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A new Civitas Poll shows the U.S. Senate race between Rep. Ted Budd and former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley remains close with six weeks to go before Election Day.
“This race to replace Senator Richard Burr continues to be a nail-biter as we hit the 40-day mark until November 8,” said John Locke Foundation President Donald Bryson. “The general election outcomes are likely to be determined by the ten to fifteen percent of North Carolinians who remain undecided. With less than three weeks until the polls open for early voting, we can expect to see a further ramp-up of the political ad dollars being spent in our state.”
Forty-four percent of the 650 likely general election voters surveyed September 24-26 told pollsters they would vote for Democrat Beasley and 43.7% for Republican Budd if the election “was held today.”
Another 10.3% said they remained undecided, while 1.3% would vote for Libertarian candidate Shannon Bray and 0.6% would vote for Green Party candidate Matthew Hoh. Those figures are similar to Civitas Poll results from last month, when both Budd and Beasley garnered 42.3% support, with 12.6% undecided.
The most recent Civitas Poll also gauged generic ballots for the state Legislature and U.S. House of Representatives, which showed tight races, as well.
The generic Republican candidate is leading the generic Democratic candidate in the state legislative races by only 2.1%, 46.6% to 44.5%. Republicans are also leading in the generic U.S. House races 47.5% to 44.2%. The 3.3 % Republican lead is down from August, when the gap was 5%.
“For Republicans to hold a lead, even a small one, on the generic ballots is bound to make Democratic strategists uneasy, but Congressman Budd is still polling behind the generic Republican,” Bryson said.
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