[UCAL]

You can't read the rest of this unless you have a Roll Call password. I wonder how much truth there is to this and what methodology was used.

[Coop]

So what's the password?

[deport]

A month ago another poll had it like this..

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When asked whom they preferred in the 2004 Senate race, likely voters said they preferred Burr over Bowles by a 43 percent to 37 percent margin with 20 percent undecided. They said they liked Burr over Blue by a 45 percent to 33 percent margin, with 22 percent undecided.

The survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. That means that the Burr-Bowles race could be a toss-up or Burr's edge could be as much as 14 percentage points and that Burr could lead Blue by as few as 4 percentage points or as many as 20 percentage points.

[deport]

It's way too early to get a good read on the race......

A poll last week in Raleigh's News & Observer showed Burr leading Bowles by 43 percent to 37 percent, with 20 percent undecided. Days earlier, a poll commissioned by Bowles showed him leading Burr by 43 percent to 35 percent.

[JohnnyZ]

Hell, this poll is already over two weeks old (from "last month". Any word on sample, criteria?

[The Old Hoosier]

From the story:

The poll of 800 voters was conducted Sept. 16-24 by Market Research Insight for NCFREE, a nonprofit group that provides polling and political analysis for businesses in North Carolina.

Bowles led Burr 42 percent to 31 percent in a head-to-head matchup, while 28 percent were undecided. The survey had a 4 percent margin of error.

In a generic test of party preference, the survey also found that 41 percent of those surveyed would prefer a Democrat to win the Senate race, while 34 percent said they preferred a Republican.

[sboyd]

It stands to reason that the people who voted against Bowles last time will do the same this time. What is his message. "I worked for Clinton?" Yeah, that'll score some big votes in NC. Usually candidates do worse after coming out again after a pretty bad loss. If he had lost by a handful of votes I would say different. He lost by over 200,000 votes last time.