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American Research Group released a poll showing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney leading President Barack Obama in North Carolina by 4 percentage points, 50 percent to 46 percent.
The poll of 600 likely voters was taken from Sept. 28-30 and has a 4 percentage point margin of error.
Meanwhile, statistician and New York Times blogger Nate Silver has moved the race in North Carolina back to "lean Romney" status. Silver briefly had the state favoring Obama.
North Carolina is a dead heat in the presidential race, according to the latest poll.
Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are tied at 48 percent each among likely Tar Heel voters a new poll conducted by Public Policy Polling, a Democratic-leaning firm based in Raleigh.
The new survey is in keeping with four previous polls which showed Obama with a slight lead over Obama, but within the margin of error.
Voters don't particularly like either candidate, the survey found. The poll found that 48 percent give Obama good marks, and 49 percent are unhappy with his performance. Romney is viewed favorably by 46 percent of the voters, but 49 percent have a negative view.
Former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt is hitting the campaign trail for President Barack Obama over the next month, conducting what is being called a “middle class listening tour.”
Hunt, a four-term governor, will meet at the homes of local families in Triangle, Triad, Charlotte, and Greenville to discuss the choices they face in the next election. He will begin Friday meeting with a family in Raleigh.
“Governor Hunt is one of North Carolina's greatest advocates and we are thrilled to have him back on the campaign trail for the president,” said Cameron French, Obama's state campaign spokesman.
Deputy Secretary of Labor Seth D. Harris will tour Forsyth Technical Community College Thursday to highlight innovative training programs at community colleges nationwide.
Could Barack Obama be leading Mitt Romney among NASCAR fans?
It is counter intuitive, given Romney's lead among Southern white men, who make up a large portion of NASCAR fans.
But an online survey by noted pollster John Zogby found Obama leading by 49 to 42 percent among NASCAR fans. Admittedly, NASCAR fans were only 200 of the 860 likely voters that Zogby's firm, JZ Analytics surveyed from Sept. 21 and Set. 22. The overall survey had a margin of 3.4 percent, so the margin of error for the NASCAR founds would have been much larger so the numbers are bound to be soft.
A second new poll shows North Carolina a dead heat in the presidential contest.
President Barack Obama has a 48 to 46 percent lead over his Republican opponent, Mitt Romney in North Carolina, with 6 percent of the voters not sure, according to The PurplePoll. The results were were within the poll's 4 percent margin of error.
The PurplePoll is a bipartisan poll conducted in a dozen swing states likely to determine the election by two well-known Republican and Democratic firms, National Media an Issue & Image. The principles include Republican Alex Castellanos and Democrat Jim Jordan, both North Carolinians.
Sergeant Major (Ret.) John Estrada and Lieutenant General (Ret.) Claudia Kennedy are stumping across North Carolina today touting President Barack Obama's commitment to veterans and veteran-owned businesses.
They have news conferences scheduled in military communities in Spring Lake, Wilmington and Jacksonville. Estrada is the former highest-ranking enlisted member of the U.S. Marine Corps and Kennendy is the first female three-star general in the U.S. Army.
Surrogate alert. Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank will be in Durham and Greensboro today talking about the Obama administration's efforts to support American manufacturers, increase U.S. Exports and support U.S. Businesses.
She will meet at noon with Greensboro Mayor Robbie Perkins to make an announcement an investment. Then she will travel in the afternoon to the Research Triangle Park Foundation in an event hosted by the Durham and Raleigh Chambers of Commerce.
American Crossroads, a Republican superpac, on Tuesday began airing a TV commercial in North Carolina featuring two small business owners saying that President Barack Obama had made decisions that were bad for commerce
The new ad, backed by $757,000, will air for one week. American Crossroads is a group associated with Karl Rove, the long-time GOP strategist associated with former President George W. Bush.
The presidential campaign of Barack Obama has begun airing a new commercial in which says the president took action against Chinese unfair trade practices and for which he was criticized by GOP candidate Mitt Romney.
It is part of a continuing battle over the air waves about which candidate is tough on China when it comes to trade. The ad is being aired nationally on cable including in North Carolina.
UPDATE: Robert Reid, Romney spokesman: “Just like he has on so many other issues, President Obama is leading from behind on taking on China. President Obama promised to stand up to China and take them ‘to the mat,’ but instead he has allowed China to treat the United States like a doormat. Mitt Romney will instead stand up for American workers, protect our intellectual property rights, and make sure that China plays by the rules.”
