Maybe North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue should consider joining South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford in Argentina.

Her polling numbers have already headed South, Rob Christensen reports.

A new poll conducted for the Civitas Institute show Perdue has an approval rating of 36 percent of those surveyed, compared with 38 percent who have an unfavorable opinion and 22 percent who have no opinion.

"For a sitting governor to have their personal approval rating turn negative this quickly, indicates serious voter discontent with the current administration," said Francis De Luca, the executive director of the conservative think tank.

The survey of 600 voters was conducted June 15-18 by Tel Opinion Research of Alexandria, Virginia. Perdue announced she was supporting $1.5 billion in new taxes to meet the state’s budget shortfall June 17.

Perdue fared even worse in a poll conducted by the Public Policy Polling, a Democratic-leaning poling firm. It showed Perdue with 30 percent approval, 53 percent disapproval, and 17 percent not certain.

The Insider/Advantage Poll conducted by the Atlanta-based Majority Opinion Research shows Perdue with a 36 percent approval and 57 percent disapproval rating, with 8 percent not sure.

Charlotte likes the governor.  

According to Public Policy Polling, Gov. Beverly Perdue's approval rating in the Charlotte area is better than her statewide rating in the Democratic polling firm's last three polls. It's an interesting result for a governor who defeated the city's Republican mayor, Pat McCrory in the November election. The firm's communication's director Tom Jensen says Perdue's approval rating has consistently outpaced her statewide approval.

"That's somewhat surprising," Jensen said.

In February she was at +11 statewide but +17 in Charlotte. In March it was +9 throughout the state and +13 in Charlotte. Our most recent survey showed a +1 for everyone and a +4 in Charlotte. On average that means she's doing four points better in the region than she is in North Carolina as a whole.

Just 27 percent of North Carolina’s likely voters approve of Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, according to a new survey from Public Policy Polling out today.

Another 26 percent disapprove of his work, Barb Barrett reports.

Nearly half the respondents, 46 percent, said they were ambivalent about Burr, of Winston-Salem ,saying they "aren’t sure" their opinion of the first-term senator.

Public Policy Polling president Dean Debnam said this indicates Burr could be vulnerable in his re-election race in two years.

"Incumbency is a powerful force, but much less so when an elected official is not all that well known," Debnam said in a statement. "The high level of ambiguity toward Burr shows that in his first term he has not done much to enter into the public consciousness. That makes him a lot more vulnerable to a challenge in two years than a sitting office holder would normally otherwise be."

According to the survey, 13 percent of Democrats and 23 percent of Independents approved of Burr. His approval rating among Republicans was 48 percent.

Burr spokesman Chris Walker found the silver lining in the survey.

"A 26 percent disapproval rating is pretty good," Walker said. "This just goes to show we need to do more to show the good things we’re doing in Congress."

The polling firm surveyed 507 likely voters June 16-17. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percent.