Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by five points after the second presidential debate, according to a new NBC/WSJ/Marist poll.
Clinton leads the race among North Carolina voters, 48 to 43. When third party candidates are included, she retains a lead at four points, 45-41, with Libertarian Gary Johnson at 9 percent.
A Suffolk University poll released earlier today, surveying North Carolina voters on the same days, showed Clinton leading Trump, 45-43, with Johnson at 5 percent.
Back in August when NBC/WSJ/Marist last polled North Carolina, Clinton led by nine points, 48-39, in a head-to-head match, and again by nine points, 45-36, with Johnson at 9 percent and Stein at 2 percent.
The NBC/WSJ/Marist poll was conducted Oct. 10-12 among 743 likely North Carolina voters, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 percent.
TPM’s PollTracker Average of the general election in North Carolina shows Clinton leading Trump, 46.2 to 42.8.
Between this and McCrory’s dismal numbers, people are really going to have to work at their ballot splitting to keep Burr in the Senate. If the GOP Tealoon General Assembly hadn’t abolished straight ticket voting, he’d be screwed.