PPP - North Carolina GOP Presidential Primary Poll

[tsai3904]

North Carolina (http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2011/07/romney-bachmann-basically-tied-in-nc.html)
7/7 - 7/10
400 usual Republican primary voters
+/-4.9%

With Palin:

Romney 18%
Bachmann 17%
Perry 14%
Palin 12%
Cain 8%
Gingrich 8%
Paul 7%
Pawlenty 4%
Huntsman 1%


Without Palin:

Romney 23%
Bachmann 22%
Perry 14%
Cain 9%
Gingrich 9%
Paul 6%
Pawlenty 5%
Huntsman 2%



Results from last North Carolina poll:

North Carolina (http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2011/06/romney-leads-mccrory-vulnerable.html)
6/8 - 6/11
400
+/-4.9%

With Palin:

Romney 20%
Cain 18%
Palin 17%
Gingrich 12%
Paul 8%
Pawlenty 8%
Bachmann 5%
Huntsman 1%


Without Palin:

Romney 25%
Cain 21%
Gingrich 14%
Bachmann 10%
Paul 9%
Pawlenty 9%
Huntsman 1%

[d1sCo]

I live in NC and these numbers are interesting and disappointing in some regards. However, the fact that Ron Paul is improving in numbers is a good sign. The NC primary is pretty far off all things considered but I plan on doing my best to promote Ron Paul here. The south might be hard for Ron Paul to win, which is unfortunate considering he is the most conservative candidate running. But I know with enough hard work things will and are continuing to swing our way.

-d1sCo

[Paul Or Nothing II]

I live in NC and these numbers are interesting and disappointing in some regards. However, the fact that Ron Paul is improving in numbers is a good sign. The NC primary is pretty far off all things considered but I plan on doing my best to promote Ron Paul here. The south might be hard for Ron Paul to win, which is unfortunate considering he is the most conservative candidate running. But I know with enough hard work things will and are continuing to swing our way.

-d1sCo

I don't think we need to be disappointed, of course, the numbers could be better but look at the field, Cain & Gingrich are dead, Pawlenty & Huntsman are dead before they were alive, Palin & Perry mayn't even enter, & Bachmann DEFINITELY is going to crumble somewhere down the line as more & more people find out that she voted for Patriot Act & has been IRS attorney & now she's anti-tax :rolleyes:, she's even received federal subsidies & now the whole migraine thing might just be it. So it's essentially Romney the socialist vs. Ron Paul the top conservative & that's what we need to get the mainstream Republican voters to stand behind us but no worries, it's still early days.

We've to keep chipping away & get more & more people to look at Ron's policies & integrity; who knows what might happen after an Ames victory & there's a good chance that we might win :) so it might encourage more people to give him the "second look" & may be he'll be able to shed his "can't win" image & attract those sitting on the fence on him.

[libertybrewcity]

How can numbers go down when someone leaves the field? I don't understand that..

[Billay]

Cain at 18% LMAO

[Csturmer]

I live in Durham, NC and I can tell you that while NC may usually vote republican - Durham does not. I hold the distinct position of working in the tech sphere but living in a lower-class area. I can tell you that he has some decent name cred in the more affluent areas but when it comes to the bulk of the population he's not really on the radar. I actually attended a GOP meeting in order to become a precinct captain...That was horrific. There were a couple people there talking about free markets and conspiracies and what not - but generally speaking it was very neconesque. They actually had a joke about muslims being members of hamas in their meeting bulletin. There was an opening prayer where someone ACTUALLY said "those who do not walk in the footsteps of jesus may they drop dead."

I was shocked.

Not gonna stop me from canvassing though!

[moonshineplease]

I live in Durham, NC and I can tell you that while NC may usually vote republican - Durham does not. I hold the distinct position of working in the tech sphere but living in a lower-class area. I can tell you that he has some decent name cred in the more affluent areas but when it comes to the bulk of the population he's not really on the radar. I actually attended a GOP meeting in order to become a precinct captain...That was horrific. There were a couple people there talking about free markets and conspiracies and what not - but generally speaking it was very neconesque. They actually had a joke about muslims being members of hamas in their meeting bulletin. There was an opening prayer where someone ACTUALLY said "those who do not walk in the footsteps of jesus may they drop dead."

I was shocked.

Not gonna stop me from canvassing though!

Remember you posting that full story on the DP. Talk about being in a philosophical/intellectual twilight zone. You have more patience that I do to put up with that garbage. Talk about being in absolute denial of the reality of life in the real world.

[libertybrewcity]

I live in Durham, NC and I can tell you that while NC may usually vote republican - Durham does not. I hold the distinct position of working in the tech sphere but living in a lower-class area. I can tell you that he has some decent name cred in the more affluent areas but when it comes to the bulk of the population he's not really on the radar. I actually attended a GOP meeting in order to become a precinct captain...That was horrific. There were a couple people there talking about free markets and conspiracies and what not - but generally speaking it was very neconesque. They actually had a joke about muslims being members of hamas in their meeting bulletin. There was an opening prayer where someone ACTUALLY said "those who do not walk in the footsteps of jesus may they drop dead."

I was shocked.

Not gonna stop me from canvassing though!

Looks like you need some Christian flyers.

[SpicyTurkey]

Looks like you need some Christian flyers.

this lol

[dntrpltt]

I think the sample size is too small to make predictions based off of this poll.

[BUSHLIED]

Sounds like a win in Iowa, will put Paul on the map for a lot of the average gop voters that aren't paying attention or typical voters that are not engaged in the primary process....I sense that all these polling numbers will change around Nov. or so...still plenty of debates ahead and quite frankly, even a Iowa SP win isn't going to be enough to propel Ron to the front-runner status. Ron simply has got to win the intellectual/political arguments in these debates...over and over again. That being said, the debate formats are joke...blackberry or iphone? huh?