A new Monmouth University poll released Monday refutes a previous poll’s finding that the race for U.S. Senate in North Carolina between House Speaker Thom Tillis and Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) is tied. Instead, the new poll finds what most other recent polls have shown —that Hagan holds a small lead.
The Monmouth poll found Hagan leading Tillis 48 percent to 46 percent among likely voters while 1 percent said they support Libertarian candidate Sean Haugh and 4 percent said they were undecided.
This poll’s findings contradicts an NBC News/Marist poll over the weekend which said Hagan and Tillis were tied at 43 percent each while Haugh pulled 7 percent support. This is the first time Monmouth has polled this Senate race.
Again, most polls have shown Hagan with a small single-digit lead over Tillis.
The Monmouth University Poll was conducted among 432 North Carolina likely voters between October 23 and October 26. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.7 percentage points.
The TPM Polltracker finds Tillis with a slight 0.6 point lead over Hagan.
