Tuesday, March 25, 2008

North Carolina poll

by kos

Public Policy Polling (PDF). 3/24. Likely voters. MoE 3.8 (3/17 results)

Obama 55 (44)
Clinton 34 (43)

After a week in which Barack Obama made several appearances in North Carolina and confronted the controversy with his pastor by making a major speech on race, he has expanded his lead in North Carolina to 21 points.

Obama leads Clinton 55-34 in the state. His gains were particularly strong in the Triangle, the media market where his major speech on the war last week in Fayetteville got the greatest amount of attention.

Obama also pulled within a 47-40 margin of Clinton with white voters after trailing Clinton 56-30 last week, an indication that his speech on race in Philadelphia last week may have earned him some points.

“The rule of thumb in this Presidential race is that if you don’t like how things are going, just wait a week and they’ll turn around,” said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling. “Obama has really improved his standing in North Carolina by visiting the state and openly taking on some of the controversies swirling around his campaign.”

Encouraging, but I'll wait for the next SUSA poll before I put too much stock in these numbers. I'm just not that familiar with this pollster.


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