Who dat?
Greetings from the road. I'm away from firebase Raleigh today, but am making time to check in from the 'boro regarding the latest Elon Poll.
You can find a news release here and the raw feed here.
Update: A good summary of the poll, including results on the presidential races, from our friends at the Associated Press is here.
From a local perspective, this is the relevant bit right off:
Do you plan to vote [for or against] Elizabeth Dole as U.S. Senator from North Carolina?Answer / Percent
AGAINST - 26.0
FOR - 35.3
TOO EARLY TO TELL(v) - 18.5
DON'T KNOW/ NOT SURE (v) - 18.9
REFUSED (v) -1.2
Those who selected "against" were asked:
Who do you think is the best candidate to oppose Senator Dole? (open ended, no options provided)Answer / Percent
ROY COOPER - 8.2
BEVERLY PERDUE - 7.5
RICHARD MOORE - 5.6
NAMED SOMEONE ELSE/ OTHER (v) - 5.2
KAY HAGAN - 0.5
ELAINE MARSHALL - 0.5
TOO EARLY TO TELL / NOT SURE (v) - 32.6
DON'T KNOW (v) - 39.8
Total - 100.0
I guess this puts Hagan, a state senator from Greensboro, in the, "It's an honor just to be nominated category." Rep. Grier Martin, of Wake County, didn't even make the break out list and at this point he has just as much of a claim to running as Hagan does. Both have been taking very similar steps in exploring a run.
I'm scratching my head a bit over the people who want Moore and Perdue to run, since they're all engaged in another campaign. True, for the Dems it seems to make little since to have Moore and Perdue beat the snot out of each other when one could be spending time beating up on Dole, but that's not the situation on the ground.
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