On the negative side, Perry polled BELOW Allahpundit and Krauthammer.
Posted on 07/18/2011 10:48:30 AM PDT by smoothsailing
Press Release-July 18, 2011
Raleigh, N.C. – Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry leads Barack Obama 45 percent to 42 percent among North Carolina voters in a potential presidential matchup, according to a new poll released by the Civitas Institute.
Forty-five percent of voters said they are leaning towards or would vote for Gov. Rick Perry if the election for President of the United States was being held today and the candidates were Perry, the Republican, and Barack Obama, the Democrat. Forty-two percent said they are leaning towards or would vote for Obama, and 9 percent said they are undecided.
“For the President to be trailing an unannounced candidate in a state he barely won in 2012 has to be concerning for the Obama team,” said Civitas Institute President Francis De Luca. “If Obama is hoping to catch lightning again and win North Carolina, he is going to have to hope for a weaker opponent than Gov. Perry or a big bounce from having the Democratic National Convention here next year.”
Republican (81 percent Perry – 8 percent Obama) and Democratic voter (17 percent Perry – 69 percent Obama) support falls along party lines between the potential candidates. Unaffiliated voters, the fastest growing voter segment in the state, would choose Perry over Obama by a 53 percent to 32 percent margin...
(Full results and crosstabs available at link)
(Excerpt) Read more at nccivitas.org ...
I took a look at the sample and was really surprised at the fact that almost half of the persons polled were Dems. That information makes the next election a landslide!
Rep-33% Dem-47% Inde-20%
Big deal. Perry should not run for POTUS.
Apparently no GOP candidate yet polls as well as a “generic Republican”. I recall that a couple of days ago, the generic candidate beat Obama by 8 percentage points.
I hope whoever the GOP runs cnn capture the ABO (anybody but Obama) vote, but so far no appears to have done so.
I think Rick Perry is the only viable choice to the Clown in Chief.
I didn't notice that until you pointed it out! That makes this poll much more intriguing, and I was already pleased by it. Obama carried NC in 2008, this suggests a major shift since then.
The internals of this poll show Perry clearly getting all of the ABO vote. Another interesting aspect of the poll is the fact that the voter registration breakdown was 33%R, 47%D, and 20%I.
I guess that makes you an anti-Perry Obot troll.
Isn't that how folks are classified for disliking a potential candidate?
LOL!
If anyone can get this ship upright again, it's Perry. That kind of proven executive experience cannot be disputed.
ROTFLOL You never want to change anything for the better do you? Perry is a RINO. More of the same.
It's getting downright bazaar around here lately.
I have a solid handle on American politics all by my own doing. Perry has done a fine job for the past 11 years in Texas. That record speaks for itself.
I certainly don’t need you to define that for me. But thanks for the attempted correction anyway, it won’t change my position however.
Sure you do. You have never bothered to lift up the covers to see what’s beneath.
Perry beats Obama in a poll and you think Perry shouldn't run? Huh?
I wonder how many North Carolinians even know who Rick Perry is. I’m guessing if you polled between Obama and Buppy the Guppy, Obama would get between 40-45% and the Guppy would get 40-45% with the rest undecided.
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