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Elon poll shows Roy Cooper leads Michael Whatley by 13 points in North Carolina Senate race
WXII ^ | October 20, 2026 | Michael Pardee

Posted on 10/20/2026 1:38:25 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is leading Republican Michael Whatley by 13 percentage points in the U.S. Senate race, according to the final Elon University Poll before Election Day.

Among likely voters surveyed Sept. 29 through Oct. 8, 52% said they support Cooper, compared with 39% for Whatley. Six percent were undecided, while 3% backed Libertarian Shannon Bray, Green Party candidate Michael Dublin or another candidate.

The poll surveyed 800 North Carolina adults and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.03 percentage points.

When undecided voters were asked to choose between the two leading candidates, Cooper's lead narrowed to 11 points, with 54% supporting Cooper and 43% supporting Whatley.

(Excerpt) Read more at wxii12.com ...


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1 posted on 10/20/2026 1:38:25 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

I’ll be voting for Whatley, but he only has a snowball’s chance.


2 posted on 10/20/2026 1:42:47 PM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: ComputerGuy

Too many northeastern filth moved south.


3 posted on 10/20/2026 1:44:18 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo )
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To: MinorityRepublican

I just don’t see how that can be in North Carolina. Must be too many university towns.


4 posted on 10/20/2026 1:47:38 PM PDT by Tommy Revolts (a.k.a Warpaint)
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To: Bonemaker

It was that way in late 80s.


5 posted on 10/20/2026 1:50:10 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Free Republic is going to be intolerable during the Republican Presidential primary in 2028.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

If this is anywhere near the truth, that’s a GOP loss. I don’t see how the GOP retains the Senate, which I thought they had a better chance at than the House.


6 posted on 10/20/2026 1:50:39 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Cooper won the 2022 race by less than 5%. I don’t think he has greatly endeared himself to NC voters since then. He soft on crime stance may have lost him some previous voters.

These polls are published in order to depress turnout. Ignore them and go vote for Whatley if you live in NC.


7 posted on 10/20/2026 1:51:23 PM PDT by CFW
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To: ComputerGuy

It is hard to understand how voters in North Carolina could be so stupid.

They must want more ten percent inflation, millions more illegals, more economic destruction, more destruction of the country.


8 posted on 10/20/2026 1:52:28 PM PDT by odawg
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To: MinorityRepublican

Meanwhile.....

“Cook Political Report shifts Minnesota Senate race toward GOP”

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/cook-political-report-shifts-minnesota-senate-race-toward-gop

“The Cook Political Report has shifted its rating of the Minnesota Senate race toward the Republican candidate, marking one of the only instances of a major Senate race seemingly moving toward the GOP this cycle.

Cook moved the contest from “likely” to “lean” Democratic, as polls show Republican nominee Michelle Tafoya closing in on Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, D-Minn.”


9 posted on 10/20/2026 1:52:57 PM PDT by CFW
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To: ComputerGuy

HE’S A TERRIBLE CANIDATE


10 posted on 10/20/2026 1:54:52 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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That's the problem with the NC GOP.

Trump won in NC all three times (2016, 2020 and 2024)

11 posted on 10/20/2026 1:55:44 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: odawg

yankees have overrun the state ...


12 posted on 10/20/2026 1:56:42 PM PDT by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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To: Tommy Revolts

Raleigh Durham Chapel Hill Asheville.


13 posted on 10/20/2026 1:57:21 PM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: MinorityRepublican

Final voter suppression polls.


14 posted on 10/20/2026 1:57:49 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: bankwalker

See 10


15 posted on 10/20/2026 1:58:54 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I immediately discount any poll associated with academia. But, I do believe Cooper will win. He has won two statewide elections and has recognition.


16 posted on 10/20/2026 1:59:30 PM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: odawg

There are enough voters who want what is yours, sadly.


17 posted on 10/20/2026 1:59:54 PM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: MinorityRepublican

I’m not a fan of Whatley, would rather of had Don Brown. I think the Prez endorsed Whatley based on the work he did with Lara Trump for the RNC. My opinion. I just voted straight Rep.


18 posted on 10/20/2026 2:03:29 PM PDT by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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To: odawg

Have you seen Asheville or Cherokee?? There’s enough stupid in just those two places to carry dem water for a lifetime


19 posted on 10/20/2026 2:17:00 PM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Another mediocre candidate who got the GOP nomination because of Trump’s endorsement.


20 posted on 10/20/2026 2:17:06 PM PDT by GrootheWanderer
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