PPP: Presidential & Senate Race Tied in NC and Cooper (D) leads for Governor
Overall I would say this is good news:
The Presidential race in North Carolina is about as tight as it can be, and it's also becoming increasingly clear who will end up deciding the winner in the state: voters who would like to continue the direction of President Obama's leadership, but who also strongly dislike Hillary Clinton.
Donald Trump leads the race in the state with 45% to 43% for Hillary Clinton and 6% for Gary Johnson. But when Johnson voters and undecideds are asked who they would pick if they had to choose between Clinton and Trump, the contest moves into a tie at 47% (as Johnson fades--and he will it appears that HRC will benefit).
For the first time this entire cycle PPP finds a clear leader in the race to be North Carolina's next Governor: Roy Cooper. Cooper's at 46% to 41% for Pat McCrory, with Libertarian Lon Cecil at 2%. When undecideds and Cecil voters are asked who they'd pick if they had to choose between Cooper and McCrory, Cooper's lead ticks up to 50/43.
For the first time in our polling of North Carolina's US Senate race we don't find Richard Burr in the lead. He and Deborah Ross are tied at 41% each, with Libertarian Sean Haugh getting 4%. Despite 12 years of service in the Senate, voters are pretty evenly divided three ways when it comes to their feelings about Burr- 34% approve of him, 34% disapprove, and 32% have no opinion about him one way or another. Ross continues to be relatively unknown with 49% of voters having no opinion about her- 27% see her favorably and 25% unfavorably among those who do have an opinion.
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2016/09/presidential-race-tied-cooper-up-in-nc.html#more
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