WRAL released a new statewide poll last week conducted by SurveyUSA which included in its sample, respondents that are believed to be “Cell Phone Only” (CPO) voters. And the findings of the behaviors and impacts on including these voters is rather surprising. Full results of poll here. According to best estimates, somewhere between 20-25% of [...]
- Jul15
Elaine Marshall 2nd Quarter Report Found
It looks like candidates for federal office submit a campain disclosure report to the State Board of Elections. Here is Burr’s for this last Quarter. I found Marshall’s report on the FEC website. It looks like she has: Latest Cash On Hand: $186,353 Debts Owed By: $71,500
- 2Jul15
Has Elaine Marshall Quit?
I had to ask a co-worker if Elaine Marshall was the candidate running against Richard Burr for his Senate seat? Burr has $6.3 million in the bank. Then I called the State Board of Elections and they confirmed that the report on their site was the report that Marshall submitted. Look at this report and let me [...]
- Jun17
FoCAL point: wasteful spending
Next Tuesday, Democrats go to the polls to decide whether Secretary of State Elaine Marshall or former state senator Cal Cunningham will challenge incumbent US Senator Richard Burr in November’s general election. Though Marshall garnered 36 percent to Cunningham’s 27 percent in the first primary, North Carolina law allows for the trailing candidate to call [...]
- May18
SD 45: Goss 43, Soucek 41
Senate District 45 starts off its race much like that of Senate District 50 which we released yesterday — a statistical dead heat. Incumbent Democratic Senator Steve Goss leads Republican challenger Dan Soucek 43%-41%, but inside the poll’s statistical margin of error. Goss begins the race with a fairly sizable name ID advantage, practically doubling [...]
- May11
Apparently PPP thinks it’s still 2008
Some people were shocked today by a poll released by Democratic polling firm Public Policy Polling that showed Republican incumbent Senator Richard Burr ahead of Democratic Secretary of State Elaine Marshall by only one point 43%-42%. That result made good headlines, but it has as much basis in political reality as Ronald Reagan coming back [...]
- Jan26
Undecideds Rule Democratic Primary
In our poll this month, we asked Democratic and Unaffiliated voters if they had a preference in the Democratic Primary for the US Senate nomination, and by and large they do not have a preference yet. 75 percent of voters were undecided on any of the three announced candidates. The breakdown was: Marshall – 14% [...]
- Dec07
Burr’s Huge Misstep on Eastern District US Attorney
Apologies to Greensboro blogger Guarino for borrowing his title in describing Hagan’s actions (or rather inaction) on the nomination of a new US Attorney for the Eastern District of NC, but Burr’s announcement on Friday that he would not block Thomas Walker’s nomination is an even bigger misstep. According to poll results we released on [...]
- Nov02
Burr Leads Marshall by 10
In our latest poll, we have Sen. Richard Burr leading NC Sec. of State Elaine Marshall 43.7% to 33.0%. Burr is leading among Republicans 79-6 and among Unaffiliateds 47-24. Marshall leads with Democrats but by a much smaller margin 57-17. In fact, Burr’s hardcore support — those who say they are definitely voting for him [...]