Posted on 03/09/2016 10:47:28 AM PST by GonzoII
Raleigh, N.C. — Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton have sizable leads in the presidential race among likely North Carolina voters a week out from the state's primary, according to a WRAL News poll released Tuesday.
SurveyUSA polled 1,555 likely voters statewide – almost evenly split between Republicans and Democrats – between Friday and Monday to gauge opinions leading up to the March 15 primary. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.
Trump tops U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas 41 percent to 27 percent among likely GOP voters. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Ohio Gov. John Kasich trail far behind, at 14 and 11 percent, respectively.
The billionaire businessman Trump, who is scheduled to hold a rally in Fayetteville on Wednesday night, outdistances Cruz across almost every demographic breakdown, with huge leads among male voters, older voters, the working class, gun owners and those who never went to college. He also has a surprising 42-31 percent advantage among self-described evangelicals, a group that has boosted Cruz's candidacy in other states.
Cruz, who spoke at a Raleigh-area church on Tuesday, holds a narrow lead over Trump among GOP voters who say they are part of the tea party movement, and the two men are tied among voters ages 18 to 34.
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Thats right cause I’m here to give him my vote:-)
And if Rubio and Kasich get out of the race, then what?
Trump leads in all state polls for next Tuesday.
Ditto that!
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?!?!?!?!
I thought North Carolina was a conservative state full of good people! Now I find out it’s just full of left-wing fascists with New York values!!!!
Will anybody notice?.......................
Really? Please just opus and save us from your illogical rants.
Some votes go to Trump and some go to Cruz...there will be some that will be write in.
Good for ya! Go ahead and give him two! ;0)
Yeah but look, if you add up all the Ted, John and Micro people it equals 52%. You win. So be happy. I’ll still go out swinging with Trump though.
The clean sweep of the south by Trump is almost complete.
No real conservative would EVER vote for Trump!!!!11!11! YAaaaaaaahh!!!
Twice? LOL! The gopE and prince reibus still don’t get it do they. They natives ain’t just restless, they’re pissed.
Good to get some poll numbers for next week that aren’t Ohio and Florida.
Cruz Wife works for the Council on Foreign Relations and they are tied with Goldman-Sachs. Rubio has turned into the Establishment stooge. If Trump had nothing else going for him - and he has A LOT going for him - he would be the only rational choice.
Ok. Then I’m a liberal. Enjoy your newly ordered small tent.
Florida and Ohio get all the attention because they are WTA, but these three states have a lot to say about the matter, too.
NC is proportional. NC would be another phyric victory for Trump wrt delegates.
Cruz could well end up coming very close to splitting the delegates there.
Trump needs to win FL, OH and IL next Tuesday. He does that and it’s lights out. All other contenders would be wise to pick up their toys and go home.
If Trump looses OH to Kasich and Cruz wins MO, then the game is still on for a little while longer.
If Kasich wins OH and then Rubio and he drop out, it will be a contested convention. That’s the only scenario where Trump does not win out right that I can see.
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