Brad Crone says he made a math mistake.
The Democratic political consultant, who is starting a new monthly poll with Republican consultant Chris Sinclair, said that a Dome reader's complaint about the crosstabs is correct.
"I made a mistake on the gender tabs pulling respondent data from the wrong column," he wrote Dome. "It was an oversight on my part."
The new figures show Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue with 38 percent of women and 36 percent of men and state Treasurer Richard Moore with 32 percent of women and 26 percent of men, among likely Democratic voters.
He said the poll is "solid," despite what critics have said.
"If they don't like the data then that's their problem," he wrote Dome. "We are developing a new poll and will work hard for it and will stand behind it."
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What About Bob?
Bob Crumley and Bob Orr won't be happy their favorables are so low in the poll's Republican primary results but at least they can be consoled by the 110% response rate while other candidates only managed 100%.
Robert Orr 08% +30% +02% +05% +65% = 110%
Bob Crumley 08% +20% +02% +04% +76% = 110%