A new poll shows President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney are separated by 3 points in NCRALEIGH, NC (WECT) – A new poll shows
the Presidential race in North Carolina continuing to be a toss-up less than
three months before the general election.
Public Policy Polling's latest poll
shows President Barack Obama stretching his lead in the state by two points
over presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney. The President is now favored
by a 49%-46% margin in North Carolina, with 5% remaining undecided. The
previous poll done in July had Obama ahead 47%-46%, with 7% undecided.
"North Carolina continues to be one of
the closest states in the country," Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy
Polling said in a news release. "Month after month we find Barack Obama and
Mitt Romney polling within 3 points of each other."
PPP also polled potential running
mates for Romney, to see how they could impact the race. The results found if North
Carolina Senator Richard Burr was on the ticket as Vice President, the
President's lead closed to 49%-46%. The only other candidate mentioned that had
an impact was former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice. A Romney-Rice
ticket polled even with the Obama-Biden ticket at 47%-47%.
Public Policy Polling surveyed 813
likely voters from August 2nd– 5th. Click here to see
the entire survey.
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