polled this race.

The Suffolk poll was conducted over the phone from Sept. 5-7, among 500 likely North Carolina voters, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percent.

TPM’s PollTracker Average for the U.S. Senate election in North Carolina shows Burr leading Ross, 39.4 to 36.6.

Latest Polltracker

Notable Replies

  1. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    Very tight race where every vote counts.

    No wonder Republicans in NC are fighting so hard to restrict minorities and young people’s right to vote.

  2. Isn’t the conventional wisdom that a sitting elected official should be much higher in the polls at this point in the race? Plus, the margin of error puts the race basically neck-and-neck. That’s bad for Burr and may give Ross a smoother ride on Hillary’s coattails .

  3. Yea I think the majority of NCers lean right. Enough to vote for Burr but not enough to vote Trump. Although I’m hoping Mccrory will lose as governor…

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

Participants

Avatar for system1 Avatar for ignoreland Avatar for dickweed Avatar for pshah

Continue Discussion
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: