Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) North Carolina 2012 Gubernatorial Survey

Rasmussen (R) North Carolina 2012 Gubernatorial Poll

• Pat McCrory (R) 50% (45%)
• Walter Dalton (D) 41% (36%)
• Some other candidate 1% (5%)
• Undecided 8% (14%)

Among Men

• Pat McCrory (R) 47%
• Walter Dalton (D) 42%

Among Women

• Pat McCrory (R) 53%
• Walter Dalton (D) 40%

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted May 14, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted April 10, 2012 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

The two men are virtually tied among voters not affiliated with either major political party. McCrory picks up 86% of the vote from voters in his own party, while Dalton draws support from 74% of Democrats.

McCrory is viewed very favorably by 31% of North Carolina voters, up from 24% in April. Eleven percent (11%) regard the GOP nominee very unfavorably. Twelve percent (12%) have no opinion of him.

For Dalton, reviews are 12% very favorable, 12% very unfavorable. But 21% of the state’s voters don’t know enough about him to form an opinion, although that’s down from 32% last month.