Poll Watch: PPP (D) North Carolina 2012 Gubernatorial Survey

PPP (D) North Carolina 2012 Gubernatorial Survey

If the candidates for Governor next year were Democrat Bev Perdue and Republican Pat McCrory, who would you vote for?

• Pat McCrory 47% [45%] (46%) {49%} [50%] (49%) {47%}
• Bev Perdue 39% [39%] (39%) {38%} [36%] (37%) {40%}

Do you approve or disapprove of Governor Bev Perdue’s job performance?

• Approve 34% [36%] (35%) {35%} [30%] (30%) {33%}
• Disapprove 49% [47%] (49%) {49%} [52%] (48%) {46%}

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Pat McCrory?

• Favorable 29% [30%] (31%) {33%} [34%] (31%) {33%}
• Unfavorable 23% [29%] (24%) {27%} [22%] (22%) {22%}

Survey of 651 North Carolina voters was conducted July 7-10, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3.8 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted June 8-11, 2011 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted May 12-15, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted April 14-17, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 17-20, 2011 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted February 16-21, 2011 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted January 20-23, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Party ID breakdown: 46% [47%] (48%) {46%} [45%] (45%) {47%} Democrat; 33% [36%] (36%) {36%} [38%] (37%) {36%} Republican; 21% [16%] (16%) {18%} [17%] (18%) {18%} Independent/Other. Political ideology: 30% [31%] (31%) {32%} [28%] Moderate; 25% [27%] (26%) {22%} [23%] Somewhat conservative; 20% [17%] (18%) {22%} [24%] Very conservative; 16% [17%] (15%) {14%} [16%] Somewhat liberal; 9% [9%] (10%) {9%} [9%] Very liberal.